Tag: Treatment
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Topical Tip #2: Soap Substitutes
With atopic eczema, washing the skin with soap and water can leave it dry and itchy Soap and water are unfriendly for atopic skin. Conventional washing removes natural oil from the skin, leaving it relatively porous, or “leaky”. The skin can then rapidly dry out, as water is more able to escape out through the surface…
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Why do you recommend treating the parent before treating the child?
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Friday Facts #21 Atopic Dermatititis and Personality
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Friday Facts #22 Lichenification
Any repetitive physical trauma to skin can cause lichenification over time The epidermal layer of skin reacts to repetitive mechanical trauma by thickening up (hypertrophy), with an accumulation (hyperkeratosis) of dead cells (keratinocytes) sticking to the skin surface. The appearance is called lichenification by dermatologists. The similarity to the bark of a tree (see above)…
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Ask DrB: Shaving and Atopic Eczema
Sometimes there seems to be as many opinions as there are people I began working with The Combined Approach to atopic eczema many years ago, in 1989. To do this I learnt a great deal from two dermatologists: Dr Richard Staughton here in London, UK and Dr Peter Norén in Uppsala, Sweden. But I also…
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FAQ: What about scalp eczema?
The Combined Approach to atopic eczema works well for scalp eczema The scalp is skin, typically hairy skin, and like all skin, it can be affected by atopic eczema. The same principles apply to scalp eczema that we recommend for atopic eczema elsewhere. If the eczema has been present for longer than a few days…
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Andy Affleck talks to DrB
The principle and practice of habit reversal are really easy to understand and use. Andrew Affleck is a Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatological Surgeon based at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland. Andy and DrB first met at an European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry Congress in Zaragoza, Spain in 2011.Here they discuss the introduction of The Combined…
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Friday Facts #24 The three Stages of Healing
The Combined Approach to chronic atopic eczema has three Levels of Treatment that last four to six weeks, and involve the first two of three Stages of Healing: see above. The two stages of healing associated with the use of topical steroids is followed by a third stage lasting two or three months. During this…
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