Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation: My Flaky Relationship With My Skin Disorder
Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation (PIH) is a change in pigmentation or colour of the skin after inflammation caused by skin conditions like acne or...
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Six Tips To Avoid A Flare-Up of Ear Eczema
If you’re prone to eczema in or around the ears, here are six things you can do to help prevent...
What Causes Eczema In The Ears?
Like most variations of eczema, eczema in the ears occurs for various different reasons. Two significant root causes are to...
Can You Use Hydrocortisone On Eczema In The Ears?
If your eczema appears in or around the ear, it can be very hard to treat, and how you tackle...
What's The Best Natural Treatment For Ear Eczema?
Eczema in the ears can be a tricky thing to treat, because it's so difficult and unpleasant to reach! Here are...
How To Wet Wrap Face Eczema
But what if it’s their face that is weeping and sore? Can you wet wrap that as well as arms,...
How To Wet Wrap Hand Eczema
Here's our essential guide to tackling the distressing symptoms of hand eczema using the wet wrapping technique.
Can You Use Natural Eczema Creams When Wet Wrapping?
You can use any topical emollient under wet wraps! That includes natural eczema creams, although some emollients work better under...
How To Wet Wrap Foot Eczema
Foot eczema can be a tricky thing to manage; why not try wet wrapping as a strategy to get symptoms...
A Wet Wrap Kit List
Gather everything together before starting the process of wet wrapping so the process is as smooth as possible. Here's what...
5 Tips For Wet Wrapping A Child With Eczema
Daunted by the prospect of wet-wrapping an itchy, uncomfortable, slippery little person?! Here are our top tips to make it easier....
What Is Wet Wrapping And How Does It Work?
Wet wrapping is a technique that aims to stop moisture escaping from dry, eczematous skin, particularly overnight, and allow a...
Eczema-friendly Nutrients For Toddlers: 5 Tips To Boost Your Child’s Diet!
A lot has been written about foods to avoid if your little one has eczema, but how on earth do you get...
Tips For Weaning A Baby With Eczema
If your baby has eczema it can be really hard to know what to do about introducing them to solid...
Safe Co-sleeping or Bedsharing When Your Baby Has Eczema
As any parent of a child with eczema knows, a good night’s sleep is very hard to find...
Is Eczema Hereditary And Is There Anything You Can Do To Reduce The Risk?
Eczema is a condition that runs in families, so if anyone in the family has eczema, asthma or hay fever,...
How Eczema Affects Family Life
It’s not often enough acknowledged just how devastating the effects of eczema or psoriasis can be for the families of...
How Does Eczema Affect Romantic & Sexual Relationships?
Regular contributor Simone Ivatts writes this week on the sensitive - and under-discussed - subject of how eczema can affect...
The Link Between Eczema And Gut Health
It is becoming increasingly accepted that there is a very strong causal link between eczema, psoriasis, allergies and an overactive...
Eczema Life Hacks: 15 of the Best Tricks & Tips for Coping With The Itch
We asked eczema sufferers for their top tips for surviving life with eczema: here’s what they said helped them beat the...
My Eczema & Me: Living With BDD And Eczema
Body Dysmorphic Disorder is an incredibly debilitating disorder. And when you’ve got a chronic condition such as eczema to add to...
Surviving College With A Skin Condition
If you're off to university or college for the first time this autumn, you might have be feeling all-sorts of...
Working With Skin Conditions: 2. Help & Advice
If you suffer from eczema or any other long-term skin condition, it is likely that it will affect your working...
Having Eczema As A Teenager - A Personal Story
The teenage years can be hard enough without eczema; add a chronic skin condition that leaves your face red, itchy...
Six Reasons Why Your Prescribed Moisturisers Might Not Be Helping Your Eczema
What's going on when your prescribed emollient isn't helping your eczema? Here are 6 things to consider about your prescribed...
How To Treat Acne When You Have Eczema
Acne and eczema are caused by different issues and manifest in different ways, but unfortunately they can sometimes coincide, which...
Should GPs Get More Training In Nutrition?
In the UK at least, nutrition does not hold a central place in our model of medicine, despite so many...
How to avoid an eczema flare-up this summer
Summer can be a fantastically kind season for eczema: there’s plenty of sunshine, the central heating is off, clothes are...
Does Hard Water Make Your Skin Dry?
The hardness or softness of water can affect the skin so much that some people find their eczema only flares...
Are Bleach Baths Good For Eczema?
It sounds like a really extreme treatment for a common condition, but thousands of people around the world swear by...
Are Bleach Baths Safe For Babies With Eczema?
It sounds an alarming prospect, putting tiny children in bleach baths in order to manage their eczema: how can it...
Does Eczema Get Worse In The Sun?
Like many other questions about eczema, the answer is complicated, as some types of eczema are triggered by going out...
Is Your Eczema Cream Giving You An Itchy Rash?
If you have very sensitive, allergy or eczema-prone skin then anything you put on it can potentially cause a reaction....
How To Get Rid Of Eczema In The Ears
Whatever the cause of your itchy ears, it’s certain that bumpy, inflamed skin in and around the ears can be...
Is Showering Good For Eczema?
There’s a fair amount of confusion around bathing and hygiene routines for those with eczema and the truth is that...
Can Drinking More Water Help Reduce Eczema?
Hydration is absolutely key to managing eczema, so drinking plenty of water seems like a great way of supporting your...
Could Cutting Out Sugar Cure Your Eczema?
Have you noticed a link between sugary snacks and itchy nights? Did you know that high glucose levels in your...
How To Apply Eczema Cream
While topical steroids for eczema come with very precise and individualised instructions, it’s less obvious how to manage the daily...
5 Things You Should Never Say To An Eczema Sufferer
One of the worst things about having eczema is how obvious it can be. Raw, inflamed, severely dry or bleeding...
Is Coconut Oil Good For Eczema?
Well, the answer is complicated! Coconut oil has been used on the skin for centuries around the world and it...
5 Toxic Ingredients To Avoid In Eczema Creams
If you live with a chronic skin condition such as eczema or dermatitis, you’ll recognise the frustration of getting home...
Top 10 Tips To Get Rid Of Eczema On The Face
Ouch! Your face is dry, sore and horribly itchy! The corners of your mouth are cracking painfully and your eyes...
The Brutal Truth: Kirstie's Story
Kirstie McCall’s baby daughter suffered from eczema so badly that she began to despair of it ever clearing up. Like...
The Brutal Truth: Ben's Story
Purepotions is launching a series of interviews with real people to give a voice to those with troubled skin! We’re...
How To Stay Skin Positive In Hot Weather
Ah, the great British summer! Packed tubes, restless nights, walking around the house in your pants and the daily ‘it’s...
The Ultimate Eczema-Friendly Festival Skincare Survival Guide
We do love a weekend in the blazing sun hanging out with good friends and good music, but what havoc...
Top Tips For Itchy Little People In A Heatwave
The summer heat brings a perfect storm of eczema triggers: temperature and humidity rises to uncomfortable levels; air conditioning causes...
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