Joy Blenman is a self-care and beauty content creator with alopecia universalis. She describes how the condition has evolved her into the resilient woman that she is today.
Joanne (29) is a determined mother of two and a skincare herbalist who lives in London. From a very young age, she’s struggled with severe eczema.
If there was anyone else who was supposed to be the first model with ichthyosis then they would have been, but I am that person. It’s me.
Isabella is 22 years old, and she lives in Kent County, which is 20 minutes outside of London.
“Acceptance is the key to releasing your fears.”
Fanta Ndao is a licensed, holistic esthetician who grew up in the melting pot of New York City, but when she started modeling, she soon realized that New York’s modeling industry was not as forgiving of people’s differences.
It’s exhausting to try and anticipate what other people want me to do. I have the option to try and figure out what I want.
Alice has had psoriasis since she was 10 years old. In this conversation, she opens up about her mental health journey with skin and self-acceptance.
“By the time I was a freshman in high school, I had developed painful, cystic acne. I had it all along my cheeks, my jawline, and my temples. Because I would try to pop my acne, my cheeks are where I have the most scarring. There wasn’t a whole lot of readily available education for me on acne at the time, and my dermatologist never talked to me about skin picking, so I kept doing it.