Are you asking how long it will be before someone finds a cure? Are you going to just sit around until someone finds a cure or hide away developing something that feels like a scab or rather a giant skin flake. It makes sense that skin can only heal if it is not exposed so it needs something to cover it while it heals hence a scab but this isn't a scab. I don't see how it could hurt letting the skin develop until it inevitably peels or falls off. I might do it one day if I can get enough frozen and canned food and a long vacation maybe just out of curiosity. Personally I need to heal spiritually because my thirst for life has been dismal and I just don't feel very how you say "happy". I'm always going back to feeling sad about my life every now and then throughout the day. The only thing that helps is exercise but that feeling doesn't last all day. I need to get over this and move on.