New eczema cream using luteolin. Try it and let me know how you do? http://ow.ly/QUWh304l3rn
Silver Clothing For Eczema
This is an interesting approach for those of you with infected eczema who maybe can't tolerate the usual approaches. I was chatting to a lovely lady, J, the other day who was telling me about her severe issues and how she resolved it as she had not responded well to antibiotics or supplements. I asked …
FreeFrom Skincare Awards 2015 Shortlist Now Out!
 Quick: go and have a look at the shortlist for this year's freefrom skincare awards and see if your favourite is on there! As you know, I am honoured to be a judge for these awards and, even if I wasn't, I would always look forward to seeing what allergy-friendly, toxin-free skincare goodies have …
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Skin Barrier Link To Gut Food Sensitivity
Haven't I always said it: if one barrier is down, others will be and you have to consider all body barriers in cases of food sensitivity? Here we have a research study showing a link between allergens going through a compromised skin barrier going on to cause immune cell reactions in the gut which trigger …
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Eczema Set Off By Reaction To Haptens
Eczema and food allergy--is there a causal relationship? This new paper is saying that eczema may not be an IgE allergy but may actually be a delayed or cytotoxic reaction to haptens, smaller molecular components in foods and substances. Er, that's intolerance then, isn't it?! It does make me laugh when researchers state something as …
Nasal Bacteria May Predict Skin Infections
Here's an interesting one for you - levels of bacteria in your nose may give a good prediction of later skin infections. I spied this and it reminded me of something that happened the other day. I went to a friend's house and one of her children had a nasty flare up of something on …
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FreeFrom SkinCare Awards Shortlist Released!
Yippee: after all the hard work involved in judging the FreeFrom SkinCare Awards, the shortlist and commendeds are now out! Here is the SkinsMatter Newsletter which has lots of interesting links and the lists for you. Sit down with a cuppa and enjoy choosing your next healthy skincare range. Oh dear, what a chore! Many of you …
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Coconut Oil Strengthens Skin Barrier
Just wrote this on the TGF blog since we talk a lot about hyper-permeable body barriers there. Those of you with skin issues may wish to read it so am posting it here too. Hope it helps. Coconut Oil Strengthens Skin Barrier | TrulyGlutenFree.
Coconut Oil Strengthens Skin Barrier
You may recall I wrote a piece called Thinny Skinnies a while ago now, discussing the skin barrier and what affects it. I followed it up with Skin Creams: A Barrier to Health? You can read both of them here. I noticed in the SkinsMatter newsletter this morning a study showing what I was trying …
Skincare Preservative Causing ‘Epidemic’ of #Skin Reactions
This should be interesting to you if you are suffering dermatitis, eczema or scaly skin, especially if it started in the last 5 years. Many people are suffering skin reactions to a chemical preservative called MI that became popular about that time ago. The Mail on Sunday carried a report on it and there is …
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