Our Skin Journeys: Acne, Psoriasis & Self Confidence

So Em, tell us all about your skin journey.

Yeah.

So I, I feel like I have mixed feelings about this episode.

I am really excited to talk about this topic because I think no matter what, I, I really do believe that skin and your journey with your skin can impact anyone, and everyone has a different story or a different, I guess, journey with their skin if they have had any issues in the past.

So I know this is going to resonate with probably a lot of people, but it also is, I guess it's very vulnerable.

You know, your skin and the way that you present outwards can be a really vulnerable position to be in.

So I'm looking forward to, I guess, breaking down some barriers and, and hopefully people can take away some really good messages from this and learn a little bit about their skin from you.

Um, you have been [laughs] such a huge impact in my life for a lot of reasons, so I think, yeah, it's so special to be able to share this with our community.

So at the moment, I- I'm feeling pretty good about my skin.

I have psoriasis, so it is an autoimmune disease which I found out I had when I was about eight.

Yep, so quite young.

Yeah, really young, and [laughs] it was really interesting the way I found out.

I went to go get a haircut.

So I had a full bowl cut when I was a kid, just-

Cutie-patootie

... ran the bowl cut for ages, and I went to go get a [laughs] haircut in this little town, and they didn't wanna cut my hair 'cause they thought I had nits, babe.

Oh, because of all the white.

'Cause I had like the, it looked like dandruff I guess.

Yeah

But they're like, "No, we're not cutting her hair." And I was like, "Mom, why won't they cut my hair?" [laughs]

Poor wee thing.

We c- we, you know, cut a long story short, we found out that I actually do have psoriasis.

So, um, psoriasis can present a little bit differently to a lot of people, and it's interesting, I didn't have many people that really talked about it and, you know, were open about having psoriasis.

I guess I kind of have learnt in myself I'm- I'm a bit of an oversharer and I don't really, you know, care anymore.

I suppose it came to a bit of a journey where I'm just like, "Whatever, I've got psoriasis." And I guess the more I started talking about it, I found out that it's actually really common.