HAVE YOU USED THESE BEFORE?

So now I'm hoping if you visit my blog to help me with some of these products.
Have you used any of these before and did they work for you?

EMUAID

• I found this draft post I had and this product was part of this post I wanted to post.
• If you have tried this before, let me know if it works for you and how you used it. Such a small jar so cannot seriously be used on the whole body right?

DUPIXENT

• Recently I was referred to a dermatologist who recommended that I take Dupixent to treat my eczema. 
• I have doubts about adding another "possible" cure or relief substance in my body which can potentially cause more and different problems for my body just so I can have better looking skin and less itching.
• I'm not sure I want to do that. I have enough problems coping with eczema. You know what I mean?
• Also, I'm not sure if he just wants me to try the new drug which help some people to help me or for another willing subject to try a new drug to "hopefully" help alleviate my symptoms. It's the look in his eyes. The dismay when I told him my concerns about taking a drug that may cause new issues. It's not a risk I was willing to take.
• I guess if I really felt that he truly cared about me as a person, I may have considered it a little more but it was the lack of care. The lack of accountability and compassion. That is what kills me. I'm a human being with an issue. Not a subject.
• I can live with what I have right now until it become unbearable and I cannot move or something but I'm not going to be super vain and want to do it just so I can wear short sleeve or no sleeves clothing.
• My partner doesn't want me to take it either and he knows how my skin looks. I am so super grateful he is so loving and caring, plus he looks past superficial appearances. He doesn't like me to suffer from the itching, rash skin and flaky skin either but he agrees with me that I should not introduce anymore chemicals into my body.
• What are your thoughts? Is there actual a dermatologist out there that really cares about their patience. I mean just having to go to him to see him gives me stress with the lack of care he gives for my well being. 

Oolong Tea for Eczema Relief?

It's been awhile but nothing much has changed except recently when my eczema flare up lasted longer than I desired.

A few things I realized for 2018:

• I ate a lot of sweet delicious oranges during my skin flare up and after stopping for a week, my rash seems to be less red.
• Paprika intake in a soup recipe I followed may have also contributed to the rash. However, I thought paprika is supposed to be good for me. :(
• The weather has been really dry I think this winter. The office environment also dries out my skin and if I am lazy and did not spend enough time in the morning to moisturize my body, my skin gets so dry that I feel it is pulling. With the eczema rash, it feels like it would if I had a sunburn. Moving around, getting up and down from my seat was really painful.

Trying a few things starting this week:

• I mixed together a salve from raw shea butter, lavender essential oil, witch hazel oil and tea tree oil. 
• I use it on my rashed skin area after a couple of days after applying my steroid cream. The salve seems to help with moisturizing and at the same time heal any broken skin due to my scratching.
• If I can avoid using steroid cream I will.
• I think after I finish with the shea butter I may use Vaseline as the base. 
• Will provide an update after a month.
• Going to start drinking Oolong tea. 
• I remembered reading and hearing from my parents that Oolong tea is good for your health.
• So I Googled it and found an article. It says the tea is good for your skin and eczema as well. :) I'll drink it moving forward to see if it helps. :) Supposed to be good for managing weight loss.
• Hope it's true. Borrowed this picture from organicfacts.net
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• Continue using Kiehl's products. They are still working well for me. However, I've switched from the Ultra Facial Deep Moisture Balm to the Ultra Facial Cream. The balm was too rich for me, can you believe it? I was developing whiteheads on my forehead and cheeks. Now, I use the Ultra Facial Cream and it moisturizes great and my whiteheads are diminishing. I use Witchhazel to help to diminish the whiteheads.

Back to keeping my skin healthy. :)

See you soon.