Dennis Littrell What is apparently happening according to this mostly convincing documentary is that (1) some people get a chronic form of Lyme disease and, (2) the insurance companies don't want to pay for the long-term treatment required, and (3) their method for avoiding the costs is to deny the disease exists. (4) Additionally, the sufferers are accused of faking it or having it all in their heads.Furthermore, doctors who treat (and apparently cure) patients with chronic Lyme disease are threatened with losing their medical licenses because the medical establishment believes that the long- term use of intravenous antibiotics (as seen in this film) is harmful.If all of this is true then this is a national disgrace of a criminal nature.However, according to the article in Wikipedia, "Chronic Lyme disease is a generally unrecognised diagnosis that encompasses 'a broad array of illnesses or symptom complexes for which there is no reproducible or convincing scientific evidence of any relationship to B. burgdorferi infection.'" One of the citations that Wikipedia gives is an article in The New England Journal of Medicine.The documentary shows several persons who were bitten by a tick or ticks and contracted Lyme disease but continued to have horrendous symptoms months or years after they should have been cured. Then these same persons are treated with intravenous antibiotics over months or years and then become free of symptoms.At issue here is did the antibiotics cure them? And if so, what was it that was cured?My belief is twofold (1) that the infectious agent Borrelia burgdorferi disrupted or compromised the immune system of these people so badly that it took months or years for their bodies to recover, and (2) the infectious agent was able to hide from the immune system in biofilms within the body for months or years. Consequently, in the first case, the antibiotics did not cure them. The passage of time and perhaps love and good life style choices did. In the second case gradually the antibiotics may have cured the disease. In other cases the immune system may be keeping the bacteria at bay.By the way, the disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi is only one of many similar diseases caused by tick bites throughout the world. Consequently, when doctors are not able to find the Lyme disease agent in a chronically sick person it may be the case they are looking for the wrong bug. I invite the reader to see the recent Australian documentary "Our Battle Ongoing: Lyme Disease in Australia" (2017) for more information. There is also an "Under Our Skin 2: Emergence" 2015 that brings the viewer more up to date. Interested people should also read relevant literature on the Web and reach your own conclusions.As far as this documentary goes, it is very well done, nicely edited, clearly presented and seemingly fair, but alarming. Perhaps a subject like chronic Lyme disease IS alarming and should be treated as such.I hope that this documentary will encourage more research so that we can understand what happens to the relatively few people who get "chronic Lyme disease" and find a cure that spares them months and years of pain and suffering.--Dennis Littrell, author of "The World Is Not as We Think It Is"

Clayton Davis In one of the most terrifying and despicable displays in a documentary this year on film, Under our Skin exposes the hidden epidemic of Lyme disease and its effects on not only its patients but the doctor's and families that try to treat them.Director Andy Abrahams Wilson sheds light and a nearly obscured and disguised disease that has taken the world by storm. Rendering the medical companies that are cutting these individuals off and declaring "no such thing" on many cases, Wilson along with dozens of individuals provide a new view of a very real, and alarming disease.Technically, the film doesn't follow a cohesive structure. Sitting at a 1 hour and 44 minute runtime, the whole first hour requires some patience to get through. Wilson doesn't "dumb" down anything, so if not familiar with certain terms and key phrases, you can easily be lost. In a sudden turn however, the movie takes on a more deep and powerful emotional approach to the story. Some of these people can devour you into the screen and grow an inevitable attachment. The film will give you more incentive for self-care and leave you a bit helpless in making a massive change. You can be a radical, or you can hope and pray you don't become stricken or fall victim to this disease. Though flawed in film structure, Under our Skin brings social and important awareness.***/****

tomtheisman Under Our Skin is must see viewing for everyone! Not only is it filmed well, dramatic in its presentation, and edited beautifully; it is a real story that is going on unknown to most Americans. If you suffer from a chronic illness or know someone who does, watch this Film! I have had and continue to be bothered by the damaging effects of Lyme disease. We all need to educate ourselves to the true pandemic in America and to the ignorance of the medical establishment. I hope this movie wins an Oscar because it is getting the issue out there and we need to wake up in this country. Rent, buy, or borrow Under Our Skin. You will not be disappointed.

nryane How many people have symptoms that have no easy diagnosis? How many family members suffer untold agony, lose their jobs and social standing, just because of a bite from an insect? Many more than the medical community would have us know.Under Our Skin gives us some insight about the devastation of Lyme Disease, by following the lives of a few Lyme Disease sufferers.As a woman who is recovering from Lyme Disease, I KNOW these people, empathize with them, share some of their stories.Under Our Skin gives the viewer insights that may help give them an "AHA!" moment, which could help themselves or a loved one to find a diagnosis and treatment.