My Eczema & Me: Living With BDD And Eczema
Body Dysmorphic Disorder is an incredibly debilitating disorder. And when you’ve got a chronic condition such as eczema to add to the mix, well boy that just makes things a whole...
Welcome to Be More You. Our Balmonds Blog.
Time to grab a cuppa and take a moment for yourself to discover and get inspired.
From interviews with fascinating people, to nutritional support, skincare and beauty hacks created specifically for those with sensitive skin, as well as some sneak-peaks behind the scenes at Balmonds, you’ll find it all in our online magazine
Pocket Checklist: Starting College When You Have Eczema
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Surviving College With A Skin Condition
If you're off to university or college for the first time this autumn, you might have be feeling all-sorts of mixed emotions! Excitement, trepidation, panic or joy: all those reactions...
Eczema: Information for Childcare Providers
Eczema: Information sheet for Childcare Providers
Working With Skin Conditions: 2. Help & Advice
If you suffer from eczema or any other long-term skin condition, it is likely that it will affect your working life to some extent or other. If you’re confused and anxious...
Working With Skin Conditions: 1. How Do Skin Conditions Affect Your Working Life?
If you suffer from eczema or any other long-term skin condition, it is likely that it will affect your working life to some extent or other. If you’re confused and anxious...
Having Eczema As A Teenager - A Personal Story
The teenage years can be hard enough without eczema; add a chronic skin condition that leaves your face red, itchy and inflamed, and everything gets harder still. Here we welcome...
Six Reasons Why Your Prescribed Moisturisers Might Not Be Helping Your Eczema
What's going on when your prescribed emollient isn't helping your eczema? Here are 6 things to consider about your prescribed emollients.
Is Your Teenager’s Makeup Giving Them Eczema?
Well, the answer is, yes, it could well be making their skin flare-up, especially if they’re already prone to eczema. Makeup - whether mascara, eye-shadow, tends to be full...
How To Treat Acne When You Have Eczema
Acne and eczema are caused by different issues and manifest in different ways, but unfortunately they can sometimes coincide, which is obviously no fun at all for the poor sufferer!
Should GPs Get More Training In Nutrition?
In the UK at least, nutrition does not hold a central place in our model of medicine, despite so many conditions being affected by diet. Despite recent research being clear...
Does Diet Effect Red Skin Syndrome/Topical Steroid Withdrawl (TSW)?
It took a couple of months into TSW for me to realise that this diet (or perhaps any diet) wasn’t going to cut the mustard for healing my very severe,...
