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Recently, I've gotten back into using my red light machine, also known as RLT (red light therapy). Medical-grade RLT machines are touted to be great for skin, amongst a plethora...

In 2021, I faced one of the scariest challenges of my life. I had to have surgery to have the highest stage pre-cancerous cells removed from my body. Since then...

I have been thinking a lot about aging lately. More specifically, aging skin. Early in the new year, I will hit a significant age milestone: 30. I find myself wondering...

Much of my life has been spent on truly traumatizing and painful experiences that continue to haunt me to this day. That is, in addition to dealing with eczema and...

Social media has become a big business in recent years. But just because you could monetize your knowledge and content, does not always mean it should be the main priority...

It is incredible how time flies. Take the pandemic for instance. In the UK we went into lockdown in March 2020. Strangely, It feels like yesterday everyone was locking themselves...

I need to be grateful for the small pockets of eczema free time I occasionally enjoy. There are not many of them, and even when I am lucky enough to...

I have come to two realizations lately. First, I dislike Mondays. Mondays are the cleaning day in my household. While I love the results of the cleaning, I dislike that...

Something I have been working on cultivating for some time now, especially recently, has been the practice of self-compassion. So far, this has been one of the most important and...

The sun and its effects on eczema can be a topic of controversy among fellow eczema warriors. However, in my personal experience, exposure to sunlight has been beneficial for my...

One of the hardest things to realize when having eczema is that not everyone is going to be able to step up to the plate to support you the way...

I know Halloween is over, and the candy-stocked shelves are made barren, ready for a full frontal assault of the colors red, green, and white. However, my experience this year...

The whole point in seeing a dermatologist is so they can help you with your skin, right? That wasn’t the case for us. Harry sees his dermatologist every 4 months...

Imagine, me – a nurse being ignored by a physician! I know that this may be par for the course during the long career of a professional nurse with physician...

Navigating relationships tends to be a bumpy road overall, and certainly has been for me most of my life. Unfortunately, dealing with a very visible skin condition like eczema and...

Let me premise this rant with the fact that the majority of my dating stories are actually a bunch of positive and interesting experiences. This one though, sucks. I was...

“Here’s a sample!" "Have you tried Protopic, hydrocortisone?” “Have you tried this sample of Eucerin, eye cream?" "Have you tried this lotion?" “Facial cleanser in cataphile. Here’s a handful for...

I remember the day I stopped believing in Western medicine to cure my eczema. I had been seeing several Western dermatologists for 15 years. I was consistently prescribed some form...

Every day I wake up exhausted and with a gnawing headache. I have asthma as well as eczema and this means that my whole breathing system is congested. This means...

I am grateful for this community and for the support available. Eczema is a chronic issue that can be at times, uncontrollable and frustrating. Yet, there are times that while...