What happens when a skin condition threatens to take away the activity that makes you feel most like yourself? Lifelong competitive swimmer and International Topical Steroid Awareness Network (ITSAN) founder Kelly Palace joins host Dylan Marron to share how eczema and topical steroid withdrawal changed her relationship with the water. She opens up about swimming through the pain of cracked infection-prone skin, and the periods when she had to step away from the sport altogether. Kelly also reflects on finding her way back to the pool, setting boundaries around what her body could handle, and becoming a stronger, faster swimmer in her 60s.

What happens when a skin condition threatens to take away the activity that makes you feel most like yourself? Lifelong competitive swimmer and International Topical Steroid Awareness Network (<a href="https://www.itsan.org/">ITSAN</a>) founder Kelly Palace joins host Dylan Marron to share how eczema and topical steroid withdrawal changed her relationship with the water. She opens up about swimming through the pain of cracked infection-prone skin, and the periods when she had to step away from the sport altogether. Kelly also reflects on finding her way back to the pool, setting boundaries around what her body could handle, and becoming a stronger, faster swimmer in her 60s.

Skin is deeply personal, which is a strange thing to say about something everyone can see. Before people know your story -- or even your name -- your skin can become part of their first impression. 

 

On Skinquiries, host Dylan Marron explores what it means to live in your skin when you’re dealing with eczema and other visible or chronic skin conditions.

 

From the confidence it takes to show up during a flare to how it can impact relations, and the routines and decisions that shape daily life, Skinquiries shares personal stories about the many ways skin can affect how people move through the world.

Skin is deeply personal, which is a strange thing to say about something everyone can see. Before people know your story -- or even your name -- your skin can become part of their first impression.&nbsp;
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On Skinquiries, host Dylan Marron explores what it means to live in your skin when you&rsquo;re dealing with eczema and other visible or chronic skin conditions.
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From the confidence it takes to show up during a flare to how it can impact relations, and the routines and decisions that shape daily life, Skinquiries shares personal stories about the many ways skin can affect how people move through the world.

Skinquiries

When Eczema Gets Between You and the Sport You Love

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