This is a guest post from Nina Ajdin, a fellow topical steroid withdrawal expert, through personal experience. She has been going through TSW for ten years and I've learnt so much from our friendship. I first saw Nina on the Preventable Documentary - a brilliant short film about TSW. in this blog she shares what it's like to still be going through TSW after ten … [Read more...]
Ten reasons to use Red Light Therapy for TSW
I've been researching Red Light Therapy and Near Infrared Light for eczema and topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) damaged skin healing now for a long time. The price of the treatment and purchasing the panels was just a minefield and I just didn't understand the science behind how it worked. I started using Red Light therapy in March 2024 so it's early days for my treatment. … [Read more...]
Set intentions not resolutions for 2024
This year I'm not going to set any resolutions. In previous years I've written about this, and why I think New Year's Resolutions are Bollox. However, if you're like me, you do like a list, and that inner desire to keep on learning, developing, letting go of what no longer serves you and generally living a better life. What I don't like a resolutions is that they're so … [Read more...]
The twelve days of #tswmas (topical Steroid Withdrawal Christmas)
I hope you enjoy this lighter post, just to try to explain what it's like to be ill at Christmas. I'm not saying anything about my skin, I don't want to jinx myself or encourage another Christmas Eczema Flare! 12 Days of Christmas - the eczema skin version On the first day of ChristmasTSW gave me to mea spreading and worsening rash. On the second day of … [Read more...]
Why do we think eczema is ugly?
I heard someone say this last week and it really struck deep. It was a podcast conversation with a mother discussing her child's 'ugly eczema' and it made me feel so judged, triggered and challenged. Now I don't want to get into blaming this mother, I love her podcast and think she's talented, funny and a very kind person. So I'm not even going to tell you who it was. But I … [Read more...]