Domestic violence has lasting effects on its victims, and can't be simply wiped away. This is the message put across in a powerful new video showing a transgender woman wiping away her bruises.

Julie Vu, 23, a Canadian YouTuber who goes by the name Princess Joules, created the video to accompany powerful statistics about all sorts of domestic abuse including that which is committed against men, women, transgender people and children.

In the video, simply titled Domestic Violence, Julie appears alone on camera with what looks like a black eye and a split lip.

Powerful: Julie Vu, 23, also known as Princess Joules, wipes away make-up-made bruises to raise awareness over domestic violence

Driving the message home: Julie looks pained and cries in the video as statistics about domestic violence are displayed between shots

The shots are spliced with text displaying disturbing statistics, but first describing domestic violence as 'a pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence.'

As she touches her face with her long-nailed fingers she appears to wince and begins to cry. The text explains how domestic violence can happen to anyone from any background, gender or race.

Stats in the video include how one in four women will experience some form of domestic violence, and how two in five victims are men.

One particularly disturbing statistic says that half of transgender people are sexually abused or assaulted at some point in their lives.

Wiping clean: Julie is seen wiping the make-up off her face to illustrate how real domestic violence cannot be just wiped away

More than just marks: Julie writes that the wiping away symbolizes healing, but that the problem isn't gone when the bruises are

Fresh-faced: 'It shows you that domestic violence can happen to anyone, even the girl under the bruises,' says Julie in the video caption

Lastly, the video explains that three million children witness domestic violence in the home every year.

Julie is shown again, this time with a tissue, which she uses to wipe her mouth, causing the spit lip to disappear. She moves up her face to her eye, removing all her make-up and revealing her clear, uninjured face.

Then one last stat comes across the screen: '#1 Fact,' it reads. 'Most domestic violence incidents are never reported.'

'The wiping away of the marks and bruises symbolizes someone who is living in fear and [does] not know how to escape from it,' Julie writes in the caption for the video. 'As she starts again with a fresh face, she is healed for now, not knowing when her partner will strike again. It shows you that domestic violence can happen to anyone, even the girl under the bruises.'

YouTube star: Julie's YouTube channel, under the name Princess Joules, has over 270,000 subscribers

A journey: On her YouTube channel, Julie documented her entire transition through a series of vlogs

The moving video is accompanied by domestic violence hotlines for several countries.

Julie, a resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, has become a well-known member of the transgender community for her YouTube channel, which boasts over 270,000 subscribers.

There, she became one of the first to fully document her entire transition in detail on social media platforms.

Julie, who also works as a model and make-up artist, has covered everything from gender reassignment surgery to hormones to dating to the affect of her transition on her familial relationships alongside make-up and beauty tutorials.

Tips: Aside from her video diary installments, Julie also records beauty tutorials for make-up, nails and fashion