HI (insert name)
YES, I KNOW MY SKIN LOOKS BAD TODAY.
YES, I HAVE TRIED ALOE VERA/SUNBEDS/VASELINE/E45/VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS/EVENING PRIMROSE/DIET....(insert other therapies here. Could be a long list!)
I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOUR FRIEND/RELATIVE CURED THEIR ECZEMA BY USING "X" THERAPY, BUT MY ECZEMA IS A SPECIFIC TYPE CAUSED BY DAMAGE FROM TOPICAL STEROID CREAMS AND IT CAN TAKE MANY YEARS TO IMPROVE.
I AM GIVING YOU THIS PRINTOUT BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION 20 TIMES ALREADY THIS WEEK AND ITS BEGINNING TO FEEL A BIT LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY, SO I THOUGHT WOULD SAVE MY TIME AND ENERGY THIS TIME AROUND.
BY THE WAY, EVERY TIME SOMEONE LIKE YOU MENTIONS MY SKIN IN CONVERSATION, I FEEL UGLY AND DISGUSTING AND IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THE ONLY THING ANYONE NOTICES ABOUT ME IS THE WAY I LOOK, RATHER THAT WHO I AM AS A PERSON. I KNOW YOU MEAN WELL, BUT IF EVERY CONVERSATION YOU EVER HAD STARTED WITH "YOUR SKIN LOOKS BAD TODAY", YOU WOULD WANT TO AVOID SOCIAL CONTACT TOO.
THANK YOU FOR YOU CONSIDERATION.
2 comments:
Oh Louise, I hope YOUR skin isn't being bad today :X
That being said, I really should have printed something like this out months ago. I didn't get many comments from strangers, though. Mostly family bombarding me with suggestions, most recent one being at Xmas when my younger sister gave me a body scrub for my 'eczema'. That was frustrating.
Body scrub. Ouch.
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