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It is common for people to find skin conditions hard to live with, both in terms of managing the condition and coping with the emotional impact. This National Healthy Skin...

It is very important to recognize the skin journey you have been on to put pieces of your personal puzzle together and notice patterns of your worst times dealing with...

For those of you who have had eczema from a very young age, has it limited or changed your choice of careers? Or had you even considered it when trying...

Sometimes I feel like my skin rashes are a manifestation of all the emotions I've never allowed myself to express in my entire life. Growing up in a war-torn country...

As the seasons start to change, so does our skin. I have come to love the cold winter weather. I've started to love the cold weather because my skin tends...

For 22 years, I had lived my life the way my condition had allowed me to. When it came to school, I skipped classes when my eczema would flare up...

I first developed seborrheic dermatitis when I was a teenager. Getting relaxers to my hair for a couple of years, I made a mistake and received one in the middle...

One of the most effective ways to avoid flare-ups is to try and distract yourself when you think one might be on its way. It is not a straightforward thing...

I came across a quote today that is quite powerful. Reflecting, it truly hit me that this skin journey we are on may be something we can share in empathy...

When I looked at my calendar this morning, I didn't realize that we have just over two months left for the year to end. That is right, TWO months! This...

Living with eczema is not easy to navigate. It isn't one size fits all, and it certainly doesn't come with a manual. But, we get lucky enough with certain humans...

When I lost all my hair over the course of three weeks, I questioned every aspect of my life — trying to find a cause, which might lead to a...

Is it possible that we become so comfortable in pain and identify with our illness so much, that we become afraid to heal? I personally believe so. A lot of...

I have hot feet. It can be embarrassing and is something that I am always constantly aware of. Since I can remember, I have had hot feet. My eczema has always...

The cost of having a medical illness is expensive. As someone who worked in healthcare before and saw people going to the ER, suffering was the worst. Most people would...

During the pandemic, our lives were fiercely halted. Many were left without jobs while also facing other harsh realities. One unexpected, but major, reality trickled down into our skin community...

I wanted to see a therapist for a long time, but I was always afraid of what people would think of me. There is a lot of judgment of people...

Life without eczema... As much gratitude that I have for my eczema lessons and the person it pushed me to be, I still envision my life without eczema as my...

We are rapidly heading into the colder seasons, and our challenges in managing our conditions will need to change. We focus on preventing excessive sweating, taking cool showers, and keeping...

What's something that you feel is universal to the eczema community? As a long-time eczema patient, I wanted to share some thoughts from my perspective as I am familiar with...