I… didn’t know this was possible.

Cancer treatment messes with your body in a variety of ways. For example, those undergoing chemotherapy have reported that their once-straight hair is now curly, along with a whole host of other bodily changes that they weren’t quite ready for.

Among the strangest of these changes are alterations to skin tone. While rare, some Black people with cancer report that, after treatment, their skin tone becomes several shades lighter, as evidenced by this internet user’s story.