Going on holiday should be fun, long awaited, planned carefully etc. etc. Do you find that when you go away to a new country that your skin flares up and your body goes into some kind of spin making everything hyper sensitive? This happens to me every time I go away, so now I'm beginning to get a bit paranoid. What's causing all my problems? What can I do to stop it? I have … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
Can a Pill Cure Hay Fever?
Today we have a guest post from my sister, Catherine, about her grass allergy and treatment for this with Grazax. I have always suffered from what I would have called mild hay fever, annoying, but just something I got on with. If I sat on grass I would get itchy eczema along with the usual sneezing runny nose and eyes and if I spent to long outside, asthma. I usually took … [Read more...]
How do you choose eczema skin care products?
Finding suitable skin care products when you have sensitive skin and/or eczema can be hard work. Some moisturisers may work fine when your skin is good, but irritate you when your skin flares up, whilst others are just way too harsh. Understanding the list of ingredients in cleansers, moisturisers and skin care products can be very confusing, as most of them sound like … [Read more...]
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy – Diary day three!
You might have noticed the oxygen treatment kind of stopped, after only two sessions. This wasn't through any other reason but that life got in the way. A week's holiday followed by chaos at home, manic amounts of work, exhaustion, car sharing and my poor little brain unable to coordinate how I would actually fit in, and get to, any treatment meant it slipped through the gap. … [Read more...]
First ever Free From Food Festival, 25 – 27 November 2011
FIRST EVER FOOD FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO ‘FREE FROM’ PRODUCTS LAUNCHES AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE Date: Friday 25 – Sunday 27 November 2011 Time: 11am – 8pm daily (6pm on Sunday) Venue: Southbank Centre Square, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX How to find it: Southbank Centre Square, behind the Royal Festival Hall. The venue is five minutes walk from Waterloo & Embankment tube … [Read more...]