When Portia Cina posted a video about prom on TikTok, she noticed people asked a lot of questions.

She has the rare condition ichthyosis confetti , which causes her skin to appear red with flecks of flesh-colored dots. Instead of answering each question, she created a TikTok to address the most common queries she received.

“I decided to make one that covered the general questions so I could always just have that and not have to repeat myself,” Portia Cina, 18, of New Jersey, tells TODAY.com.

Portia Cina hopes that her TikTok about commonly asked questions about ichthyosis confetti will help reduce stigma. Courtesy Portia Cina

The most common question — are you sunburned?

“I don’t blame people,” she says. “If I saw someone like me, I would totally think the same thing.”

She hopes

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