She’s Battling Skin Stigmas By Documenting Her Experiences With Psoriasis
Living with a skin condition can not only be extremely physically painful, but can also take a significant toll on mental health.
Your skin is always on display, so feeling insecure or ashamed about your complexion can lead many people to isolate themselves.
But, one twenty-five-year-old woman from Essex, England, is hoping to combat the stigma around skin conditions– particularly psoriasis.
According to the Mayo Clinic, “psoriasis is a skin condition that causes a rash with itchy, scaly patches– most commonly on the knees, elbows, trunk, and scalp.”
And Claire has been documenting her experience with the condition since February of 2021 on her Instagram account @Claires_Psoriasis.
In fact, she first began struggling with psoriasis in 2017 but detailed how her doctors did not properly diagnose her for a long time.
“It baffles me now that doctors did not know what my skin condition was,” she explained in one Instagram post.
“I was first told it was flea bites and then ringworm. I spent so much money on prescriptions trying different creams. And, of course, the creams showed no sign of my skin clearing up.”
Instagram; pictured above is Claire
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“Nothing seemed to help, and I broke down before asking to be referred to the hospital. They diagnosed me instantly! In my experience, doctors will throw creams at us. But, we have to remember you cannot fix the INSIDE by putting cream on the OUTSIDE. It is the immune system mistakenly attacking healthy cells which causes psoriasis,” Claire continued.
Since opening up about her story, Claire has posted frequent updates about her condition and shares her thoughts on other important topics– including dating with psoriasis, her go-to skin remedies, and how she battles her skin insecurities.
“There is no cure for psoriasis. But the best self-cure is acceptance,” she even wrote in her Instagram bio.
Claire continues to educate people from all over the world about the skin condition, and her followers absolutely love her transparency and dedication to normalizing “imperfect” skin.
In fact, she already has over fifty-one thousand followers on Instagram and fifty-six thousand followers on TikTok.
To keep up with Claire on Instagram, visit the link here. Or, to view her TikTok account, visit the link here.
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