The New Year is a nightmare for rosacea sufferers. Too much alcohol, disrupted skin care routines, cold weather and increased stress over Christmas leaves skin furious and dried out. Lisa O’Donovan is a 32-year old Family support worker from Birmingham who used to dread starting eth new year with a red face. Lisa says: “Whilst [...]
Since she was a little girl Julie has suffered from severe cold sores. Julie would often get several cold sores at the same time which cover her lips and also large parts of her chin. Julie Davidson is a 21-year old beauty therapist from Queenferry in Scotland says; I have had these sorts of colds sores since [...]
New research by the National Eczema Society has revealed 80% cent of newly diagnosed work-related skin problems are due to hand eczema. Approximately six million people in theUKsuffer from hand eczema, which is characterised by swollen, cracked and blistered skin. Alexandra Gray, 33, is a teacher from Ashbourne in Derbyshire and suffers from severe hand [...]
Amy Peters, 29, is a clinical researcher from Brighton and is married Darren, 30, a cancer research scientist. Amy has suffered from rosacea since her early 20′s. Amy says: “ Obviously like any bride to be I was nervous about my wedding day, but the thing I was most concerned about was my skin. I have [...]
Dadina Howard, a 40-year part-time mature model and director of a small production company from Hampshire and eczema sufferer, developed eczema on her eye lids two years ago partly as a result of her modelling work which involves having to wear a lot of make up. She started to develop itchy, inflamed eye lids and [...]
Emma loved holidays the only problem was that the sun brought out her eczema. BY Emma Holloway July, 2007 Emma Holloway, 25, is a physiotherapist from Rugby, Warwickshire. Emma says: “I have always had eczema, but on a recent summer holiday I discovered I had a particular type of eczema called photosensitive eczema. I was on holiday [...]
Julia Neal, 50, a secretary from Crawley in West Sussex, has had eczema since she was a child, but as an adult she seemed to have it more or less under control until circumstances in her life took a drastic turn for the worse and her eczema broke out all over her body. BY Julia Neal [...]
Jackie was still young when she was crippled by arthritis. BY Jackie Pereira 15 June, 2007 Old bones in young bodies When most people hear the word “Arthritis”, they think of elderly people with misshapen hands, bent backs and an inability to walk far or faster than a shuffle. While this can be true, it is only [...]
Sam is 20 and in her third year of studying graphic design at Coventry University. She has had chronic scalp psoriasis from when she was 7 years old. BY Sam 4 July, 2007 “I started getting small itchy psoriasis plaques on my scalp when I was 7 years old, my parents were worried that I may have inherited [...]
Everything she ate with any taste would cause a mouth ulcer. Nothing from the chemist worked until she found a natural gum which stopped them coming back. BY Amy Myles 3 July, 2007 Amy Myles, 31, from South London works part time for an internet marketing company and has two children aged 3 and 2.Amy says: [...]
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