Your Digital Psychosocial Companion for Appearance & Identity

A human-guided, AI-supported system helping people navigate appearance-related experiences through simple, supportive conversations.

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What Appear+ Is Building

Appear+ goes beyond support.

We are building a new layer of human-centered AI:

Supports individuals through real-time, human-guided conversations
Helps users understand and navigate appearance-related experiences
Identifies patterns in lived experiences of stigma and perception
Builds a system for improving psychosocial well-being at scale

This work contributes to a new category of intelligence—one that recognizes human difference, not just standardized data.

ỌdịdịM is Finding Her Voice

ỌdịdịM is evolving into a voice-first companion designed for more natural human connection.

After launching the pilot, we are moving 'under the hood' to transition from a text-based bot to a multimodal cultural companion. ỌdịdịM Voice is coming.

👉🏾 Meet ỌdịdịM

ỌdịdịM is not a chatbot.

She is a calm, culturally grounded companion designed to support you through appearance-related experiences, whether it’s something that happened today, something you’ve been carrying for years, or something you don’t yet have words for.

🔹 WHAT IS APPEAR+?

Appear+ is a psychosocial support system designed for people navigating visible differences, including skin conditions and appearance-related experiences.

It combines human guidance and AI to provide reflection, support, and practical ways to navigate real-life situations.

Over time, these interactions contribute to a growing body of structured lived-experience data that informs how AI systems can better understand human identity.

🔹HOW IT WORKS

Speak or type
Start the conversation in whatever way feels easiest..

Be understood

ỌdịdịM listens and reflects your experience without judgment or pressure.

Experience small shifts

Through gentle conversations, you begin to understand patterns, respond differently, and feel less alone.

Each interaction not only supports the individual but contributes to a broader understanding of appearance-based experience.

🌱 Your Growth & Reflection

Appear+ helps you notice how things begin to shift over time.

moments that felt overwhelming start to feel manageable
your responses begin to change
your confidence grows in small, real ways

These shifts are not forced.
They happen naturally through reflection and lived experience.

Beyond the Individual

Appear+ doesn’t stop at individual support.

By learning from real lived experiences, it helps identify patterns in how people are treated and contributes to more informed, respectful responses across communities.

🔹Who Appear+ Is For

Appear+ is for you, If you have ever been judged, stared at, excluded, or misunderstood because of how you look.

Generally:

People with visible differences
People with Skin Conditions
People experiencing appearance-related stress
Anyone concerned about their Appearance
Anyone seeking a safe space to talk

🔹 SAFETY & HUMAN SUPPORT

Appear+ supports psychosocial well-being through guided conversations.

It does not replace professional care.
If you are experiencing distress or need urgent support, we encourage reaching out to a trusted person, local support service, or healthcare provider.

You don’t have to carry it alone, online or offline.

We are building TAP Care Network

🔹Community Voices

These voices help shape Appear+.
People are already finding space to speak, reflect, and feel understood through Appear+.

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🔹Founder's Story

Built From the Skin In

Appear+ began with a lived experience.
What started with a childhood skin reaction and later vitiligo became a deeper question about dignity, stigma, and silence.

Appear+ is one response to that question.
- Ogo Maduewesi

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