Living

I used to think that the worst flare-up of my life was the one I experienced when I was in college after the death of my godfather. At that time...

This just in: Eczema is SERIOUS. During the final two ESPN episodes of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls documentary, “The Last Dance.” I could not help but compare his...

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder—and likely the most challenging to treat. Unfortunately, people with chronic conditions like atopic dermatitis (AD) may feel as if they’re being treated like...

Does perspiration affect your atopic dermatitis? It has more of an effect on me than I ever thought possible. Some time ago, one of my friends in our wonderful women’s...

Living with a chronic health condition can take a toll on your mental health. Life often seems full of the things you cannot do anymore, the ways the disease compromises...

My conversations with eczema patients mostly include my personal experience of having eliminated most of my symptoms from diet change. I have become an advocate of my ‘success story’ with...

Grab some tea ladies and gents! It's storytime! When a staph infection wasn’t healing around my mouth after a few weeks, I knew it was time to set up a...

Professor and landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom has been designing and building therapeutic gardens for over 20 years. Here, he shares his unique viewpoint on the power of nature to heal...

The Editorial Team at AtopicDermatitis.net is highlighting people in the eczema community and their healing journeys in a series of Instagram Interviews. Harry (@iharrydo) shares his eczema story and why...

“It's not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~Henry David Thoreau I never thought that I would ever use the words "beauty" and "eczema" in the same...

When’s the last time you purposefully and intentionally stretched out your pinky toe? Hips? Your elbow? Mouth? Exactly why you should continue reading. At last year’s Eczema Expo in Scottsdale...

The technology needed for virtual healthcare has been around for decades. But virtual care has not been widely used in the United States until recently. The recent public health emergency...

I have eczema so my skin is much less than perfect. Although it’s recently been responding to my Crohn’s treatment, I still battle with the dryness and that’s something I...

A patch test is conducted by your dermatologist to see if a specific substance or chemical is irritating your skin and causing an allergic reaction. This is also known as...

Oh man. Here we go. Do I take medication to manage the pain? To help me sleep at night? I’m just going to add my two cents here. At least...

It can be overwhelming to figure out how to find telehealth services, especially if you do not already have a doctor. But many companies offer a range of virtual health...

The itching. The redness. The rashes. Eczema shows up in a few different ways, but for everyone who lives with eczema, there is one shared truth: Showering or taking a...

Recently, I wrote an article about my experience with topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) and how it was one of the most ‘challenging, depressing, and agonizing’ treatments I had ever attempted...

Telehealth or virtual care can be used to access many different types of health services. To get started, talk to your doctor to find out which virtual services are right...

For the past two years, I have chosen a word to inspire me in any given situation throughout that particular year. Each word has brought me so many unexpected, yet...