ABOUT ME
Hi I'm Charlotte! I live in Manchester, UK and I have always had dry, sensitive skin. As a kid I had pretty bad eczema, mostly in the crooks of my arms and the backs of my legs, a little bit on my neck sometimes.
As I've grown up I've pretty much kept on top of it and it hasn't really bothered me too much. I just used to not use anything too perfumed or soapy in the bath or shower and always lots of a very plain moisturiser every day after showering. I used to use Betnovate cream or Betnovate ointment if I ever had a flare up on my arms, but generally it didn't bother me too much. Always got worse if I ate really badly or if my skin got too hot and sweaty but it wasn't a permanent state of affairs.
When I turned 28, however, my skin seemed to totally change! It started off with pretty violent red patches of eczema on my left hand, which seemed like a permanent feature for quite some time, despite large volumes of Betnovate.
Then it spread up my arm, until it was on the inside and outside of both arms. I got eczema patches on my face and even on my back, which I had never experienced before. In this time frame I also had moved into a new house with a friend that sometimes looked after cats, and started seeing a guy with massive dreadlocks. (He's now my husband!) I also got a pretty bad eye infection around this time. So there are a few factors that might have triggered the change in my skin. I was also intrigued about the 7 year theory.
Whatever the cause was, I knew using lots of steroid creams is bad for you, so I was determined to find a way to make my skin better. There had to be a safer, more natural product out there that worked! And as so many other people suffer with eczema I thought I would I would write about everything I tried in the hope that I could maybe help some people long the way too.
I hope you find my trials and tribulations useful in your own eczema battle. Please feel free to share your tips and experiences in the comments.
As I've grown up I've pretty much kept on top of it and it hasn't really bothered me too much. I just used to not use anything too perfumed or soapy in the bath or shower and always lots of a very plain moisturiser every day after showering. I used to use Betnovate cream or Betnovate ointment if I ever had a flare up on my arms, but generally it didn't bother me too much. Always got worse if I ate really badly or if my skin got too hot and sweaty but it wasn't a permanent state of affairs.
When I turned 28, however, my skin seemed to totally change! It started off with pretty violent red patches of eczema on my left hand, which seemed like a permanent feature for quite some time, despite large volumes of Betnovate.
Then it spread up my arm, until it was on the inside and outside of both arms. I got eczema patches on my face and even on my back, which I had never experienced before. In this time frame I also had moved into a new house with a friend that sometimes looked after cats, and started seeing a guy with massive dreadlocks. (He's now my husband!) I also got a pretty bad eye infection around this time. So there are a few factors that might have triggered the change in my skin. I was also intrigued about the 7 year theory.
Whatever the cause was, I knew using lots of steroid creams is bad for you, so I was determined to find a way to make my skin better. There had to be a safer, more natural product out there that worked! And as so many other people suffer with eczema I thought I would I would write about everything I tried in the hope that I could maybe help some people long the way too.
I hope you find my trials and tribulations useful in your own eczema battle. Please feel free to share your tips and experiences in the comments.
Charlotte x
