I was feared contagious at birth & my parents were terrified – people ask if I’ve fallen in mud but I embrace my skin

As Scarlett Clarke entered the world and took her first breath, it wasn’t met with excitement as expected. Instead, the feeling of fear flooded across everyone’s faces, wondering why she had multiple brown marks across her body, one of which stretched across the entirety of her lower back. Scarlett, now 20, was diagnosed with congenital...