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Karen Henry, from Birmingham, is mother to four-year old eczema sufferer Lauren Henry. Karen says; “Lauren has always suffered with terrible eczema since she was a baby. However in recent months her eczema had become so bad she had to be bandaged from the neck down every night. Her open sores and bleeding are so [...]

Oat Soak bath sachets from Skin Shop are an ingeniously simple way of giving itchy and irritated eczema prone or dry skin all the healing benefits from oats, without your bath looking like a large bowel of porridge. Oats have been used for thousands of years as a skin soothing aide and even today, many doctors [...]

Defensil Rescue Serum contains a natural plant steroid that Swiss scientists claim is as effective as steroids for relieving itchy skin caused by eczema. Skin Magazine asked one of our eczema testers to try Defensil and give us their verdict; What is in Defensil? Defensil combines two key natural ingredients. A concentrated extract from Cardiospermum seeds and cold [...]

  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 study has found that exposure to sun light can actually help improve the symptoms of eczema in children. Usually sun is associated with making eczema worse as skin dryness, irritation and increased sweating can all make eczema symptoms worse. Some people even suffer from a specific form of eczema, known as photo sensitive [...]

The bark from French pine trees that grow near the ocean could be the latest secret weapon for younger and healthier skin as well as dry skin and eczema. The pine bark extract, which has been put into a cream, claims to improve skin elasticity by 25% and skin hydration by 8%, making it an [...]

 It’s widely accepted now that skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema are affected by a person’s psychological state of mind. Although many skin conditions are genetically inherited, their level of severity and the frequency of skin outbreaks are often dominated by psychological factors, creating a vicious cycle. Stress, emotional trauma, bereavement, divorce, redundancy, depression [...]

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 [...]

A new body wrap being offered at London’s first ‘Africology Spa’ is made from potatoes and claims to help reduce skin inflammation and improve elasticity, which could help with skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. The potatoe being used for the spud body wrap is known commonly as the African Sausage Potatoe although its official [...]

If you have spots, you tend to assume you have acne. But this is not always the case, in fact a lot of ‘spots’ are caused by other factors, including skin allergies, independent health conditions, infections or viruses. However if you use anti-acne treatments on many of these other ‘acne’ conditions, it can make the condition [...]