I started this post here, I talked about the black spots on my face and my failed battle against it. Annoyingly, it's dominant on just one side of my face.
I had an auto crash in October 2014 where I lost part of my left facial skin to the tarred road of Lagos-Ibadan express way, I was lucky, no blessed, I didn't have to do any surgery or grafting (I'm so grateful). The skin grew back and so the black spots are missing on the new growth, except the new self induced ones I got by always pressing my pimples (it gives me some kind of satisfaction though I know I'd have black spots, I just can't stop).
Back to my allergies, the large dark spots on my legs. I was not a gentle child considering the fact that all 8 of my cousins are male and they are older, wherever they go, I go. Whatever they do, I do. Trees climbing, rock climbing, fence jumping, kicking stones in place of football, running around, every other thing you can imagine a bunch of boys (think of me as a boy) doing. I got a lot of bruises and wounds just being around them, I guess they'd sometimes forget I'm a girl.
Those injuries always heal and disappear, yet I would see these black spots. I started paying close attention in my senior secondary school years (I felt I was a big girl already), I realized when I walk around grass or early in the morning where there are grasses, I start to itch. Painful, peppery itching. I would almost be paralyzed, uncontrollable tears would drop, the itching continues no matter how much I scratch until I get warm.
This still happens to me although I watch myself and my movement well now. I started reading about the possible cause of this as it also affects my sister and my mom said she had it when she was younger. This points to the fact that it could be hereditary.
I think this is a form of dermatitis but I can't be sure. Does anyone know what exactly it is and how it can be corrected? The pain is always unbearable when it strikes and there'll be times I can't but move around early in the morning or in bushy path.
