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...]
Cold sores, shingles, herpeticum and impetigo compared
There are many skin problems that you may be unlucky enough to suffer from at some time in your life, but it can often be difficult to identify exactly what it is that you've got. Some skin complaints can look remarkably like another but the treatment might be very different. I've often wondered exactly what the difference was between this collection of blistery conditions. … [Read more...]
Linalool in skin care products can cause eczema and allergy
Over the years I've discovered that almost all shampoos, conditioners, shower gells, bubble bath products and sun screens cause my skin to break out in an eczema type rash. Through trial and error I've discovered some that are kind enough for my skin and I stick to these and very rarely experiment. Usually testing products on your wrist or neck is a good way of gauging … [Read more...]
Surviving house renovations with a dust allergy
Living through household renovations is exciting, a massive challenge and also very hard work. The final finished product will be amazing, but by the time it is finished I think I will just want to have a massive clean up and curl up in a ball and sleep! It's soul destroying for a number of reasons... mainly the amount of dust and the fact both me and my husband have a dust … [Read more...]