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Re: KP, red faces and sparse eyebrows
Keratosis Pilaris

From: Emily L
Remote Name: 208.21.112.200
Date: 29 Aug 2002
Time: 10:41:16 -0400

Comments

You guys are such an insperation. I had the same scenario with people didn't really know I had kp until they really really looked closely or something. And isn't it strange how we all knick-pick ourselves with our flaws and don't see the attributes? And other people see you completely different than you see yourself. I had seen a movie in high school where a genie or something granted a wish for a kid and he wished to have all this money and popularity and of course it backfired and he ended up with no friends. I had thought to myself, if only I could find out how others viewed me. Being a girl, I went through thinking my legs and rear were wider and bigger than they really are. And I wanted to know if people could tell that I had kp. I remember the controversial Buffy episode where she could read people's thoughts. A kid wanted to kill himself because he thought noone cared. Buffy finally pointed out to him, noone paid attention to his pain because they are all dealing with their own. When I was in high school, I thought the majority of the kids didn't have major problems. But when you're in high school, little minor problems can also be a huge deal. I finally just said, this is me, take it or leave it. I am now happily married, trying to go back to school if I can figure out what I want to be, I may be starting my own business at home, and I have a great cat that I adore. I have finally gotten over the morons who picked on me and thought they were better than others from high school. High school is not the real world, Thank Goodness! God bless and everyone take care of yourselves externally and internally. Emily