clear skin a precious gift

[nick]

Heres some thing that ive been chewing over for many years, As like most of you who will read this i have the dreaded p and as such spend many hours under/infront of a "sun bed", many days appliying sticky and some times down right nasty creams all over my less then perfect skin and the odd day or 2 sulking because im coverd in red blotches and why? because all i want is to have clear skin,not much to ask for is it?
And now to the point of this little rant, why do the few lucky people whith out p choose to deface there bodys with tatoos and bits of metal? utter madness, if only people would appreciate the precious gift they have in clear skin,instead of risking catching various nasty germs (hep c /hiv) just to please a passing craze,not many people that i know are happy with there tattoos/piercings 20 years on,then may be attitudes to p and the emotional distress that it causes its many suffer's would change for the better and much needed funds would be put in to research to find a permant cure.

[sungirl237]

Like you I have got psoriasis. Personally I really like tattoos and piercings, especially piercings. I think skin can look nice without these things and with them, it really depends on the person and whether they suit them or not. I've had my piercings for a few years and not got sick of them yet. If I do, I will simply take them out, no big deal........

[Alison]

i think its everybodys dream on here ................not 2 win the lottery (well maybe just once but 2 have the feeling of clear skin once again.
i have both a tatto n piercing , yes theyre hidden away but theyre there 4 my benefit nobody elses , i like them and in the summer if i want to show them i do.
heres hopeing 1 day everyones skin will be clear of all blemishes reagrdless of whether people decide to decorate themselves or not

[skreid]

I agree with alison on this one Nick, it comes down to personal choice, if you don't like tattoos or percings fine, but you should'nt blow your trumpet in everyone face.

Like many people there are lots of stuff I don't like but its my opinion.

I like some tattoos, I like mine. I've got one on practically the only area of my skin that didn't have P on, and its still clear. (my left shoulder in case everyone was thinking somewhere else )

God yes I'd love to have clear skin, but just because I don't doesn't mean I have to be p***ed off at those who do....

Cheers

Stu.

[ladyd]

Clear skin yes is precious and yet so is our own personal identity.
I do understand where you are coming from though.
D

[SJ]

Since late May this year I have been 'given' that special gift...I have had literally P free skin.

I have suffered with P for more than 25 years and, like many here, have gone through the creams/lotions/potions regime, taken drugs and pretty much exhausted the treatments available to me.

In May, I had my first ever PUVA treatment and my skin has been clear ever since.

This summer, the first time since I was 8, I have worn t-shirts and been swimming. I have had a suntan!

It is precious, it truly is. It has probably been the 'best' summer I have ever had purely because I have had a little confidence in my self and felt NORMAL.

I know my P will come back soon...it won't last for ever. But having clear skin has been amazing...

I think the reason I have never had a tattoo (apart from not knowing what to have or where to have it!) is my P. I never saw the point in having something I could never show...what a waste of time. I don't think I would have one though...too painful for me! I don't think I think of it as 'defacing' though...it is all down to personal choice at the end of the day. Thing is, these people just don't know how lucky they are to have the freedom to show them off (if that's what they want to do).
SJ

[Guy]

Sounds like you've had a great summer  - excellent news - flaunt that skin!

I'm soooooo pleased the PUVA worked so well for you.

guy  

[Dani]

I got one tattoo, an ickle one on my back and I love it to pieces. It really means something as it's to do with my neice.

I also have my tongue pierced and did have my belly button pierced. But I took that out, not because I didn't like it (I loved it) but it was causing me too many problems, as I reacted badly to the piercing.

This kind of thing is totally down to personal views and I respect what you're saying, Nick, but like skreid said, no need to go mad about it. At the end of the day, if people do this and end up regretting it (I might yet, you never know) then that's their own fault. It's not something you should worry over.

And if people have got clear skin, why shouldn't they draw attention to it with a little decoration? Expression is a beautiful thing, it's just that people do it in different ways. We just gotta learn to accept them all as best as we can.

D

[steve_m]

I've had a fairly bad summer with my skin, but I really tried to keep calm. Wore t-shirts occasionally.. even ventured topless round the pool in Menorca too. I have a tattoo too and it was lovely to discuss the tattoo with straers rather than have to hide my skin away.

I've had the tattoo for 15yrs now (much to the intial disgust of my parents). Never regretted for one day.. if I do in the future, thats my hard cheese..

[Wendy]

hello
 i dont see why people shouldn't have tats and peircing on thier skin.

in fact i would love to add a fourth tat to my body but i cant because of my p. my tatman just refuses.  my p comes up on my tats but i dont care because they are for me.  

would you tell someone that they couldn't dye their hair? becuase to me its much the same thing.