I never looked at myself as the kind of person that was caught up in my image. If I'm running late then give me 15 minutes to get ready (20 if I need a shower) and I can go out of the door and be relatively happy with my appearance. But now that I have poison oak covering a good third of my body, I really don't want to leave the house. Everytime someone looks at me I feel like they are trying to figure out what is wrong with my face/neck. Luckily it shouldn't be spreading anymore, but there is very little of my body that it hasn't tried to conquer. I have poison oak on my face, my neck, my hairline, my ears, my wrists, calves, thighs, lower back, stomach, chest, ankles, knuckles, behind my knees, upper back, and chin. I feel like a freak. Many people say that you can't really tell it's on my face, but I can tell. It's all I see when I look in the mirror. I can't wait for this week to pass, so I can melt back into human society and not fret over my appearance once again.