19 year old Ciera Swaringen has a rare condition called Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus, which leaves almost her entire body covered with mole-like birthmarks.
She recently graduated from high school in Rockwell, North Carolina. She said she learnt to brush off negative comments and remember that most people stare and say cruel things because they're not used to seeing someone with my condition. People in my town don't bat an eye when they see me now, as they know me. But if I go somewhere new, it's not so easy.' She says she still get comments from people, particularly teenage boys. 'They say things like, 'You look like you're dirty, take a wash'. But I'm so proud to be different and, at the end of the day, we all have something about us that's unusual, whether it's on the inside or the outside, she said.
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