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Want to know the reason why I show my Eczema off so much? Because I used to do the exact opposite.

Sometimes, I stare blankly into my mirror, examining every crag and flaw in my skin. The world, much like the cover of a book, judges us quickly at first glance. The redness. The way our nails scrape along our body.

I’ll never forget my lowest moment living with eczema. When the palms of my hands became so angry and inflamed that people didn’t want to shake my hand because they thought I had something contagious.

I never thought my eczema could ever become something that was traumatic.