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writes:Hey,My 20 year old sister has a lot if issues with her skin,she has hyper piggmentation and a scar on the left cheek,so this has made her obsessed with make up!she feels like if people see her without make up they would think she's ugly,she's told me she has absolutely no confidence without make up and feels very confident only with make up on.I'm ok with her appying make up because if it boosts your confidence and you feel good about yourself then so be it. My mom worries a lot and gets annoyed with this constant obsession over make up and they fight and argue a lot! my mom is ok with wearing minimal make up to college,but when my sister doesn't meet people cause she doesn't have make up or hasn't concealed her scar she gets mad. now in this whole situation how can I help?how can I reduce the tension between my mom and my sister?
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reader, anonymous, writes (1 March 2013): You can help by staying out of it. Your sister is not going to like wearing less make-up and your mom is not going to like the amount she wears or how she can't leave the house without it on.
You could suggest laser treatment to remove her scar, it's very effective at removing scar tissue these days. But no matter how many times you tell her she's beautiful she has to look at that face every day in the mirror and is not going to agree.
You can see all this from the outside, so you can see both sides to this. It's something that they're just going to clash over OP, your mom is trying to help believe it or not and as a mother she's not going to stop.
Just be glad the focus is on your sister and not you, let them sort this out between them OP.
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reader, anonymous, writes (1 March 2013): Explain to your mom that it is not her business how your sister handles her problems and that by forcing her views down your sister's throat, she is actually behaving in a very unloving manner which is totally non supportive of your sister.
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