A young female traveller suffering chronic illness has hit back at people who laughed off psoriasis as giving her just ‘a few red dots’ and shared some home truths about the condition.

Anna Lysakowska, 27, has been living between countries for the past 10 years, documenting her travels on her blog Anna Everywhere.

And although many see her as a ‘bikini girl’, the Poland-born travel blogger has said the image is far from her reality trotting the globe.

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Travel blogger Anna Lysakowska (pictured), 27, suffers psoriasis, causing itchy and painful rashes and blisters on her skin

She hit back at the people who have described her as a ‘pretty girl who has a few red dots on her skin and complains’

‘While it may seem flattering, I think it’s quite a funny coincidence [being known as a bikini model] considering my skin problem actually costs me a lot of courage to put on my bikini and wander around the beach,’ she wrote for News.com.au.

She said many people have described her as a ‘pretty girl who has a few red dots on her skin and complains’.

While many see her as having a ‘perfect manicure’, Ms Lysakowska said it isn’t her choice – as she has no nails without special treatment because of her condition.

The 27-year-old suffers from psoriasis, which causes ‘dry, raised, red patches of skin covered with silvery scales’, according to Better Health.

Although many see her as a ‘bikini girl’, the Poland-born travel blogger has said the image is far from her reality trotting the globe

‘While it may seem flattering, I think it’s quite a funny coincidence [being known as a bikini model] considering my skin problem actually costs me a lot of courage to put on my bikini and wander around the beach,’ she wrote

It can cause discolouration of the nails, swollen or painful joints, and produces sores, blisters and rashes.

She quoted statistics claiming more than 20 per cent of people with the condition are depressed and seven per cent commit suicide.

Ms Lysakowska was diagnosed aged 16, along with Raynaud’s syndrome.

She said she avoids wearing black clothing so flakes of her skin don’t show up and look like ‘snow’.

And when it gets really bad, she wears long dresses, stockings or gloves to cover the psoriasis and ward off the stares.

‘However, if I want to go to the beach, I don’t let my illness hold me back,’ she wrote in a blog post last year.

‘Since I currently live in Playa del Carmen in Mexico where sunbathing at the beach or swimming at cenotes are daily activities it’s impossible for me to avoid showing off some skin, with or without the red spot,’ she wrote

'If I want to go to the beach, I don’t let my illness hold me back,’ she wrote in a blog post last year

‘Since I currently live in Playa del Carmen in Mexico where sunbathing at the beach or swimming at cenotes are daily activities it’s impossible for me to avoid showing off some skin, with or without the red spot,’ she wrote for News.com.au.

She wrote in her blog she fears dark-coloured furniture, which her flakes of skin would show up on.

And she no longer uses hostels, with too many fellow backpackers staring.

The 27-year-old urged others with chronic illness to travel, while it makes it ‘scarier’.

‘…Psoriasis is just a small distraction from everything you can do with your life! Travel, live abroad and enjoy life and ignore those who cannot handle your happiness!’

The 27-year-old urged others with chronic illness to travel, while it makes it ‘scarier’

‘…Psoriasis is just a small distraction from everything you can do with your life! Travel, live abroad and enjoy life and ignore those who cannot handle your happiness!’ she wrote for News.com.au

While many see her as having a ‘perfect manicure’, Ms Lysakowska said it isn’t her choice – as she has no nails without special treatment because of her condition