Skin Magazine

  Dry Eye Gel is a natural gel for calming and soothing red, itchy, dry or inflamed skin around the eye and on the eyelids. In women, cosmetics and make up remover products are largely responsible for irritation, redness and itchiness around the eyes. In addition other eye conditions that affect men and women as well as [...]

A new Dry Scalp Shampoo containing a vine extract called Cardiospermum could help treat dry scalp dandruff caused by eczema or dermatitis, according to a new study. Dry Scalp Shampoo  is for scalps with eczema or dermatitis, which accounts for 40% of all dandruff. Normal dandruff  is caused by fungus on the scalp. Dandruff caused by scalp [...]

Eyelid eczema sufferer, Dadina Howard, is a 40-year mature model from Hampshire Dadina developed eczema on her eyelids two years ago because of a long career as a model. Dadina had to wear a lot of make up due to her work. A few years ago she started to develop eyelid eczema as a result. Dadina says: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kate had suffered eczema all her life until she tried a gel containing an extract from the balloon vine. BY Kate 8 December, 2009 “I have had eczema since birth and when I was very little I wore gloves all the time because of scratching myself so much. It used to really upset my Mum as people [...]

A natural steroid isolated from the Cardiospermum plant could be more effective than steroids. A New plant steroid discovered in Cardiospermum extract could be more effective than traditional steroids Defensil, a natural skincare treatment has been found by Swiss scientists to help reduce symptoms associated with very dry skin and eczema better than hydrocortisone creams. [...]

What is Cardiospermum and where does it come from? BY Bruce Shane 6 July, 2007 Cardiospermum is short for Cardiospermum halicacabum. This is the official name for balloon wine which is a woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons. Cardiospermum is mainly found in tropical India, Africa and America. The name Cardiospermum [...]