Do you have a skin condition?

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  1. Korra my other car is a polar bear dog

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    I do. It's called vitiligo...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo
    Basically, it's when your immune system goes whack and attacks your pigment cells.
    Therefore, loss of pigment and white spots.
    It's supposedly genetic.
    But no one else in my family has had it.
    Ever.

    Go figure I'm the one that gets it. x3
    I use Protopic, and I haven't (don't plan to) get UV treatment. So far, the color does come back, but very slowly.

    So, you can share your condition here, if you have one.
     
  2. N Hollow Bastion Committee

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    I'm allergic to certain lotions and I'll get a rash. It's terrible. They get all itchy and irritating and if I scratch at them they get even worse.
     
  3. Inasuma "pumpkin"

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    I have a skin condition.

    I honestly can't remember what it's called because I'm not as affected by it as I used to be. Basically what happens is, is your skin dries up a lot and gets very pale due to a loss of your dark layers.

    It looks kind of like Vitiligo only not as obvious. It's MOST noticeable though when I take a shower and after drying off, my skin is incredibly rough and dry. No, not because I washed a lot. Skin is indeed normally dry and rough from showers from the cleaning, yes, but mine is abnormally dry. I usually have to use lotions from time to time to contain it. And because of this, I can't take showers daily. I have to take them every 2-3 days. I know this because for a while I would take showers every day and my skin was so dry and sensitive that I was even afraid to turn the cap off of a milk bottle (Because of the cap's usual rough edges).

    Yeah.
     
  4. Nanaki Broken in six places

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    Yeah...I get this weird...thing...occasionally on my neck. My skin turns yellowish, and it feels roughish. It's weird...and I have to scrub at it with Noxema Pads to make it go away....that hurts, too....TT^TT
     
  5. Ratchet Bah weep graaagnah wheep ni ni bong!

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    I have psoriasis, but only on my scalp. This is really annoying. I have always had it. There is also a small patch on my forehead, which I hide with my fringe.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoriasis
     
  6. N Hollow Bastion Committee

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    I have it on my scalp, too. My head itches and it comes off in flakes like dandruff and because my hair is so thick I have a hard time getting at it.
     
  7. DigitalAtlas Don't wake me from the dream.

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    Nope, I guess I'm just lucky?
     
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