Hello,

Both Acne and eczema reflect a vitamin A deficiency. You need to focus on treating your skin health by addressing your internal health. What you eat and what you drink are imperative to your immune health. Water makes a huge difference and improves your skin's health by flushing toxins from the blood stream and by rehydrating the skin's cells. The very things that the doctors have stressed the least (water/good nutrition) are the very things that will bring the most dramatic improvement to your skin health. The body converts beta carotene into vitamin A. Vitamin A has natural antioxidant properties, which is why beta carotene/vitamin A is considered an immune booster. The caution is that the body can overdose on vitamin A!!! Just as a deficiency of this necessary nutrient causes disease; an overdosage of this particular vitamin can also cause major disease. This is why the solution is not to go out and start popping vitamin A pills. The safest and healthiest way to restore this nutrient in the body is to consume the foods that contain beta carotene (like carrots and green vegetables).

I cannot stress enough the importance of good nutrition as it relates to your skin health. These aren't just blank words. My nieces are living proof of the importance of addressing the nutrition when healing the body of eczema. My nieces suffered severe (total body) eczema flareups in their infancy. Because I knew of the damaging effects of steroid creams/medications, I took it upon myself to find alternatives to treating my nieces. My family trusted my advice and we chose to address my nieces skin health naturally. We opted for natural skin care (free of harmful, toxic ingredients) and focused on their nutrition. Once we removed the allergens from my nieces environment and began implementing the proper nutrition and natural skin care, the healing began immediately. My nieces have been eczema free for 5 and 3 years now. Their longterm success has everything to do with a lifestyle of good nutrition.

The other nutritional deficiencies that eczema reflect are as follows: quercetin, zinc, essential fatty acids (omega-3, omega-6, & GLA/gamma linolenic acid), magnesium, and vitamins C & E. To find out a list of the food sources for these nutrients, you can visit the wholehealthmd.com website for a listing.

If you read the side effects of the medications that you've been given to treat your skin, you will probably find that "herpes-like infections or rash" are possible side effects. Steroids literally eat away at the skin's epidermis (outer skin layer). What your doctors should have done was to first address the allergen/irritant that was causing your excessive skin dryness and irritation. The cleanser/soap that you were using to clean your face was probably the culprit. If you weren't using any types of soaps or cleansers on your face, then it could have been harsh chemicals (flouride/chlorine) in your tap water that was causing the dryness/irritation. In either case, the doctors should have first focused on identifying the culprits of your irritation; so that the instigator of the breakouts could be eliminated from your environment. The goal is to get rid of the problem; not cover it up. Also, focus on finding natural skin care that have the vitamins/minerals necessary for good skin health. Once you start feeding the skin the nourishment that it needs, the skin will respond with healing. Your prescribed medications are both impeding the healing process and promoting your suffering.

The cure for eczema and for Acne is a healthy functioning immune system. You can restore your immune health with good nutrition.

Also, there are several natural skin care options that could bring you good results. This will have to be something that you personally test because what works for some, may cause others allergic reactions. With any product that you try (in particular moisturizers), always test a small area of the skin for allergic reactions before implementing a full regimen. For my nieces, the Burt's Bees Baby Bee skin care line was and has been their blessing. Shikai's Borage Skin Therapy lotion/moisturizing bath and shower gel may be a good alternative skin care regimen for you. For your face, I recommend the Ginseng Facial Feed by ForeverSpring; however due to the damage done by the steroid medications, I suggest that you give your face at least a 24 hour break in between trying a new product. In other words, when you are making a transition from one skin care product to another give your face a break (just wash with water) in between the process to allow the skin (the face) to recover from the old before going to the new. If you have a Whole Foods market in your area, this is a good place to go to inspect for yourself the various natural skin care options.

aunty


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I have been an eczema sufferer for almost twenty years and at times had full body coverage and couldn't function. The worst was helped by going to a nutritionist and supplementing with many vitamins along with digestive enzymes.

I started a major flare-up this past August and it is now almost entirely gone. Vitamin C has helped tremendously. I have also started liver flushing. This is something that is quite easy to do anywhere. The Hulda Clark method seems to work the best although I substituted heavy cream for the oil and use magnesium citrate pills (800 mg each dose) instead of the Epsom Salts after the first few flushes. Go to the Liver Flush Forum and read everything you can. This, along with dietary changes and vitamin supplementation, should help.

I have much the same situation. What has been helping me is to use a tea tree oil gel (NOT the full strenth oil...it burns my skin) followed by moisturizer. I use an aloe vera based cream by day & an evening primrose oil based one at night that I get from my local GNC. If you can find something similar & try this let me know if it works for you too.