STACY LONDON
Stacy faced severe bullying because of psoriasis. “It was so severe and pretty traumatic. Kids at 11 aren’t kind. They were leaving notes in my locker saying, ‘You look like the elephant man, go home before you infect us.’ Nobody understood that psoriasis isn’t contagious, and it can’t kill you, but it’s the kind of disease you sometimes wish could. After all those years of being looked at with an air of disgust, I wanted to command respect; I wanted to be beautiful and be considered cool.” People Magazine