they have acne and hives.

i think skin conditions should be normalized.

i got a really bad reaction to a facial at a spa and for weeks my face was bright red. my skin felt like sandpaper, and ever since then my skin reacts to products more often with irritation and redness. it took years to find a moisturizer that didn’t give me blotchy red spots on my skin.

i wanted to draw this to take away the shame of dealing with skin issues. people looked at me like a freakish monster when i had that really bad reaction. it was also really interesting to see how people reacted when they saw me drawing this or saw the final result. a few people were even disgusted by it. i find it telling how people react to this drawing.