The Scars Left Behind: Coping With Life After TSW
The second of our guest blogs by Caroline Szczuka looks at the psychological scars left behind after severe and debilitating flare-ups.
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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...
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...
What Is The Link Between Psoriasis and Stress?
Psoriasis can be triggered by a whole variety of things, from the food you eat, to the air you breathe...
Does Eczema Cause Depression?
This week, for Mental Health Awareness Week, we welcome guest blogger Simone Ivatts to Balmonds, to talk about how living...
Can Stress Cause Itchy Rashes?
It’s not always external irritants that cause the rashes associated with eczema and other chronic skin problems; sometimes the trigger...
Growing Up With Itchy Skin In The Summer
This week, we’re talking to Lula Balmond-Nightingale, who not only works here in the Purepotions office but is actually the reason...
Stress and Your Skin
Stress is often blamed as a major obstacle to maintaining healthy skin, interfering with the body's efforts to keep the...