Having lived with eczema for most of my life, I'm familiar with many masks that have visited me over the years. It's a particularly shaming condition, in a world where your appearance, perfection and looking good seem to be the aspiration of most and we compare ourselves to our peers and to the relentless polished images we see on social media. I pretend I don't care and … [Read more...]
5 Common Adult Skincare Issues & How to Treat Them
What are the five most common skin conditions in adults? Not surprisingly they include eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, rosacea or melasma. If you have any of these conditions this blog post is for you. Melasma? I hear you cry. I know. I learnt something new from this infographic so I thought I'd share it. I have never ever heard of Melasma before either. Melasma is a condition … [Read more...]
Is a hot bath good or bad for eczema?
Are hot baths good or bad for people with eczema? All the advice points to avoiding hot baths at all costs and instead having cold or luke warm baths. However in my experience a luke warm bath is a very poor consolation for a lovely hot one. And on the contrary, I find a really hot bath, almost as hot as I can bear to get into, is actually much better for my skin that a … [Read more...]
Dandelion tea for allergies, eczema and asthma
Another of those hated garden weeds, the hardy little danedlion can take a hold in the most precarious of places, winding their roots deep, into chalk, around roots and solid ground - if you try to pull them up by hand, the root generally remains in the ground. Every gardener's worst enemy when it comes to lawns as they seem to love to grow amongst the common grass in … [Read more...]
What is nodular prurigo?
Here we go, here we go, here we go. Prurigo, Prurigo, Pru-ri-gooo-ooo. The word is weird, but basically, prurigo is the name for raised and numerous itchy bumps (nodules) that form on your skin. They can develop and worsen if you continually scratch your skin. I had always wondered what it meant, hearing dermatology specialists mention it in reference to my own skin, and I've … [Read more...]