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When I began this I did not account for that. Somehow it became “a thing”. I do believe it began with my propensity to dispense encouragement. And when people felt overwhelmed they came to me. And I presume they found what I said helpful enough to trust me. And since I read constantly and often discuss science and medicine and nutrition and so forth, they come to me with those questions. I think much of it is based upon my experience. Perhaps it’s based on the fact that I have demonstrated an understanding of some things?
I really cannot say. I am glad to be of service. I am happy to oblige. If they ask me for lack of other trusted people to whom they can put the question, that saddens me. If not, I am honored to be a worthwhile opinion.
And if I do not know an answer, or feel shaky in my reply, I do research it further, and often add more information or correct myself.
That is because the oils you are using are not soaking into the skin well and are forming a skin on the surface. As the moisture dries, the texture pulls, causing the immune system to pay attention to the area even more.
The medical treatment is steroid cremes that make an attempt to shut the immune system off at the site.
I recommend you find a carrier oil that will actually sink into the skin. Try applying it while still in the heat of a shower. Give it a few minutes. Let it soak into the area like a face mask. Then wash the area lightly with soap to remove the thin residue. Apply the oil many times per day. Place the oil somewhere you pass often (on top of the television or beside a phone charger).
To stop the itch, you can use antihistamines, but there are botanicals that can do this for you. The difficulty is that many of them also have a drying side effect.
Lanolin, jojoba, coconut oil all excellent for the skin. Lavender and clove might help. Lavender is marvelous for healing the skin, clove for numbing. Menthol also numbs. Tiger balm is an excellent mixture of oils and botanicals. Aloe is very very good. Frequent thick masks of moisture, like live, plain, greek yogurt mixed with honey can help both with hydration and keeping the area closed and clean. Drink more water. Take vitamin C, D, E, and consider Lysine and Arganine supplements in equal parts. You can even crush and mix these into a lotion and apply it like a face mask, and it will help speed up healing.
And I know it sounds bizarre…but try putting a snail on it. unless you’re allergic to snails.
And as always, change your diet around, removing common allergens, if you take medications, make sure none have immune system or skin side effects, monitor stress – and by that I mean, record any time you have a flare up and see if it corresponds to anxiety levels, exposure to illness, lack of sleep, and so forth. This will give you a precise handle on how to interpret your symptoms. Then you can actually put your mind to suppressing them.
If you can, speak to a dermatologist, if you have not already. They may have better advice. I am not a doctor.
Never wanted to be frankly.
Jojoba oil is one of the best carrier oils for any skin application, incidentally. Almond is slightly cheaper and not too far behind jojoba in quality for skin application. So this same advice would apply well to many sensitive skin conditions, including acne.
A note on why storebought lotions might not be helping: a lot of them have mineral oil as a base. This means that while it’s the best occlusive (it will lock in the moisture that’s already there), it’s not actually hydrating (it won’t actually add any moisture). So you could use it over an oil that’s actually going to moisturise, as a top coat of sorts (unless you hate the feeling it gives, layers can get heavy and sticky and stuff), but using it alone won’t really do all that much.
So, recommended way to go: shower (adds water), oil yourself up before the water has evaporated from your skin, then if you’re Extra, top it up with the mineral oil based lotion. Unrivaled moisturisation.
I concur. But do try lanolin. Read the back of a store bought lotion. Most of those things are texture, smell, consistency, and preservative additives. they aren’t there to help your skin. Oil is just oil. Yogurt is just milk with bacteria. Honey has countless properties. When dealing with an immune response, you must mitigate the potential things causing it. You must cut out all things you cannot track, the variables.
On the ingredients list of a store bought lotion, you’d be looking for “mineral oil”, “paraffinum liquidum”, “petrolatum”, or, like, straight out vaseline, it’s the same stuff in different shape.
A drawback of lanolin is that is thick and heavy as hell, so while it will do the good work Simon says, it may be too thick for certain areas. If the eczema patch is on the face, proceed with caution. I know of someone who will start screaming about whiteheads if there’s lanolin within a mile of her face.
Also, if there is irritation, oats are your friend (unless you’re allergic, in which case they’re obviously not).
If you warm the lanolin between your hands, it usually thins, but yes,
it can clog the pores of the face. Do try a yogurt mask! with aloe and
honey. Make it yourself. Very cheap and simple. I can tell you how.
My mate had horrible ‘backne’ and red flaky patches until we swam in an enclosed hotspring pool on the ocean in Hawaii and he got SWARMED by tiny fish that lived in the pool and picked every last dead bit off. That was 2011 and his back has stayed healthy since then.
Obviously you can’t haul yourself to that pool in Pahoa but if there’s one of those ‘fish pedicure’ places give it a shot.
I wonder if they’d nibble me. It sounds ironic and soothing
Oh man it tickles something fierce and it’s almost frightening, the teeny fish version of Screw-Eyes’ death in We’re Back! but it works a CHARM.
I think that would be lovely. Assuming I have dead skin for hem to eat
I suppose I could always bring some and hug it.
I want you to understand that I saw this in cinematic quality, an overhead pan of what looks like someone embracing their lover in a lush exotic natural pool, leaning over them, kissing their neck, and as the camera zooms closer and circles, it’s revealed that it’s you, taking a huge bite out of their shoulder, and grinning delightedly through the gore as thousands of flickering silver fish swarm in a circle around you.
That is because the oils you are using are not soaking into the skin well and are forming a skin on the surface. As the moisture dries, the texture pulls, causing the immune system to pay attention to the area even more.
The medical treatment is steroid cremes that make an attempt to shut the immune system off at the site.
I recommend you find a carrier oil that will actually sink into the skin. Try applying it while still in the heat of a shower. Give it a few minutes. Let it soak into the area like a face mask. Then wash the area lightly with soap to remove the thin residue. Apply the oil many times per day. Place the oil somewhere you pass often (on top of the television or beside a phone charger).
To stop the itch, you can use antihistamines, but there are botanicals that can do this for you. The difficulty is that many of them also have a drying side effect.
Lanolin, jojoba, coconut oil all excellent for the skin. Lavender and clove might help. Lavender is marvelous for healing the skin, clove for numbing. Menthol also numbs. Tiger balm is an excellent mixture of oils and botanicals. Aloe is very very good. Frequent thick masks of moisture, like live, plain, greek yogurt mixed with honey can help both with hydration and keeping the area closed and clean. Drink more water. Take vitamin C, D, E, and consider Lysine and Arganine supplements in equal parts. You can even crush and mix these into a lotion and apply it like a face mask, and it will help speed up healing.
And I know it sounds bizarre…but try putting a snail on it. unless you’re allergic to snails.
And as always, change your diet around, removing common allergens, if you take medications, make sure none have immune system or skin side effects, monitor stress – and by that I mean, record any time you have a flare up and see if it corresponds to anxiety levels, exposure to illness, lack of sleep, and so forth. This will give you a precise handle on how to interpret your symptoms. Then you can actually put your mind to suppressing them.
If you can, speak to a dermatologist, if you have not already. They may have better advice. I am not a doctor.
Never wanted to be frankly.
Jojoba oil is one of the best carrier oils for any skin application, incidentally. Almond is slightly cheaper and not too far behind jojoba in quality for skin application. So this same advice would apply well to many sensitive skin conditions, including acne.
A note on why storebought lotions might not be helping: a lot of them have mineral oil as a base. This means that while it’s the best occlusive (it will lock in the moisture that’s already there), it’s not actually hydrating (it won’t actually add any moisture). So you could use it over an oil that’s actually going to moisturise, as a top coat of sorts (unless you hate the feeling it gives, layers can get heavy and sticky and stuff), but using it alone won’t really do all that much.
So, recommended way to go: shower (adds water), oil yourself up before the water has evaporated from your skin, then if you’re Extra, top it up with the mineral oil based lotion. Unrivaled moisturisation.
I concur. But do try lanolin. Read the back of a store bought lotion. Most of those things are texture, smell, consistency, and preservative additives. they aren’t there to help your skin. Oil is just oil. Yogurt is just milk with bacteria. Honey has countless properties. When dealing with an immune response, you must mitigate the potential things causing it. You must cut out all things you cannot track, the variables.
On the ingredients list of a store bought lotion, you’d be looking for “mineral oil”, “paraffinum liquidum”, “petrolatum”, or, like, straight out vaseline, it’s the same stuff in different shape.
A drawback of lanolin is that is thick and heavy as hell, so while it will do the good work Simon says, it may be too thick for certain areas. If the eczema patch is on the face, proceed with caution. I know of someone who will start screaming about whiteheads if there’s lanolin within a mile of her face.
Also, if there is irritation, oats are your friend (unless you’re allergic, in which case they’re obviously not).
If you warm the lanolin between your hands, it usually thins, but yes,
it can clog the pores of the face. Do try a yogurt mask! with aloe and
honey. Make it yourself. Very cheap and simple. I can tell you how.
My mate had horrible ‘backne’ and red flaky patches until we swam in an enclosed hotspring pool on the ocean in Hawaii and he got SWARMED by tiny fish that lived in the pool and picked every last dead bit off. That was 2011 and his back has stayed healthy since then.
