Jesús Aceves has hypertrichosis, which makes his hair grow abundantly over his face and back. Because of his condition, he’s also known as The Wolf Man. But he’s tired of this alias and wants to live a normal life.
Meet Jesús Aceves, a 55-year-old man born with a condition called hypertrichosis, which means he has abnormal hair growth over his body, especially his face. Although married with kids, Jesús isn’t fully happy with his living conditions. He says he and his family suffer discrimination. In an interview, one of his kids mentioned, “People call me names, and they even tell their kids not to be my friends.”
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He worked in the circus all his life, traveling through several cities. But now, he’s tired of being seen as a freak. As a consequence of years on the road, he’s been known as The Wolf Man.
Back home and not in the circus anymore, he’s facing another challenge: finding a “normal” job. He needs to support his family since his wife works in temporary jobs.
After several failed job interviews, he agreed to try something he had always avoided: shave his face. He relied on his family barber to transform him, even creating eyebrows and lashes.
The experience was difficult since the face is an extremely sensitive body area, but both he and his wife believed that simply by shaving, he would be able to find a job.
Jesús did several interviews, and it’s confident that now he’ll find somewhere to work besides the circus. If this happens, he must shave his face every 2 days.
Although rare, some conditions aren’t impossible to have. Luckily, people find a way to overcome the difficulties a rare condition brings and strive in life. Hannah Tyre, for example, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, meaning that her bones break very easily. But her love for makeup made her an internet influencer, reaching millions of followers. We hope that, by reaching the mainstream media, people with genetic diseases won’t suffer more discrimination.
Jenny, a proud cowgirl, wanted to surprise her husband, Mike, with a fun photo, but…
Jenny, a proud cowgirl, wanted to give her spouse Mike a funny picture as a surprise. She captured the scene to share with him while sitting in the back of a pickup truck, all out in cowgirl attire. She was unaware that this innocuous gesture would have such a profound effect.
Jenny showed Mike the photo with great excitement, knowing he would appreciate the lighthearted surprise. Mike was taken aback to discover, upon closer inspection, that Jenny had removed her wedding ring.
He became suspicious and tried to investigate by enlarging the picture. He was surprised to see more than just Jenny dressed like a cowgirl through the pickup truck’s rear window. The man’s face was visible in the reflection.
Mike was taken aback upon seeing Jenny’s 19-year-old ex-boyfriend.
Mike questioned Jenny about her ex-boyfriend’s unexpected appearance in the photo, feeling bewildered and hurt. Jenny acknowledged the seriousness of the situation and claimed that it was only a fortuitous meeting. She had not noticed the mirror, and the photographer happened to be her ex-boyfriend.
On the other hand, Mike began to doubt their marriage after hearing the news. What was supposed to be a happy surprise took on an unexpected degree of stress when Jenny’s ex-boyfriend unexpectedly showed up in the shot and there was no wedding ring. In the midst of an emotional breakdown, Mike made the decision to divorce Jenny.
The trust that had kept their marriage intact had been destroyed by the seemingly harmless cowgirl shot. Jenny and Mike had to deal with the unanticipated consequences of a picture that had taken an unexpected turn while they negotiated the difficulties of divorce.
The event was a sobering reminder that in a relationship, even seemingly insignificant details may matter. It was shown how important it is to have trust, communicate, and understand one another, and how unforeseen circumstances can occasionally result in actions that change people’s lives.
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