A dressing with the color of your skin | The emotion of …

"It cost me 45 trips around the sun, but for the first time in my life, I know what it's like to wear a bandage with my own skin, you can barely see it in the first picture. really hold the tears. "With these words, a black man showed his surprise and enthusiasm on his Twitter account by discovering himself with a bandage of the same color as his skin.

One of them is Dominique Apollon, 45, vice-president of the NGO Race Forward which is dedicated to creating an awareness of equality between people of different colors. "I must have been 45 years old before discovering a product designed specifically for someone who looks like me.As a black, I'm not used to seeing products that fit my needs in the shops is usually intended for a Caucasian, "said this man, whose story has become viral in the networks.

"I could hardly see him," he said of the bandage in his hand. "He combined so well that when he entered a room, no one would realize that he was there."