Instagram model embraces giant cow birthmarks after overcoming childhood trauma

Instagram star Yulianna Yussef stated that she faced unpleasant remarks about her birthmarks as a youngster, including being compared to a Dalmatian, giraffe, and cow. She has overcome these difficulties, however, by starting a personal path towards self-acceptance, which has helped her become an internet superstar with 116,000 Instagram followers.

Yulianna Yussef was subjected to avoidance and nasty comments about her birthmarks, but she made the decision not to let these statements define who she was. Instead, she used social media to document her experiences and spread knowledge about the uncommon and large birthmark that covers her whole back, called a congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN).

Yulianna has a sizable following on Instagram, where she is a prominent personality and a role model for self-acceptance and self-love due to her tenacity and optimistic approach. She is a Polish citizen of Lebanese ancestry and Ukrainian origin.

Yulianna’s condition is exceptional even though CMN affects around 1% of babies, usually in lower proportions and sometimes together with hair development. The CMN birthmark, which runs from her back to her front, is one of “around 2,000” that her dermatologist believes she has on her body.

Yulianna recounts having a pleasant upbringing up to the age of eight when she started to notice her “different” look and the nasty comments made about her birthmark. The glares and glances became more intense, and some parents forbade their kids from playing with her out of concern that she could be infectious.

Around the time of her 14th birthday, when the bullying was at its worst, Yulianna seldom left her home and only went out at night to escape the nasty remarks. People would often make unsolicited suggestions on how to get rid of her birthmarks, calling them “ugly warts,” which had a significant negative influence on her self-esteem and made her feel unlovable and unwanted.

Yulianna characterized her upbringing as a difficult and terrible time. She spent years hiding herself, harboring self-loathing, and experiencing social anxiety. She eventually came to the conclusion that increasing her confidence was the key to moving forward.

She took a firm resolve to seek happiness, health, and an appreciation of her own attractiveness, confidence, and self-assurance. She’d been on a long, difficult road, but finally she’d made it.