peeling

"When I got home I checked my skin and it was peeling. We wore protective gear, white cloth overalls, but the chemicals would still pass through them. They would make the fabric stiff."

I took to peeling the skin off my feet, chewing the ends of my hair, pushing out my uneven tooth, pulling off the cuticles on my fingers.

I had seen some people with systems telling their social media followers they could start peeling off in the middle of the day - and I dreaded that.

"He had shorts on and his whole legs were just peeling," said Catherine.

They bring generators and stay overnight, removing peeling paint and plaster, hauling out trash and rotted furniture.