#pernio

[turistika]

[triptihosmrti]

[julieschulerart]

Thrash your chilblains (today we call it pernio or perniosis) with holly, keeping your legs crossed, and your chilblains will disappear. -folk remedy. (picture from http://www.skinsight.com/…/managing-chilblains-active-outdo…)

[sleeping-sun]

[treycain03]

I know this is a bit late and I know we’ve spent the whole day together for this very special day, but allow me to say this again because up until now I can’t believe that I’ve spent a whole year with the best boyfriend, best friend and partner-in-crime I could ever have. The Nico to my Percy, @geexao, happy, happy anniversary.

As I write this, I’m still quite unsure of what to say because frankly, I don’t even know what to say. I have a lot to be thankful for and honestly, each day I find myself being more and more grateful to have met you. If people say that there will always be that one person who would change your life so dramatically, I’d say that that person is you. It’s because of you that I’m like this right now. It’s because of you that I’m always aiming for the best that I could be while knowing that you’ll be there for me at my worst. 

I love you so much, you butt and I pray to the gods that nothing would ever stand in our way.

[fernandoyokota]

antes que alguém meta a colher gourmet na conversa, digo que estava delicioso como sempre. #comidahonestaémelhorquecomidaboa #pernio #pernil #rango #softpornfood

[thechaotic]

MY AWESOME BODY

So what I thought was pus from infections in my finger is actually just the cutaneous fat from my finger (everyone has it in every part of their body) oozing out of the holes.

Because basically, my fingers are dissolving. Caving in on themselves.   Necrosis.

How lovely, the death of my extremities.

[itislupus-blog]

An up-close look at the scars on my fingers, caused by lupus pernio.

"The most characteristic cutaneous lesion of sarcoidosis", pernio skin lesions include "ulcers, nodules, and granuloma formation" (MedScape) that manifest as "large bluish-red and dusky purple infiltrated nodules and plaque-like lesions on [the] nose, cheeks, ears, fingers and toes" (DermNetNZ). 

I'm thankful that only my fingers have been affected, albeit every single one of them has at one point been ugly and painful; each home to a wound that takes weeks to heal, on average.

If I keep away the cigarette consumption, they will stay better for longer. But it is never a simple farewell for a vice such as this. I'm trying hard, though. Also, habits that I've made part of my daily routine have helped (washing hands in warm water only, keeping open sores covered up, putting medicine on them, taking medicine for them... and that doesn't include any of the multitude of precautions that must be taken during winter months, when the cold does the worst work).