Eczema Update
Channel: Happy Holistics
Date: 20/07/2017

Here's an anti-itch cream I made, which really helped this process:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A0iAVhTZVc&t=7s


Hey everyone!  My name is Judy from Happy Holistics and if you’ve been following my channel, there was a video not too long ago where I was talking about getting an eczema flair up on my hand.  Here’s what it looked like at the time - not that bad, but occasionally, it would get really itchy, I would scratch it and it would turned all red and inflamed again.

It’s been almost a month and I thought I’d do a quick update for you to give you a sense of the timeline we’re working with.  So this is what it looks like today.  Not sure if you’re able to tell through video, but there’s still some slight discolouration, but the patches are returning to more of a skin-colour and it’s not really itchy.  I can also feel that the skin is less rough and it’s starting to really go away.

Here’s a side-by-side comparison in similar lighting.  Like I said, it took about a month to get here, so it’s definitely not a quick process - even for a tiny ass patch like what I’ve got.  I am well aware that many people have a worse case of eczema, including an older version of myself, so my message is this: regardless of which natural healing methods you’re trying - try it for a long enough period of time to determine whether it actually works or not.  If I had given up after a couple of days I would’ve missed out on some effective treatment due to impatience - it works, it’s just slower than what we might be accustomed to.

Because this was a such small flare up, I didn’t bother adjusting the foods I was eating although I have done so in the past.  This time around, I simply started wearing gloves to wash dishes again and problem seems to be solving itself.

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the answer - pay attention to the things that come in contact to your skin and what you’re feeding your body - body care products, cleansers, and you can even be sensitive to natural, healthy products like food.  For example, people with latex allergies can also react to avocado with rashes.  I’m not saying “constant vigilance” but be aware of potential triggers in your environment.

That’s all I have for you this week I’m going on vacation soon - I’m hoping to get out 2 videos for you next week and I’ll be gone the week after - but since we haven’t planned much of our trip, that might not happen.  See you when I see you, likely on a Thurs :)

Music: Lightfoot by Aaron Lieberman