Twenty-year-old Kosisochukwu Okafor tells AYOOLA OLASUPO about her battle with a mysterious skin condition called psoriasis, the painful treatments and how it has affected her educationWhen did you first notice something unusual about your skin?I was just a girl, the last of seven children from Anambra State, who had just finished my SSCE and decided to take a year-long gap. So, I decided to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after the one-year gap.It was around October 2022 when I fell sick, and I thought it was malaria because our common sickness in Nigeria is malaria. I was having a headache, and it was severe.I had not had that kind of headache before in my life, and my scalp was itching, so I decided to cut my hair. While cutting my hair, I noticed that a liquid was coming out from there. At that time, I didn’t even know it was pus, so I cut the hair to see what was underneath.My scalp was messed up, itching, and it was painful. So, I went to a nearby nurse and chemist, who gave me antibiotics. I was taking them for one week, but it kept getting worse.What was your next action towards getting healed?I went back to complain to her after one week. But she was obviously seeing it, so she said it was chickenpox. She said she was going to give me an injection for one week, so I started receiving it.At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. When did you first notice something unusual about your skin?I was just a girl, the last of seven children from Anambra State, who had just finished my SSCE and decided to take a year-long gap. So, I decided to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after the one-year gap.It was around October 2022 when I fell sick, and I thought it was malaria because our common sickness in Nigeria is malaria. I was having a headache, and it was severe.I had not had that kind of headache before in my life, and my scalp was itching, so I decided to cut my hair. While cutting my hair, I noticed that a liquid was coming out from there. At that time, I didn’t even know it was pus, so I cut the hair to see what was underneath.My scalp was messed up, itching, and it was painful. So, I went to a nearby nurse and chemist, who gave me antibiotics. I was taking them for one week, but it kept getting worse.What was your next action towards getting healed?I went back to complain to her after one week. But she was obviously seeing it, so she said it was chickenpox. She said she was going to give me an injection for one week, so I started receiving it.At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I was just a girl, the last of seven children from Anambra State, who had just finished my SSCE and decided to take a year-long gap. So, I decided to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after the one-year gap.It was around October 2022 when I fell sick, and I thought it was malaria because our common sickness in Nigeria is malaria. I was having a headache, and it was severe.I had not had that kind of headache before in my life, and my scalp was itching, so I decided to cut my hair. While cutting my hair, I noticed that a liquid was coming out from there. At that time, I didn’t even know it was pus, so I cut the hair to see what was underneath.My scalp was messed up, itching, and it was painful. So, I went to a nearby nurse and chemist, who gave me antibiotics. I was taking them for one week, but it kept getting worse.What was your next action towards getting healed?I went back to complain to her after one week. But she was obviously seeing it, so she said it was chickenpox. She said she was going to give me an injection for one week, so I started receiving it.At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. It was around October 2022 when I fell sick, and I thought it was malaria because our common sickness in Nigeria is malaria. I was having a headache, and it was severe.I had not had that kind of headache before in my life, and my scalp was itching, so I decided to cut my hair. While cutting my hair, I noticed that a liquid was coming out from there. At that time, I didn’t even know it was pus, so I cut the hair to see what was underneath.My scalp was messed up, itching, and it was painful. So, I went to a nearby nurse and chemist, who gave me antibiotics. I was taking them for one week, but it kept getting worse.What was your next action towards getting healed?I went back to complain to her after one week. But she was obviously seeing it, so she said it was chickenpox. She said she was going to give me an injection for one week, so I started receiving it.At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I had not had that kind of headache before in my life, and my scalp was itching, so I decided to cut my hair. While cutting my hair, I noticed that a liquid was coming out from there. At that time, I didn’t even know it was pus, so I cut the hair to see what was underneath.My scalp was messed up, itching, and it was painful. So, I went to a nearby nurse and chemist, who gave me antibiotics. I was taking them for one week, but it kept getting worse.What was your next action towards getting healed?I went back to complain to her after one week. But she was obviously seeing it, so she said it was chickenpox. She said she was going to give me an injection for one week, so I started receiving it.At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. My scalp was messed up, itching, and it was painful. So, I went to a nearby nurse and chemist, who gave me antibiotics. I was taking them for one week, but it kept getting worse.What was your next action towards getting healed?I went back to complain to her after one week. But she was obviously seeing it, so she said it was chickenpox. She said she was going to give me an injection for one week, so I started receiving it.At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. What was your next action towards getting healed?I went back to complain