I've talked about this in a previous blog post, 30 tips to help you stop scratching but there is one really important factor in all this and that's you. If you have things in your life that are stressing you, making you anxious, unhappy or scared... you need to fix those first. No amount of clever tactics will work until you sort out that stuff first. Trust me. It's taken me … [Read more...]
Mindful scratching – can it help eczema?
Before I begin I strongly believe that berating a person for scratching their eczema is the worst kind of well meaning advice. Trust me, if you have eczema and it's in full force, you cannot stop scratching. And sometimes that is OK. Don't beat yourself up if you can't resist that horrible incessant itch that seems to live deep inside the skin, and only subsides when you've … [Read more...]
Living in a house full of nuts
And I don't mean the people are crazy... haha, I mean nuts, particularly peanuts make an appearance on a regular basis where I'm living at the moment. I did grow up in a house with peanuts; my father used to make his own peanut butter, my siblings both used to eat nuts and even the eczema bath oil I was prescribed contained nuts - not surprising that I had such appalling … [Read more...]
Are you addicted to Topical Steroids for your eczema?
If you've been using topical steroids for your eczema for many years and are worried about overuse, please read this. When you get a flare up of eczema do you find that nothing helps except more steroids? Have your steroids stopped working and you get prescribed stronger and stronger creams and emollients? If the answer is yes, you may have a topical steroid addiction. … [Read more...]
Testing the new Dyson V8 with a dust allergy
If you are very allergic to dust, cleaning the house is probably NOT your favourite job and you wouldn't be alone. No one likes vacuuming... ha ha. So imagine how excited I was recently when I was given a Dyson V8 to try out. This is a sponsored post, I did not pay for the Dyson vacuum - Thank you Dyson! I really love it. It's fantastic for anyone with a dust allergy because … [Read more...]