livebloggingmydescentintomadness:
shout out to all the women who don’t have beautiful skin on their bodies, who have body acne or keratosis pilaris or eczema or psoriasis or lots of pimples on ur butt or lots of ingrown hairs on ur legs or scaly elbows or whatever. You are not alone
It feels like that a lot b/c you almost never see people with severe skin issues post pics of themselves naked and lots of those pics are airbrushed but you know what you are still a motherfucking perfect badass
Keratosis pilaris is something we should really talk about more because both me and my mom have it (mostly on our arms) and both of us were pretty self-conscious about it in our teen years. Both of us scrubbed relentlessly to try and wear them away, she wore sweaters even during Texas summers in high school. It wasn’t until a couple years ago I actually found what it was, and just knowing that it’s a common thing made me feel a lot better. If you don’t know, this is what it looks like:
(photo not of me, found it on Google)
And it’s just a buildup of keratin around the follicle, it’s not an infection or rash or anything. In some cases it can be more severe and become much more inflamed, but if it doesn’t physically bother you then it’s nothing to worry about, and more people should know about that.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I FUCKING WONDERED WHY MY SKIN LOOKS LIKE THIS ALL THE FUCKING TIME.
I also have this
i never realized what it was… thank you!
One of my best friends growing up had this. I distinctly remember her and her mom calling it “mister bumpies”. Like “oh, those are just mister bumpies!” It’s amazing how just giving something a name and brushing it off can help.
I have this! I always thought it was part of my eczema, but now I know there’s a name for it!
Everyone always asks me if I’m cold, because they look like goosebumps ?
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