Your Stories
Your Stories
We make sense of our lives through stories. Our stories connect us to one another and through them it is possible to transform the challenges we have experienced into something inspiring.
Your voice can be powerful in raising awareness about important issues, improving understanding, and confronting misconceptions about skin conditions.
Through your story you may be able to help, encourage or support someone struggling with the challenges of managing a distressing and painful skin condition.
Please read our guidelines for sharing your story. To share your story email jillclarke@irishskin.ie.
Nikki Farrington: “I avoided getting close to people – especially boys” because of HS
It’s taken Nicola Farrington a decade to come to terms with her skin condition. But, she tells the Sunday Independent LIFE magazine’s Joy Orpen Kanter,
Elaine McCallig: “I used to think of myself as a flaky, red monster, but now I don’t let eczema define me”
Elaine McCallig tells Joy Orpen Kanter that no one should allow a skin problem like eczema to define who they are. Instead, she recommends that
Barry’s Story: Living with Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)
Barry has been living with a skin condition know as hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) for over twenty-five years.
Shirley’s Story – Surviving Melanoma
Shirley has survived terminal metastatic malignant melanoma.
Emma’s Story – Living with EB
Emma share her story about living with Recessive Dystrophic EB.
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