Well at least one ashy elbow. My left one to be exact. I was lotioning myself after showering. Which some call "greasing yourself down" and low and behold my left elbow was ashy and crusty. It appeared somewhat scabby I was embarassed and no one saw it but me. That is sooo not cute. It looked like I used my left elbow to ground corn. I looked at my right elbow and it was normal. It puzzled me. How could one elbow be so ashy and crusty and the other perfectly normal. If you know me personally, don't try to get a sneak peak at my ashy left elbow. I'll elbow you. Just kidding, maybe. LOL!
New Identified Syndrome:
I found the problem. Blogging! Yes blogging gave my left elbow a crusty syndrome. Well not blogging, but the amount of hours in front of the computer throughout the day. My job, bills, conversations and blog take place at a desk. And when I sit at any desk, I put my left elbow on the desk and prop my face up on my hand. I can keep it there for hours. So I am naming it unofficially Blogging Syndrome. Why not. Look at television. There is a syndrome for everything. Even if you sit too long and your legs fall asleep they have a syndrome for that. So here's a new one. Blogging Syndrome is too many hours in front of the computer for whatever reason that leads to ashy elbows.
Cure:
I will have to pay more care to not place my elbows on the desk in the future. I am using an exfoliating wash clothe to slough off dead skin cells, emu oil to heal the damage and last Ambi to lighten the skin. Hopefully this will work and my elbow returned back to normal.
Look at your elbows. Are they ashy? If so, you may have Blogging Syndrome. I wish I had a pill to cure it. But then I would have to list a bunch of side effects in small print that are worse than the actual syndrome.