to her after one week. But she was obviously seeing it, so she said it was chickenpox. She said she was going to give me an injection for one week, so I started receiving it.At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I went back to complain to her after one week. But she was obviously seeing it, so she said it was chickenpox. She said she was going to give me an injection for one week, so I started receiving it.At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. At that time, something was going on somewhere and my family went there. I was the only one at home. Although I was living with my sister, I was only keeping up with my family by calling them on the phone.My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. My sister was around the day I cut my hair, so she knew how it was, but she didn’t know how bad it had become at the time. When I called my parents, they would tell me to do whatever the chemist had said for the moment till they came back.When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. When they got back after one week, and after the injections that I took, I could not walk any longer. My sister then said I would have to go back to my parents since the chemist said it was chickenpox.My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. My mum is into vegetable farming and the rest. But according to my sister, she used waterleaf to cure her own chickenpox. I had to go and meet my parents, and I started drinking the waterleaf water and even bathing with it. But it became worse, and people started saying it was a spiritual attack and advised that I should treat it traditionally.We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. We went to a lot of spiritual places, including churches, yet it kept getting worse. We also went to different hospitals and, in the end, I was moved to the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja. That was when my condition started improving.What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. What did the doctor say happened to you in Abuja?They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. They did a biopsy, where a part of my skin was taken, and a test was run. Then the result came out from the biopsy.What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. What did you think happened initially before the diagnosis?Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Initially, when it started, I didn’t know anything because I had never heard of or seen anything like it before. I don’t even think I had anything in mind, and because I was the last child, I couldn’t give any opinion about it when others were talking.I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I was only following what my family members were saying, so I didn’t have a particular story or analogy of my own. I was just following whatever they said. Even when people said it was spiritual, I was just concerned about the cure and how to get well.How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. How did you feel the moment you were eventually diagnosed with psoriasis in Abuja?Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Before the doctor diagnosed me with psoriasis, I had already done a lot of research, and I knew that it was psoriasis. I had already started living with it. The biopsy was just to confirm and be sure that it was actually the case.I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I really did a lot of research because whenever I was online, I was always looking for what to do about it and the rest. I just wanted to be more knowledgeable about it.I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I knew it was psoriasis, but we weren’t very sure. So, when we went to the hospital, the doctor confirmed it.But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. But how have you been managing it so far?It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. It has been good. I’m still on treatment. The doctors are still taking care of me. I even went to the hospital for my check-up a few days ago. So, I’m still under my doctor’s supervision.Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Tell us about the experience of some of the spiritual remedies you sought.It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. It was kind of painful, and I even had traumatic experiences when I started thinking about what I went through from some of the treatments.Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Some of them were really painful, and sometimes it would seem as if I was burning in a fire. My family members would be like, “Don’t worry, you will be fine.”But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. But I would be crying, and whenever I was about to bathe, I knew it was time for another pain. Then, my mum or my sister, or any female around me at the time, usually bathed me.In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. In my mind, when that happened, I knew I was about to go through hell. So, when the rubbing of the medicine started, I would start screaming and everyone would be telling me sorry, and sometimes I used to rub it on my body two times a day. I always think about it, and I was afraid.Related NewsI nearly lost weight from pressure to excel at LASU — First-class graduateUsing ambulances to convey corpses can spread infection – DoctorsStem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patientsWhen did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. When did you notice that it had spread all over your body?It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. It was when it got to my hands. It came down right from my head, then to my ears and forehead, my chest area, and then my hands. It was when it got to my hands that I felt it was really a serious thing.Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Before then, we were already treating it as chickenpox, and I didn’t think much about it. I thought I would be fine in two weeks. In fact, I had a programme where I was a participant in the church that day, and I thought that in just two weeks I would be able to attend.I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I didn’t even tell my other colleagues in the church. It was only my best friend who knew about it, so I wasn’t panicking at that time.How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. How did you feel when your skin started changing colour?My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. My skin didn’t start changing instantly when the condition started. I’m not sure why it changed. I even think maybe it was due to the process I went through. I don’t even know because I’m not a doctor, but I’ve lost a lot of skin that was breaking and folding up.So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. So, I thought it was the loss of skin that really caused the discolouration. Recently, people are now trying to differentiate between when I’ve taken my bath and when I’ve not.Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Last August, I posted a video on my TikTok page, and the caption was “Water on my skin”. It went viral, and Tunde Ednut even posted it on hisInstagramand asked if anybody knew the solution.I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I wasn’t even onInstagram, but the people who saw it took a screenshot and sent it to me. Then, whether my body was dry or not, it was still white. But it tends to get worse when I take a bath.Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Even if I’ve applied my lotion and everything, it will still be white. There was not much difference between when my body was moisturised or dry then, but there is much difference now.Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Did the doctor tell you it has a cure?Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Psoriasis does not have a cure for now. According to the doctor, it can be managed. One will be okay and still continue living his or her life, but with some precautions; I mean the dos and don’ts.Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Just like somebody who is asthmatic, they always carry their inhaler anywhere they go, so it’s just like that. I don’t really know what the treatment is, so I’m going to skip it.Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Have you been able to know the cause of that condition?I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I don’t know exactly what the cause is. The doctors were asking what happened some months before or what might have happened. I’m not very sure because I’m not a doctor, but I feel like if you have very sensitive skin and a handful of chemicals touch it, it might start reacting.What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. What was the most difficult experience you had because of the way people reacted to your skin?The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. The discrimination didn’t start online. It started offline, and then I wouldn’t blame them because if I hadn’t experienced what I went through, or if I hadn’t been here, I would still be like them. I would still react like them.Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Whenever we went to the hospital and wanted to board public transport, people would have to get off because we entered the bus, and some of them would say, “I’m not following this bus again.”Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Sometimes, the drivers would be angry that I had chased away their passengers. Even the way the passenger who managed to sit with me reacted was something else.Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Although I knew I smelled then, everybody would feel uncomfortable. I feel for them too, but there is nothing I can do about that because my parents do not have a car, so I have to use public transport.Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Most of the time, we stayed there for a very long time because people would refuse to enter the vehicle. The ones who managed to get in would also be moving away from us. So, I don’t sit close to people in public transport.Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Sometimes, we would take three seats so that it would be only me and my dad, or me and my sister, or anybody I’m going with. We would sit at the back and other people would sit in the second row.Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Even though somebody wanted to join us, I had to sit at the edge, and my dad would be in between the other person and me. I totally understand. I’m not even angry at them. That was how we were going around.Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Sometimes, people would charge us more because of me. Honestly, I was never angry about it or felt too bad about it because they are people; they are doing what they would do as humans. I was never angry about it.That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. That was why the day I started posting online, I did not even think about it twice. I just woke up one morning, picked up my phone, and started recording. I did not have any plan or anything.Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Although I did not get a lot of discrimination online because I didn’t get as many horrible comments as I thought. Some of my online community members are good. Not all of them, but a few of them.Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. Has the condition ever affected your relationships and education?I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there. I think it stopped my education because I couldn’t write the UTME, so I couldn’t go to school. But I don’t think it really affected my relationship. Even if I were not sick, I don’t think I would be in one for now. I don’t think it affected that. I don’t even have a lot of friends, and the only one that I have was always there.