Why Does My Psoriasis Get Worse In The Winter?
After the summer sunshine, approaching winter can seem really bleak. Suddenly it’s cold, grey, damp and miserable and to top it all, your skin is breaking out in red, rough,...
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Is Your Baby Allergic To Cow’s Milk Protein?
This week we’re delighted to host a guest blog from writer and blogger Kate Tunstall of The Less-Refined Mind. Kate tell us about how she discovered that her baby had...
Rosehip To The Rescue: How Rosehip Oil Works For Winter Skin
Winter can be a bitter time for those with sensitive or chronically dry skin: the combination of central heating inside and cold temperatures out can result in skin being brutally...
Can Stress Cause Itchy Rashes?
It’s not always external irritants that cause the rashes associated with eczema and other chronic skin problems; sometimes the trigger is psychological rather than physical.
7 Top Tips For Naturally Healthy Skin
Want to ditch the skin-irritant synthetic ingredients, the expensive hyped-up pharmaceutical treatments and the ecologically-disastrous petrochemicals? Whatever your skin type, chronically dry to eczema-prone or oily, try our seven top tips...
How To Apply Eczema Cream
While topical steroids for eczema come with very precise and individualised instructions, it’s less obvious how to manage the daily routine of putting creams and ointments onto itchy skin, especially...
Could Standard Advice About Eczema Be Putting Children At Risk?
All parents know the drill: your child develops a nasty rash, you take them to the GP for something that will help. If the rash is diagnosed as eczema, contact...
5 Things You Should Never Say To An Eczema Sufferer
One of the worst things about having eczema is how obvious it can be. Raw, inflamed, severely dry or bleeding skin is very hard to hide, and that means people,...
Is Coconut Oil Good For Eczema?
Well, the answer is complicated! Coconut oil has been used on the skin for centuries around the world and it does indeed seem to have some antibacterial and some moisturising...
Customer Reward Scheme
We’re transferring our current rewards scheme to a new platform and want to let you all know how the scheme works. All current rewards account holders will be automatically upgraded...
5 Toxic Ingredients To Avoid In Eczema Creams
If you live with a chronic skin condition such as eczema or dermatitis, you’ll recognise the frustration of getting home with a lovely new moisturiser for your poor dry skin,...
The Brutal Truth: Topical Steroid Withdrawal - Emilie's Story
"I think the hardest part of TSW is how much you miss out on during that time. I was housebound for almost two whole years. People lose family and friends...