Itch N Bitch

𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐀𝐒𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐒𝐧𝐞 π¦πž.

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From speaking to others online, it’s clear that no two people have the same experience with their skin. Despite our skin experiences being very different, we all suffer from the same self-doubt and negative thoughts that creep in every time our skin decides to catch us off guard.

Many marketing strategies target people’s insecurities from weight gain to skin needing to be flawless. The media sends a message that “π’šπ’π’–’𝒓𝒆 π’π’π’π’š 𝒂𝒔 π’ˆπ’π’π’… 𝒂𝒔 π’šπ’π’– π’π’π’π’Œ.” This can be hard to ignore when your skin is flaring, I want to remind everyone – YOU DON’T NEED ANOTHER PRODUCT – instead of reaching for a new product every time you flare try reaching out and asking for help. The best thing you can do with a chronic skin condition is accepting it and learn to live comfortably with itπŸ‘ŒπŸ»π’π­πžπ© 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐀𝐒𝐧 π©π¨π¬π’π­π’π―π’π­π²πŸ‘ŒπŸ»

I was reading a mental health and skin report earlier and the survey answers in it really stuck with me and kind of inspired this post. Survey respondents demonstrated that they had internalised dominant stereotypes concerning attractiveness: β€œπ’€π’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’Šπ’” π’„π’‚π’•π’†π’ˆπ’π’“π’Šπ’”π’†π’… 𝒂𝒔 π’ƒπ’†π’Šπ’π’ˆ ‘π’ƒπ’†π’‚π’–π’•π’Šπ’‡π’–π’β€™β€, β€œπ‘ͺπ’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’” π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒅𝒐, π’˜π’‰π’ π’šπ’π’– π’Žπ’†π’†π’•, π’π’‘π’‘π’π’“π’•π’–π’π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’†π’” π’šπ’π’– π’•π’‚π’Œπ’†, 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’†π’‚π’“, π’šπ’π’– 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐 π’‚π’π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’”π’‘π’π’π’•π’‚π’π’†π’π’–π’”π’π’šβ€

and finally β€œπ‘·π’†π’“π’”π’π’π’‚π’ 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 π’†π’™π’‘π’†π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’† 𝒐𝒇 π’‘π’”π’π’“π’Šπ’‚π’”π’Šπ’” 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒅 π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’π’‘π’Šπ’„π’‚π’ π’•π’“π’†π’‚π’•π’Žπ’†π’π’•π’”β€.

So guess I am creating this post to say hey, my inbox is always open. And when you accept β€”your skin and you’re pleased with the person you’ve become because of it – you’ll experience a sense of peace throughout life’s inevitable ups, downs and flares. We are not defined by our skin and we can still achieve. For more inspo check out my previous post on @itch_n_bitch πŸ’‹

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