You wear a band-aid for too long and all the color goes out of your skin and it becomes sensitive, looks like you could peel it off. Exactly what happens? Plus, what happens to black folk’s skin?
The skin has been kept damp under the band-aid, which makes it very soft. It’s like oversoaking in a tub. The skin is absorbing more moisture and puffing up.
It isn’t actually losing its pigment, it’s simply swelling. As it swells, it can become fairly detached from the under layers.