Why do I have eczema? I’m not shaking my fist at the heavens screaming “Whyyyyy?” I know there’s something up with my skin’s inability to get drunk on moisture because it doesn’t want to wake up mysteriously next to random strangers… or something like that. While I can’t control my body’s components I’m sure I…
Category: The Eczema Experience
HOMEMADE, CHEAP ECZEMA REMEDIES… AND R.I.P. GLUTEN
ARGGHH the itchiness. It feels soooo good to scratch but Make it stop! Make it stop! I’m currently one week into my two-week, no-steroid-cream period and my skin has already declared a mutiny. With every brush I can see tiny deserters flaking off in dry waves. I’m uncomfortable and gloomy. To sadden matters the first…
HELLO ECZEMA MY OLD FRIEND
I have Chronic Atopic Dermatitis. OMG – what’s that? Is it contagious? Relax—while the name sounds horrible and has too many syllables it just means I have eczema. And unlike most people and internet articles about those with eczema, not only have I had this for 29 years (my whole life) but I also have…
