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Not really loving my actual skin right now...

I am glad that the summer is coming to an end.   Don’t get me wrong, I have really enjoyed the summer; we have had an unusual amount of sunny and dry days mixed in with the wet and windy.   I have been out in it more than ever and have loved playing with the boys at the park and in the garden.   I even loved taking part in the nursery’s big toddle. This year, I allowed my skin to get some sunshine.   Being a chilly pale-fanatic (as in I love being a bit pale and freckly), I usually still wear trousers, or a cardigan in the sunshine, if I manage to get out in it at all.   But I have actually donned shorts and vests, did a lot of gardening and have loved watching my usually peach-coloured arms turn, well, a darker shade of peach. So, what’s the problem?   It is me.   Me and Psoriasis.   Around 10 years ago, I had a breakout of guttate psoriasis.   My elbows (which have never properly cleared up anyway) and arms had tiny round red pa...