Skin Magazine

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: [...]

Jane had such bad scalp psoriasis, parents at her daughters school didn’t want her to touch their children in case they caught it. BY Jane Stuart 4 July, 2007 Jane Stuart, 32, an assistant manager of a small supermarket from Kinross in Scotland is married to Hendry Stuart, 43, a farmer and has two children, Iain [...]

An itchy scalp became unbearable for George and ended in full blown scalp eczema which nothing would clear up. BY George Lawton 3 July, 2007 George Lawton is a 27 year old technical sales man and lives with his partner in London.  For the past two years George has suffered with itchy irritating scalp eczema, he had [...]

When she could no longer hold a needle or grip the reins of her horse Casper, vet and keen horse woman Philippa Barton, 54, from Nottingham decided it was time she left her beloved profession. Arthritis had made it impossible for her to carry on. BY Philipa Barton 3 July, 2007 “My arthritis started with a [...]

Distraught mum, was at her wits ends about her teenage daughter’s cold sores Naomi, 16, whose school attendance and self confidence were being badly affected by her monthly outbreaks of cold sores. BY  Nina Thorpe, 43, a legal secretary from Ryde on the Isle of Wight 3 July, 2007 “By this summer it had got the [...]

Elizabeth had suffered eczema from birth but when she started to suffer hair loss from steroids she knew she had to find an alternative.   Elizabeth Morey is 46 and lives in London she has suffered with eczema since birth. Elizabeth has always had an on and off problem with scalp eczema, but recently, due to stress, [...]

Ann Grundy, 42, a care assistant from Liverpool has suffered psoriasis since the age of 10. She is no ordinary psoriasis sufferer in that she has a patch or two of it on her skin. She is literally covered in very severe psoriasis from head to toe but until how treatments offered to her by [...]

Michelle Woods is 35 and lives in Leicester with her partner and two sons. She has suffered with psoriasis for the last 15 years which has really knocked her confidence and has stopped her pursuing her dream career. BY Michelle Woods 4 July, 2007 Michelle says: “When I first noticed a change in my skin I ignored [...]

Jane was prescribed steroids by her doctor to treat her dry itchy scalp until she was in her teens. Taking steroids for such a long time worried Jane and she began to look for alternative treatments. BY Jane Hadfield 3 July, 2007 Jane Hadfield, 28, is a Financial Analyst from Surrey. She has suffered from a chronic [...]