A new day, a new dawn
Let it all fall down
What comes up, must come down.
In my last Youtube vid, I cried. Who does that?? I think I’ve gotten too comfortable on my Youtube channel! But what can I say? If I’m going to show everybody what eczema is like than I gota show em EVERYTHING…from the physical to the emotional.
My skin is weird. My arms have cleared and so has my face a little bit. I switched from using Elocon steroid cream to Protopic topical cream. I used to HATE Protopic and was SO against it. But I’m scared….I’m scared that if I keep using steroid creams that my skin is going to be even worse in the future. Sure it helps for a short amount of time, but what about in the LONG run???
When I first used Protopic it BURNED and I wanted to scratch my skin off, but this time around it didn’t burn at all!! I typed in Protopic into Google and a lot of people experienced the burning sensation too. However, after a few uses the burning sensation went away and the users experienced great results.
Even people with psoriasis use Protopic, and they have noticed their redness fade away.
I wonder why it didn’t burn for me this time around? Is it because my skin is so numb from using steroid creams? How sad if that is the case. Anyway, Protopic is safe to use anywhere on the body, so I have used it on my arms, back of my neck, back of my legs, front of my neck and my face!! And results are coming along way better than the steroid creams. I am using this only at night, even though the prescription I had from a long time ago says to use it in the day time and night time.
The redness along my eyes have subsided and the red patches on my neck has slowly gone away. I am ecstatic but trying not to get my hopes up. Anything can happen!!!
The diet I tried has been thrown out the roof. I’ve had two cinnamon dolce latte’s this week from Starbucks and I’ve had bread, pasta, burgers, fries, etc. I couldn’t help it. My friends were in town and eating salads and healthy food isn’t fun when you have company. I was going to pay for it for sure, but for some reason my skin hasn’t flared as badly as I expected.
Is it truly diet that affects eczema?? I really have no idea. I didn’t try the diet long enough to see if there was a major change. In fact, when I was on the diet that was when my eczema was the worse.
Maybe it’s my body telling me that the only way it will be happy is if I’m TRULY happy, and that means eating what I want and feeling GOOD.
I have been exercising too. Maybe sweating (not a lot of sweating) helps control my eczema?
Anyway, here are some suggestions from viewers on Youtube who have written me. I didn’t get all of them but I’ll try and add more as I write or vlog.
If you have any questions about these products I wrote the username first.
Steepaan – Oilatum Bath soak
Pred1919- Vaseline Intensive Rescue locking lotion- hypoallerginc
Valenheartlouie- Mustela Lip Treatment
Fsk1123- Indian Herbal Drink called SAFI
Lapetitchat- OPC-3 Powder from Market America
GooGoo32- Coconut Oil
720Ent- Pure SheaButter
Abonlady- Yu-be Moisturizing Cream
Nireshnr- Tom’s Toothpaste
Belladonna5- Pineapple juice on face
Dottilicious- Cardiospermun Cream
Jamesdean5000- Manuka Honey, Ponds Light Day, E45, Dove Beauty Moisturizing Cream
Cigarettesandviolets- Roche Posays, zinc supplements
Taniaboox- Aveeno Skin Relief Body Lotion
Juliasjulie- Derma smooth Peanut Oil
Sukkiphy- Lush Dream Body Cream
Doiber- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Moisturizing Cream, Elocon Cream
Redceligts- Dermarest Eczema Medicated Lotion
Artistnsoul- Merlot Grapeseed Moisturizer
Stress, break it down now!
According to my dictionary widget from my MAC book, the word STRESS is defined as this…
2 a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances : he’s obviously under a lot of stress | [in combination ] stress-related illnesses.
• something that causes such a state : the stresses and strains of public life.
3 particular emphasis or importance : he has started to lay greater stress on the government’s role in industry.
Lets break the word STRESS down another way and think of it in a more positive light.
S is for SLEEP Our body needs to relax. Sometimes when we are stressed, we are unable to sleep at night. If we are unable to sleep at night, we wake up in a bad mood, if we wake up in a bad mood, we end up becoming irritated, if we become irritated our body responds negatively and so on and so forth!! Sleep is very important. Another thing, if we are unable to sleep because we are stressed, we might SCRATCH, and we all know what will happen if we SCRATCH!
T is for TRAIN Now, training can be different for everybody. For me, I need to TRAIN myself to get up earlier, I need to TRAIN myself to exercise consistently, I need to TRAIN so I can become fit! Everyone needs to train their body into a routine where EXERCISE is a part of it!
R is for RELAX Now relaxing is different from sleeping. Relaxing can also be different for everybody. For me, I like to read my book at the beach, walk around the farmers market on Sundays, go to coffee shops with my computer, drink boba milk tea, window shop, nap, listen to music, etc!!
E is for EAT Eat HEALTHY! Choose HEALTHY!! However, you don’t have to eat healthy all the time, just most of the time. If you need a little dessert in your diet, by ALL means, dive in!! Compromise is the keyword!!
S is for SING Ok so I honestly couldn’t think of another S word, but something that relaxes me is SINGING LOUD and PROUD in my car on my way to work. I get my morning playlist and I blast it soo loud that I can’t even hear my awful singing. I just know that I am singing and enjoying life.
S is for STAND STAND up to your skin problems. Write AFFIRMATIONS on your mirrors, on post it’s, your refrigerator ect., reminding yourself that you can get through anything.
Make sure you do STRESS the LYSS way!
Love the skin your in
I’ve known that beauty comes from within since I was little, but it’s so hard to realize that when you have SKIN problems!! I have eczema, I have been battling eczema since I was a little girl and here I am trying to bring people together to realize that we can get through this.
You are YOUR OWN WORSE CRITIC. Stop looking into the magnifying mirrors, stop picking at your skin, stop worrying that someone is going to think it’s gross…. In reality, no one really cares but YOU and your dermatologist. 
The people who surround you with LOVE and SUPPORT everyday see PAST your skin problems.
Now we just have to do the same…
Here I will be writing about my daily life, my complaints, my worries, my products…my issues…and I hope this blog will get YOU writing too.
Lets get together and figure out eczema. Lets combine our knowledge together so we can fight this thing…!
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