Ok, please don’t kill me for asking this…

I’m black, and I wanna do an Afrocentric cosplay of Jeff, the Killer. I’m planning on getting dreads or braids for it, but I also thought about maybe doing some Vitiligo-type makeup for it. but idk if that’s okay to do or if that’s offensive.

I don’t have vitiligo, I never did. The reason I ask if it’s okay to imitate this is because Jeff the Killer is canonically a burn victim due to either fire or chemicals. Sometimes, if you have dark skin and get burned like that, you’ll have white patches left behind once the skin heals which look a lot like Vitiligo. I’m unsure of what lines can and cannot be crossed when it comes to doing theatrical/character makeup other than “don’t do blackface”

Im autistic, so if some of the stuff i say is offensive just be aware that wasn’t my intention, thanks!

  • rowrowrowyourboat
    3·
    2 months ago

    This is incorrect. This is not a healed scar at all. That’s a very fresh burn wound exposing the flesh underneath without the melanin layer.

    You can literally see the wound is fresh and is peeling off. Not a healed scar.

    Go look up healed burn scars on black skin. The images can be pretty gruesome, but the melanin mostly returns.

    • Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      2 months ago

      I legit already did that and it’s both. it can get lighter or darker.

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      All of it depends on the type of burn, severity, and the person’s skin. Jeff the killer became lighter after the burn, so to me it would make sense that, if my skin was burned, Id have both dark spots and white blotches leftover on my skin.

    • Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      I did do that, I cant link the other images I found tho, but sometimes It doesn’t come back. It depends on the severity of the burn

      And in the context of JEFF THE KILLER, his melanin doesn’t come back either. After the burn, his hair turns black and his skin turns white. That’s how he’s always looked. So the skin being turned white regardless is true to the character. Hence why I want to have white splotches in the makeup.