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Dermatología Cosmética, Médica y Quirúrgica 2021; 19 (1)

Dermatology, Genetics, and Fictional Characters: Inspiring “Abnormality”

Trejo-Acuña JR, García-Alonso MJ, Torres-Victoria TR

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 92-97
PDF size: 427.79 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Storytelling has had a great impact for generations in all age groups. The representation of fictional characters are used with the aim of awakening various emotions such as fear, courage, or strength. Through the eyes of a dermatologist, these characterizations can open up a wide range of diagnostic possibilities, but when viewed through the eyes of the non-medical personnel, they can have a significant negative impact on self-esteem and emotional health of those suffering from diseases that are considered as “rare” by society, and portrayed for entertainment or mockery purposes; all of this as a consequence of mythification and ignorance.
Thus, we briefly try to describe the most relevant phenotypic traits of three classic fictional characters that have inspired countless stories: the vampire, the werewolf and the elephant man. Characters that were not really created, but are a modified portrait of real people with stigmatizing and unusual conditions.


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