Starting Month 11!

Time for a quick update! I'm just a few days into month 11, which means the end of next month is my 1 year TSW anniversary! I seriously cannot believe I have come this far and made it through those horrors of the early months. As for my condition right now, I feel like things are gradually returning to normal. I no longer return home from school bone dry, having to hurry and apply moisturizer, throw on a tank top, and put my hair in a bun all day. Sometimes I can just come home and stay in my clothes and be fine! Also, showers are way less of a pain now. I can actually enjoy the hot water instead of having to rush because everything stings. Main problem areas now are arms, wrists, shoulders, armpits, back of armpits, and back of knees. My neck has also been flaring up recently, but now I have the cold weather as an excuse to wear a scarf! Instead of slathering vaseline on everything, I can now get away with just applying some Aveeno daily moisturizer and some grape seed oil. Kind of on  the fence about the oil because I want my skin to learn how to produce oils again. Face is doing pretty well, just some redness between the eyes and above the lip. These areas are where I applied the steroids most recently so it's no surprise. Anyway, things are looking good and life is becoming livable again. I know that I probably won't be completely healed by next month, but maybe within next year! Stay strong everyone.