My Journey with Eczema (Part 5)

With eczema you cannot help but to be very self-conscious. When persons stare at you it makes you uncomfortable. 

In order to lessen the stares, I wear long sleeve blouses. This prevents the stares but it presents another problem.

The problem is that some fabrics irritate your rash. So, you basically get rid of one problem but another presents itself. 

Unfortunately, that's life with eczema.

With eczema you don’t get a break. If it's not one thing it's another. Therefore, you just have to be resilient and creative.

To minimize the discomfort of wearing long sleeve clothing I try to make a note of the fabrics not to wear. This can be a little frustrating especially when you go to the store to buy clothing, but we have to do what we have to do.

Another challenge we face is that when our body temperature rises the itch gets worse. This makes wearing long sleeve during the summer days quite difficult. So, then we have a tough choice to make. We have to decide which is easier to handle, the stares or the itch?

I recall once I went to work and my eczema got really bad. By the afternoon my face had swollen so much that I had to leave work early. While heading home on the bus a man stared at me so much that I was uncomfortable. He continued to stare until he reached his stop.

For us, this is a daily occurrence. People see our skin, not us. It happens on the bus, at work, at the supermarket, at the doctor’s office, pretty much everywhere we go. This slowly takes a toll on us. Deep down we are screaming to those staring “see me, not my skin.”

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