CavityFairy

I was born with this skin disorder too. This is me at 4, in 1968, notice my hands.

I was miserable. My feet would split very deep, my mom would have to soak them in water to get my socks off. I couldn't even walk, I missed so much school I was held back two years. I had it all over my body. My hands would also split very deep.

Our family doctor told my mom to feed me all the fat from any meat she cooked. That's all I would get was the scraps of fat. She would feed me lard too.

After no results, the doc instructed her to slather me in Vaseline and be wrapped in plastic. I remember having to go to school with Vaseline on my feet, then plastic sandwich bags, then socks then shoes. I was always falling down because my feet were sliding around inside my shoes. I even sprained my ankle a couple times.

In Junior High I decided to run track. I did great, I was fast. During the first meet, I took off out of the blocks and I could feel the skin on my right heel split in half. I fell to the ground in pain. As you may know, for some reason there isn't much blood when this happens. But I could see my bone. Sad things is there was no way to sew it up, how could it be?

But I have great news, I grew out of it. My feet aren't nearly as bad, nothing a creole blade can't cure. My hands still look old, about a 70 y.o, but the rest of me looks much younger because my skin has "cycled" over and over, like a chemical peel. I'm 48, but I look 35ish. Also, when I was 35ish, my feet would completely clear up for some inexplicable reason, and they still do about five times a year now and stay baby smooth for about a month.

Positive side about the thickness of the skin on my feet; I could run and play barefoot on the pavement, in the woods, or on the beach like I was wearing hiking boots.

(Sorry for the errors, been up all night)

Enjoy the ID thing, it'll go on for awhile.

I forgot to mention something a dermatologist asked me about 20 years ago: has your hair changed?

1-3 my hair was hard as straw, and stood straight up like static.

4-8 my hair was flat & straight.

9-16 my hair was frizzy, I even had an afro.

17-25 my hair was wavy

26-present it's Shirley Temple curly. (I hate it, so I buzz it.)

This was something the Dermatologist had noted in his other patients with this disorder.

Edit; Spelling