Re: My skin is making me miserable. Please help!

Hi,

I have learned through my process of posting emails to ask more questions before jumping the gun in my rush to respond with answers. This is why I questioned you regarding other possible allergen culprits (besides the food allergen), to ensure that the right target was hit and other possible instigators weren't missed. Based on your two postings, your hypothesis regarding the allergen to your bread may be correct. However, I did get a little confused by your doctors reference for allergy testing to cat hair. You didn't mention the introduction of a cat into your environment two months ago; therefore I was wondering if he or she was making the reference to cats in general or because you actually own a cat? If it is the case that you own a cat, pet dander, as well as cat saliva, are known eczema instigators. It would not necessarily be the pet hair that would be the culprit; but rather the flaking dead skin cells and the bacteria on the flakes that would actually be causing eczema irritation. In either case, the solution regarding eczema culprits is to get rid of the thing that is promoting the breakout. Have you stopped eating the bread since this reaction to test the bread theory out?

Don't feel at all embarrassed and don't panic. The explanation for what has happened could be as simple as this: You had an allergic reaction to the bread and went to the medical professionals for a diagnosis and treatment. You were diagnosed with contact dermatitis and treated with Antibiotics and steroids. Since Antibiotics produce major (total body) eczema flareups and since steroids suppress the immune system (the defender against disease); it is no wonder that your body is exhibiting this current flareup. Instead of solving the problem with the treatment, your problem was compounded. In actuality, your body is doing what it is supposed to do. It's alerting you to the fact that something is wrong. To me, an eczema flareup is like a fire alarm. It warns you of the smoke; so that you can respond soon enough to stop the fire and save the house. The eczema flareup warns you, the owner of the body, of a toxic invasion and a weak immunity; so that you can respond by eliminating the toxins (bad bacteria, foreign allergen/irritants) and feed the immune system the nourishment needed to be replenished for the good fight. So although the eczema is a nuisance, it's actually your skin alerting you to the toxic agent in your environment and assisting the body in the flushing of the toxins through the skin.

What really needs to happen is that you need to find treatment that is going to work with your bodies immune system to promote the healing; as opposed to medicines that choose to ignore the bodies warning signal by suppression of the warning signal. We did this with my nieces, without the use of harmful medications and with the use of natural skin care that fed the skin the nourishment needed to be replenished for the fight. For my nieces, it was the Burt's Bees skin care line. In particular, the Burt's Bees Buttermilk lotion, BB's almond oil for the scalp, BB's vitamin E bath oil, and BB's talc free powder. This line carries a natural fragrance that may prove to be an eczema irritant for some eczema sufferers. Fragrance free options, are Borage Dry Skin Therapy lotion by Shikai (pediatric and adult formulas) or Colloidal Oatmeal Skin Therapy lotion by Nature's Gate. All of the lotions I've mentioned are very light. They go on the skin like water and can be applied all over the body. The key is to adjust your focus. Instead of looking to treat the eczema, look to treat the skin; and in turn, the skin will treat the eczema.

aunty
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