The Bumpy Road To Skin Health
The Bumpy Road To Skin Health Although I never noticed an outbreak on her beautiful, dark walnut skin, one day my mother complained of mild eczema. She rarely mentioned physical difficulties because she came from a time when such things were not talked about. I later found out why she broke this taboo. She must have known it was my turn. And my eruption was not mild; getting it under control was a throbbing and persistent headache. From ugly symptoms to diagnosis My doctor didn't diagnose me until I was 40, but the symptoms first appeared in childhood. I just didn't recognize them as such. All I knew was that I had unsightly, raised, reddish-brown rashes that spread from the inside of my elbows down the length of my forearms. The itching was so intense that I dulled it with calamine water. A brief but false hope, In the end, I found that wearing rubber gloves while washing the dishes prevented a recurrence. Eureka! I identified the source as "detergent allergy." Or ...