Do You Fear Discrimination at the Spa?
It was 2014, late fall, and I was stressed. I had just separated from my soon-to-be ex-husband a few months prior, I was living with a friend trying to pick up the...
Written by Tikeyah Varner
Let’s be real we live in a time where appearance is everything! Whether it’s social media, selfies or music videos, everything is based on how you look. I think that is why my psoriasis has literally...
Years ago a young lady living with psoriasis inboxed me and shared her concerns about dating, rejection, finding love, feeling loved, being intimate, and being accepted. It hurt me because those are the same exact fears I...
It was my sophomore year at Alabama State University, and I was stuck on campus for Thanksgiving. Typically I was okay with being a school for the holidays. However, this time around things was different. I really wanted to...
My 2 Psoriasis-Related New Year’s Resolutions
In December I had a bad breakup—not with a particular person, but with my psoriasis treatment. After 2 years of being on a treatment I considered unbreakable, it decided to stop working. This caused...