What Woman Who Sheds Skin 10 Times Faster Than Average Wants You to Know

Mui Thomas is a yoga instructor and a rugby referee, with an interest in supporting kids with special needs. She is also one of only hundreds around the world living with harlequin ichthyosis, a rare skin disease that causes her skin to shed 10 times faster than others. Even though she has learned to live with the condition, people often think she is either burned or contagious. "It's coping with the staring [and] peoples' reactions and that's always quite difficult," Mui says.