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Do you have a picture of what you mean by skin disappearing? In case you aren't aware, you can 'layer' the order which items appear on your outfit. If you have a backdrop which covers the full canvas, you have to make sure the 'base' layer is higher on the list than the background, to ensure your 'skin' shows. This is as sometimes people don't want the 'human' avatar present in an outfit, for example if they have a cute animal wearable and they just want to showcase that c:

Hope that helps!

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