Skin Magazine

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 [...]

Laughing could be the best cure for itchy and irritating skin conditions such as eczema in babies and infants, according to a new study published in June in New Scientist magazine. BY Amy Anderson 4 July, 2007 The study proved that babies with atopic eczema suffered less serious skin reactions if their mothers watched a funny film before breast-feeding. [...]

A dirty house could be beneficial to children’s skin, according to a new study. BY Amy Anderson 4 July, 2007 The study, carried out at the Arizona Respiratory Centre in the US and presented at American Thoracic Society in May, has found that a bacteria present in common house dust could help prevent the development of eczema and asthma [...]

Women who take probiotics while pregnant could help reduce the likelihood of their child developing eczema, according to a new study. BY Amy Anderson 4 July, 2007 The study, carried out at Linkoping University Hospital in Sweden and published in the May edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, was on expectant mothers with a [...]

A new survey of 100 British children treated with the well renowned aqueous cream has found it irritated over 50% of them and for a small amount of children it actually made them scream. 4 July, 2008 – 14:58 The survey, carried out by Dr Michael Cork, a skin specialist at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and [...]