Offaly native Zoe Ryan has opened up about the struggle of being diagnosed with a skin condition aged 18, and coming to terms with how the disease affected her visually
Zoe Ryan has opened up about her experience of being diagnosed with psoriasis at 18 years old — and how she hopes her journey may help others.
Speaking to Chic, she said, “I was always a very studious person and so for me, the sole focus back then was just my exams and through school, and into college. “Back then, I had never even heard of the condition psoriasis — even though it’s something that affects a lot of people. “I do think in recent years, there has been an incredible movement towards accepting normal skin and people showing normal skin — but back then, that wasn’t a thing. It was a case of, if you had anything like that that made you different, you hid it — you didn’t dare tell anyone about it.
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