Obviously you can’t haul yourself to that pool in Pahoa but if there’s one of those ‘fish pedicure’ places give it a shot.
I wonder if they’d nibble me. It sounds ironic and soothing
Oh man it tickles something fierce and it’s almost frightening, the teeny fish version of Screw-Eyes’ death in We’re Back! but it works a CHARM.
I think that would be lovely. Assuming I have dead skin for hem to eat
That is because the oils you are using are not soaking into the skin well and are forming a skin on the surface. As the moisture dries, the texture pulls, causing the immune system to pay attention to the area even more.
The medical treatment is steroid cremes that make an attempt to shut the immune system off at the site.
I recommend you find a carrier oil that will actually sink into the skin. Try applying it while still in the heat of a shower. Give it a few minutes. Let it soak into the area like a face mask. Then wash the area lightly with soap to remove the thin residue. Apply the oil many times per day. Place the oil somewhere you pass often (on top of the television or beside a phone charger).
To stop the itch, you can use antihistamines, but there are botanicals that can do this for you. The difficulty is that many of them also have a drying side effect.
Lanolin, jojoba, coconut oil all excellent for the skin. Lavender and clove might help. Lavender is marvelous for healing the skin, clove for numbing. Menthol also numbs. Tiger balm is an excellent mixture of oils and botanicals. Aloe is very very good. Frequent thick masks of moisture, like live, plain, greek yogurt mixed with honey can help both with hydration and keeping the area closed and clean. Drink more water. Take vitamin C, D, E, and consider Lysine and Arganine supplements in equal parts. You can even crush and mix these into a lotion and apply it like a face mask, and it will help speed up healing.
And I know it sounds bizarre…but try putting a snail on it. unless you’re allergic to snails.
And as always, change your diet around, removing common allergens, if you take medications, make sure none have immune system or skin side effects, monitor stress – and by that I mean, record any time you have a flare up and see if it corresponds to anxiety levels, exposure to illness, lack of sleep, and so forth. This will give you a precise handle on how to interpret your symptoms. Then you can actually put your mind to suppressing them.
If you can, speak to a dermatologist, if you have not already. They may have better advice. I am not a doctor.
Never wanted to be frankly.
Jojoba oil is one of the best carrier oils for any skin application, incidentally. Almond is slightly cheaper and not too far behind jojoba in quality for skin application. So this same advice would apply well to many sensitive skin conditions, including acne.
A note on why storebought lotions might not be helping: a lot of them have mineral oil as a base. This means that while it’s the best occlusive (it will lock in the moisture that’s already there), it’s not actually hydrating (it won’t actually add any moisture). So you could use it over an oil that’s actually going to moisturise, as a top coat of sorts (unless you hate the feeling it gives, layers can get heavy and sticky and stuff), but using it alone won’t really do all that much.
So, recommended way to go: shower (adds water), oil yourself up before the water has evaporated from your skin, then if you’re Extra, top it up with the mineral oil based lotion. Unrivaled moisturisation.
I concur. But do try lanolin. Read the back of a store bought lotion. Most of those things are texture, smell, consistency, and preservative additives. they aren’t there to help your skin. Oil is just oil. Yogurt is just milk with bacteria. Honey has countless properties. When dealing with an immune response, you must mitigate the potential things causing it. You must cut out all things you cannot track, the variables.
On the ingredients list of a store bought lotion, you’d be looking for “mineral oil”, “paraffinum liquidum”, “petrolatum”, or, like, straight out vaseline, it’s the same stuff in different shape.
A drawback of lanolin is that is thick and heavy as hell, so while it will do the good work Simon says, it may be too thick for certain areas. If the eczema patch is on the face, proceed with caution. I know of someone who will start screaming about whiteheads if there’s lanolin within a mile of her face.
Also, if there is irritation, oats are your friend (unless you’re allergic, in which case they’re obviously not).
If you warm the lanolin between your hands, it usually thins, but yes,
it can clog the pores of the face. Do try a yogurt mask! with aloe and
honey. Make it yourself. Very cheap and simple. I can tell you how.
My mate had horrible ‘backne’ and red flaky patches until we swam in an enclosed hotspring pool on the ocean in Hawaii and he got SWARMED by tiny fish that lived in the pool and picked every last dead bit off. That was 2011 and his back has stayed healthy since then.
Obviously you can’t haul yourself to that pool in Pahoa but if there’s one of those ‘fish pedicure’ places give it a shot.
I wonder if they’d nibble me. It sounds ironic and soothing
Oh man it tickles something fierce and it’s almost frightening, the teeny fish version of Screw-Eyes’ death in We’re Back! but it works a CHARM.
