Does your child have chicken pox? If they do, you may be looking for ways to provide them with some relief. Chicken pox gives everyone the annoying urge to itch, unfortunately if you itch too much you can develop permanent scaring and also risk infection. There is some good news, there are a few home ...
After being diagnosed with the skin rash scabies, the odds are the primary care physician will prescribe a medication that will need to be obtained through a pharmacy. Many of these pharmaceutical grade creams are highly effective but are accompanied with serious warnings of toxicity. There use is limited to the prescribed amount and they ...
Summer is here. As I sit in here the shade of Starbucks I see all the tanned and blond lovelies walking in to get their double tall iced vanilla lattes. Every once in a while someone will come in resembling more a lobster than a person. I was wondering about what one could do if ...
Several months ago I started having what felt like a dry flaky face; however, I purchased many very expensive products attempting to soothe the itch. Nothing seemed to work. Much like my mother who has often taken a knife to her flesh, scratching so obsessively I thought I needed to have her admitted into the ...
It’s three o’clock in the morning and your baby is not happy. You check all the usual needs. It’s not yet time for a feeding. The baby does not seem to have gas. The pacifier is not satisfying him. You then check to see if the diaper is soiled. Now you know why the baby ...
Many people experience chicken pox at some point in their life, the majority of people experience it when they are young. Chicken pox is a viral infection, it causes a rash on the skin that looks like blisters. Despite what people may tell you, you can never catch chicken pox under your eye lids or ...
How to Care For Very Dry Skin Do you spend each winter itching? Do you have cracked heels? Your rough, scaly skin may need more than the usual winter skin care. If lotions don’t help, or if you’re tired of expensive skin care products, try these tips from a fellow sufferer and her many dermatologists. ...
Last week my best friend and I spent an afternoon in the pool. I slathered on sunscreen, reapplied it throughout the day, kept in the shade as much as possible, and yet my usually pasty complexion was still a glowing red by the end of the day. Sunburns are difficult to avoid, especially for those ...
Eczema can be itchy, ugly, and sometimes painful. The steroid treatments used can be helpful, but do you really want all those steroids in your skin all the time? Here are some effective treatments that have been tried and tested by myself and my children. We all have eczema. What is eczema? First, here’s a ...
When the temperature begins to soar into the higher digits, do you find yourself breaking out in an itchy rash that look like little red dots? The probability is that you are suffering from a heat rash, otherwise known as prickly heat, which is due to sweat duct blockage. It normally happens when your skin ...
