#you may consider things tmi idk im giving a warning anywat

[gikairan]

Aarrghhh I'm going to gnaw off my skin istg....

When I was younger, like... Before I was really forming long term memories, I know I had some kind of eczema going on. All I remember of it is having a tub of medicated cream, not the actual skin complaint itself. Mostly, I know this from my mum telling me? One day it just kinda went away???

Sometime in my teen years it did kinda come back. As a different kind. I can't remember the name, but instead of itchy broken skin patches it's... Scales. Scales of dead skin that doesn't really want to come off properly.

..... But just on my toes. Like, really mild, not painful. Easy to buff off. Not a big deal at all, really. You find the name of it and look at pictures and those are way more severe cases than I have.

Until a few months ago.

When it decided to pop up

On my sternum :)

Im used to just being able to buff this skin off no trouble, but for months it persisted. Until I finally looked up what I should be using to break this up.

Pumice stone and emollient. Ok. Obtain them as well as an exfoliating brush. Start chipping away at the thicker skin

..... And now I'm down to just the thinnest layer. But it's now starting to hurt. Like, the good skin underneath is weak and breaking INSTEAD of the rough skin I'm trying to buff off? There isn't much left to get rid of, but I'm pretty sure I need to let it heal for a bit because ouch.

Anyway back to eczema because..... that cold snap we've just had?

Bought that eczema I've not had since I was like... 6 or 7 BACK :)

In the webbings between my middle finger and ring finger....

I. Am. Suffering. It is very itchy. It doesn't seem to be reducing in size. And I literally don't know how to put up with this any more on account of not dealing with this sort of skin complaint for TWENTY FIVE PLUS YEARS.

I'm hoping this is the only patch I'll have for a long time again, but I'm seeing some redness in the same webbing on the other hand so RIP me I guess? It doesn't seem to be growing, but I am Worried it will.

So yeah, think I'm going to gnaw it all off instead. These aren't my only skin complaints (the acne just about everywhere and keratosis in my arms are a constant annoyance for me), but boy they're the ones causing me pain as I'm trying to sleep right now. I would love a skin transplant. Just give me someone else's, because mine is very uncooperative.

... Or maybe I should consider trying to get a referral to a dermatologist for *waves arms at everything above my chest*. But honestly I do not want to deal with a GP.... Or 3, as past experience has required that many to get an appointment to what I ACTUALLY need -n-.