I think that would be lovely. Assuming I have dead skin for hem to eat
That is because the oils you are using are not soaking into the skin well and are forming a skin on the surface. As the moisture dries, the texture pulls, causing the immune system to pay attention to the area even more.
The medical treatment is steroid cremes that make an attempt to shut the immune system off at the site.
I recommend you find a carrier oil that will actually sink into the skin. Try applying it while still in the heat of a shower. Give it a few minutes. Let it soak into the area like a face mask. Then wash the area lightly with soap to remove the thin residue. Apply the oil many times per day. Place the oil somewhere you pass often (on top of the television or beside a phone charger).
To stop the itch, you can use antihistamines, but there are botanicals that can do this for you. The difficulty is that many of them also have a drying side effect.
Lanolin, jojoba, coconut oil all excellent for the skin. Lavender and clove might help. Lavender is marvelous for healing the skin, clove for numbing. Menthol also numbs. Tiger balm is an excellent mixture of oils and botanicals. Aloe is very very good. Frequent thick masks of moisture, like live, plain, greek yogurt mixed with honey can help both with hydration and keeping the area closed and clean. Drink more water. Take vitamin C, D, E, and consider Lysine and Arganine supplements in equal parts. You can even crush and mix these into a lotion and apply it like a face mask, and it will help speed up healing.
And I know it sounds bizarre…but try putting a snail on it. unless you’re allergic to snails.
And as always, change your diet around, removing common allergens, if you take medications, make sure none have immune system or skin side effects, monitor stress – and by that I mean, record any time you have a flare up and see if it corresponds to anxiety levels, exposure to illness, lack of sleep, and so forth. This will give you a precise handle on how to interpret your symptoms. Then you can actually put your mind to suppressing them.
If you can, speak to a dermatologist, if you have not already. They may have better advice. I am not a doctor.
Never wanted to be frankly.
Jojoba oil is one of the best carrier oils for any skin application, incidentally. Almond is slightly cheaper and not too far behind jojoba in quality for skin application. So this same advice would apply well to many sensitive skin conditions, including acne.
A note on why storebought lotions might not be helping: a lot of them have mineral oil as a base. This means that while it’s the best occlusive (it will lock in the moisture that’s already there), it’s not actually hydrating (it won’t actually add any moisture). So you could use it over an oil that’s actually going to moisturise, as a top coat of sorts (unless you hate the feeling it gives, layers can get heavy and sticky and stuff), but using it alone won’t really do all that much.
So, recommended way to go: shower (adds water), oil yourself up before the water has evaporated from your skin, then if you’re Extra, top it up with the mineral oil based lotion. Unrivaled moisturisation.
I concur. But do try lanolin. Read the back of a store bought lotion. Most of those things are texture, smell, consistency, and preservative additives. they aren’t there to help your skin. Oil is just oil. Yogurt is just milk with bacteria. Honey has countless properties. When dealing with an immune response, you must mitigate the potential things causing it. You must cut out all things you cannot track, the variables.
On the ingredients list of a store bought lotion, you’d be looking for “mineral oil”, “paraffinum liquidum”, “petrolatum”, or, like, straight out vaseline, it’s the same stuff in different shape.
A drawback of lanolin is that is thick and heavy as hell, so while it will do the good work Simon says, it may be too thick for certain areas. If the eczema patch is on the face, proceed with caution. I know of someone who will start screaming about whiteheads if there’s lanolin within a mile of her face.
Also, if there is irritation, oats are your friend (unless you’re allergic, in which case they’re obviously not).
If you warm the lanolin between your hands, it usually thins, but yes,
it can clog the pores of the face. Do try a yogurt mask! with aloe and
honey. Make it yourself. Very cheap and simple. I can tell you how.
My mate had horrible ‘backne’ and red flaky patches until we swam in an enclosed hotspring pool on the ocean in Hawaii and he got SWARMED by tiny fish that lived in the pool and picked every last dead bit off. That was 2011 and his back has stayed healthy since then.
Obviously you can’t haul yourself to that pool in Pahoa but if there’s one of those ‘fish pedicure’ places give it a shot.
I wonder if they’d nibble me. It sounds ironic and soothing
It’s almost like people would rather not talk to every random stranger they see in public.
Phones have much more utility. While in the lower images, they are all reading, learning, monitoring news, and so on, in the above image, they’re all doing that while listening to music, handling business emails, checking their finances, playing games, communicating with the world via social media, some are using the phone as a visual aid, some as a means of payment, some as a convenient way of tracking their health and fitness.
If anything, modern technology is making humanity more involved. Especially now that politicians have twitter.
Case in point: the OP took this image USING HIS PHONE
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