Hi people with chronic dandruff, psoriasis, eczema or any other skin conditions which cause dryness and flaking. I hope you’re having nice, low pain or pain free days. Know that you don’t have to access treatment you don’t want or that doesn’t benefit you for the sake of other people’s comfort. You are amazing.
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i hate that it’s seen as ok for people to make fun of skin conditions
this includes skin conditions that are caused/exacerbated by poor hygiene btw
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shout out to my fellow bitches with skin conditions in impossible to hide places! my psoriasis forms around my eyebrows and beneath my nostrils. doesn’t stop me from being cool and sexy
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science doodles done at the lab during reunions
tertiary lymphoid structures
flow cytometry
leucocytes (back of the sketchbook)
neuroendocrine carcinoma
psoriasis
cellular leiomyoma
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~ ✨🧚🏾♂️ Skin Positivity: 🧚🏾♀️✨~
As a person with acne, eczema, psoriasis, and thick calluses on my feet, and who is pretty much allergic to everything, excluding shea butter, cocoa butter, and only one brand of makeup, I would like to take the time to say that people with skin conditions are beautiful.
People do not have to have smooth, clear, “flawless” skin. I certainly don’t. And the older that I get, the more my eczema spreads, which will only stop once it’s all over my body. My skin is always very dry and very fragile even when I put on lotions and creams and whatnot.
And as for acne, I have that all over my upper body. My face, my head, my neck, my chest, my belly, my back, and my upper arms.
And no, I’m not ashamed of any of this, nor should I be made to feel that way. I am not this untouchable, disgusting thing that should be hidden from the world. I am a human being with my own life, and my own beauty, and I deserve to be respected and treated as such.
And NOT despite my skin conditions, but WITH them. Because people like me exist, and we deserve to be seen and represented.
The nature of one’s skin should not ever determine whether they are beautiful, or worthy of love and respect.
I already am. Because I exist.
My skin is beautiful in all of its little dry scales, flakes, bumps, calluses, acne, and dark spots. And I refuse to let some ignorant people tell me that I should feel ashamed of my own skin because it’s not like everyone else’s. This is MY skin, and I decide how I feel about it. And I love it. I refuse to let anyone make me feel bad for how I was born, and for how my skin turns out. I am not a mistake to be fixed. I am worthy, regardless of what anyone says.
I am beautiful. I am worthy of love and respect. I am.
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One of my favourite things about being chronically ill as a young person is sitting in the rheumatology waiting room as the youngest person there and then having all the old people giving you dirty looks. Yes bitch I got the disability fast pass.
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Shout-out to everyone suffering from eczema, psoriasis, or any of the other ailments that can also be described as, my skin hates me sometimes. Having that special moment today where I noticed a small outbreak, and applied moisturizer, only to discover it was too late, the "soothing, calming" lotion felt like acid being rubbed into a thousand tiny papercuts. Isn't the changing of the seasons lovely?
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Any doctors / medical people wanna tell me what high fevers for 2+ weeks daily, blood work all good besides slightly high MCH & MCV is? Can urinary issues cause high fevers with no positive tests? (I have an embedded UTI). Otherwise my only thing is autoimmune but I bring you back to normal CRP, normal FBC.
In the last few days I've developed a simple cold (not COVID I've triple checked) but the fevers started before that with no other infection signs besides my urinary symptoms being worse.
I have a semi-diagnosis of reactive arthritis when my urinary symptoms are bad (very bad knee & back pain) but never had fevers with this previously.
Only time I've ever had fevers with UTI is when I had suspected sepsis but once again, I bring you to my normal blood results 🙃
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Psoriasis
"I have an autoimmune Disease which affects my Skin by creating red, itchy Patches with white, dead Skin Cells on them."
- acceptable Explanation
- very informative
"Where ever I go, I spread a tiny bit of Death along with me."
- ominous
- makes you seem like a badass mini Version of the Grim Reaper
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hey folks, i have to apply an ointment for psoriasis, but the sensation of touching the ointment (specifically how difficult it is to clean up after) really puts me off using it. any tips for applying an ointment without having to touch it?
tagging this with autism tags because i feel like yall would have good suggestions about coping with sensory defensiveness. (i myself fall somewhere on the spectrum of not autistic <--> autistic but not really precise on where). thanks in advance for any advice!
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