My Unreachable Eczema: Creative Hacks for Treating My BackAs an eczema warrior, I have developed a tried-and-true method for treating my eczema, which consistently covers most of my body. Through many years of creating a skincare and medication...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
5 Insightful Tips For Shopping For Eczema Skincare ProductsWhen it comes to shopping for eczema-friendly products, it can be really tricky to figure out which products will be safe for my skin as well as worth my money...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My 3-Step Counterattack on EczemaAh, eczema, that irritating, bothersome, utterly insufferable fiend that sneaks into one’s life and stays forever, like a distant relative you didn’t invite to Christmas but who somehow turns up...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Knowing When To Cut My LossesHave you ever test-driven a new skincare product or fad treatment only to wonder how long you should give it a chance before tossing it and moving on to the...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
3 Popular Eczema Products That Are Unpopular With My Sensitive SkinWhen it comes to trying new products for my sensitive skin, it has often been a hit or miss. While I have found many things that have worked for my...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Experimenting With Clarified Butter for My EczemaI am a big fan of trying DIY skincare. So, you can only imagine the intrigue stirred in me the other morning when I came across an article while scrolling...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Uninvited Guest: How Shingles Disrupted My Plans and How I Manage ItToday was supposed to be a very busy day, with an event at my children’s school followed by a wedding later that evening. All these plans have been canceled as...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Diaper Cream: The Eczema Secret Weapon!Every person I know with atopic dermatitis has at least 1 “magic” product. If we’re lucky we may even have a few! What’s a “magic” product? Well, by my definition...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Top 3 Criteria for Selecting Soaps for Irritated SkinFinding a good soap for sensitive and irritated skin can be a gauntlet of testing different products and often finding many of them to not be good for our skin...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Flare-Up That Brought My Self-Esteem to a Breaking Point“Comparison is the thief of joy.” This famous quote originates from the 26th President of the United States of America, Theodore Roosevelt. It has been playing in my head on...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Easy to Make Eczema Relief SalveWhen I feel itchy to the point of my skin feeling like it’s crawling with ants, I love making this salve to save me from agony! I find this salve...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Get Grounded and HealA decade ago, if you told me that walking barefoot could help my eczema and overall well-being, I probably would have laughed. But as someone who’s lived with atopic dermatitis...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Holiday Gift Giveaway With Uriage USA!This giveaway is now closed! Thank you to everyone who participated! We're officially in the thick of the holiday season and all of the stress that comes with it! We...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Language of Eczema: Triggers and FlaresI have noticed along my journey living with atopic dermatitis that there are some basic definitions and terminologies I have only learned because of living with this chronic condition. As...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Stability and Eczema: Why Consistency Is ImportantLiving with eczema or TSW (topical steroid withdrawal) can be extremely mentally and emotionally draining, as well as extremely unpredictable. Having more stability and consistency can provide more sense of...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Fighting Stress, Dermatitis, and Dandruff with Ketoconazole ShampooStress has been getting me down lately, and it’s been affecting my skin. It’s not like I don’t have the tools to cope with it. I can spout a litany...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Life-Changing Experience With The Mind-Body ConnectionI started to practice control over my itchy skin when I was attending San Francisco State University in the early 2000s. In 2004, I was a sophomore studying public health...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How My Eczema Impacted My Family's Travel Program InterviewWhen my family applied for our NEXUS the Trusted Traveler Program (expedited travel between Canada and the US) to make traveling easier and quicker, never in a million years did...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How Do I Make My Eczema Treatment Decisions?As a long-time eczema patient, it seems very overwhelming to me to navigate the many treatments in the market to manage my eczema. I like to think of my chronic...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Skin's Reaction After Getting a TattooI recently had something happen that has been pretty upsetting. It’s not something I was entirely unprepared for or unaware of. However, I guess the old sentiment, “all good things...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments