Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Eczema - I've tried it all- I found the cure - or so I thought

Ok, so I've tried everything for my terrible skin, and nothing works - for long. I've done the cortisone, and it's ok, but only as long as you're using it. The long term effects to me, are not worth it. Honestly the cortisone isn't even touching my eczema right now, doesn't help it at all in fact. So I started trying all sorts of different thing. Creams, vitamins, tanning, anything and everything that could possibly help.
So my BF bought me this pumpkin soap and unscented body butter combo for eczema from The Rocky Mountain Soap Company. I was beyond skeptical, but as I said I'll try anything. And it's working, my skin looks and feels better than it has in months. Anyone with eczema on their hands knows that washing them is a trying task - but the Pumpkin stuff doesn't burn, and I can use it daily it's actually getting rid of the eczema!
I left my body butter in a hotel and stopped using it for a couple of days, the eczema worsened. So I went and bought some more, and it's getting better again.
Honestly if you SUFFER from eczema you know how hard, painful, itchy, embarassing, uncomfortable it is. I say try it, I did and I'm so happy with it.
Great for kids to, I recently read that using Cortisone on your children with eczema will actually cause them to develop asthma - so there you go, an all natural cure/helper.
Amended - ok so it's good, it works, but my eczema has flared up again, as it always does. So no cure, just a helper.
This just in, I've been using a combination of Noxzema and Ozonal on my terrible hands for the past two weeks, and it's almost gone, I mean completely gone. If you suffer from Eczema like I have for most of my adult life, try this combination. I'm going to alternate between the Rocky Mountain system and my own system every two weeks, because everything helps for a while!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Crest Whitestrips - classic

Ok, so the deal is, use them 2x a day for 30 minutes or something. I'm sorry, but finding time to do something ONCE a day is hard enough! I'm supposed to use these things twice a day. So frequency of use is an issue, but the second issue, is they hurt. They sting the gums and hurt the roots of your teeth. They suggest you use a desensitizing toothpaste - but why does it hurt? What's in there?
All said and done, I don't see much difference, no one has made any comment on my beautiful fresh looking smile... so will I drop that kind of dough on white strips again? NO NO NO