I have Linear Epidermal Nevus Syndrom ask me anything

So basically my skin doesn't know how to grow. It's linear so it covers the left side of my body only you could draw a line down the middle of me and it stops right there and will never cross over. My skin doesn't know how to stop growing or how to flake away naturally so from my arm pit to my mid thigh there are large patches of overgrown keratin. It looks almost like someone dunked me in glue and rolled my left side in thick sand. There's also no fatty layer beneath that skin so tears get infected more easily. Tears and chaffing happen a lot for me, I'm a woman and my nevus grows under all my clothing lines, so bra underwear pants all that. It's a syndrome for me because it's acommpanied by seizures and migraines. It's not super deadly but since it's on my left side it could grow on the epidermis of my heart and cause problems, so far I'm all clear on that front. The way I handle it is pretending I'm normal and it's not there, which is why none of my friends know. I was crazy bullied about it in school and it's like my only real insecurity so it messes with my head a bit. Sorry so long.

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