Raleigh wrote:
I had a dream that the small, scaly patch of skin on my back started growing and I could feel it bubbling and spreading out over my shoulders and climbing up my neck. I ran to look in the mirror in the bathroom and it had reached the skin on my face and was starting to turn into something resembling lizard skin. It was cracked and greyish-green and it started flaking off in great chunks and falling into the washbasin.
To see a lizard or lizard skin in your dream signifies your primal instincts and reactions toward sex, food, etc. and your anxieties toward these feelings. The lizard quality may also be representative of a person who you view as cold-blooded, fearful, or thick-skinned. On a more positive note, the lizard also symbolizes emerging creativity, renewal, and revitalization. It may suggest your aims to become more well-grounded. To dream of your skin represents protection or shield of your inner self. It serves as a physical boundary and how close you let others get to you. Alternatively, your skin indicates that you are being too superficial or shallow or that you are vulnerable. To dream that your skin is covered with rashes or other skin deformities signifies your fear of facing a harsh reality. You are afraid of making a wrong impression. The dream may also be a pun that you are making a rash decision. Dreaming that your skin is thickening as a lizard's skin seems to suggest you need to develop a thicker skin in terms of your resilience in the face of harsh realities. Alternately, to dream that your skin is different suggests that you are not being true to yourself. If your new skin is darker than your true skin, then it may mean that you are trying to hide or blend into the background. If it is lighter than your true skin, then it symbolizes fear. Alternatively, it may be a sign of sickness. Perhaps a call to the doctor is in order.