Carly Findlay

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When empathy hurts. Seeing skin conditions on screen

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A friend sent me a link to a documentary called My Skin is Killing Me - it's about two people with severe skin conditions - a young American boy with Epidermolysis Bullosa, and a young Chinese man with Ichthyosis. It showed the medical and social pain of living with these … [Read more...]

Appearance diversity: Living Without Skin – Life with Epidermolysis Bullosa.

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I first met Nikki online when she read my blog back in 2011. I think she left me a comment and I contacted her by Facebook. Nikki has a rare, extremely severe skin condition called Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). Her condition is evidence of just how much skin affects the body's … [Read more...]

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