Life Unscripted: Layla on a hard day with atopic dermatitis

Layla shares the often-overlooked realities faced by those living with atopic dermatitis.

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You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning, and your eyes are dry and puffy and itchy, and they hurt?

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A hard day with atopic dermatitis is where I wake up in the morning, and I can immediately feel my dry, flaky skin on my eyelids,

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and my hands are burning, and my eyelids are burning. It feels so embarrassing. It feels like I don't even want to go out in public.

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I just want to put the covers over my head and just hide for the rest of the day until my flare-up goes away.

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I know that it's a struggle to even get out of the bed and look at yourself in the mirror. If you're having a hard day with atopic dermatitis,

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and you feel like I did, you just want to hide under the covers, I would urge you to not do that. It can be so freeing to just embrace your eczema.

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Treat it as best you can, and make sure that you have lotion and a good prescription. Just do the things that you would normally do.