Thank you for all your letters!

I just wanted to say thanks: thank you for visiting this site and thanks for sending me your notes, comments and emails about your insights/triumphs/questions/answers/journeys. Thank you for telling your story. I have a separate blog at my mental health website and I invite guest bloggers there to share...

Ew Flare/New Flare

A new kind of flare up has been happening the past month: The little red dot I'm used to. But the blotchy pancake thing - what the WHAT?! I have taken this to mean that I am not eating right (I have been stress eating and just this past weekend was Thanksgiving in Canada so there was much imbibing and...

Having to change (creams) is hard

Recently I had to stop using the great A Cream that Shoppers Drugmart Life Brand makes because they discontinued it. Major fail. So I switched to something in the same price bracket but at a health food store: My face has been okay with it, but the rest of me is not sold on it. First: it smells like...roses?...

Oil Pulling and Darier's?

This article online made me think of a new craze: "Topical retinoids such as tazarotene, isotretinoin, and adapalene have been shown to be effective in some individuals. Tacrolimus ointment, a calcineurin inhibitor, has been helpful in moderating symptoms in some patients. Surgical treatments, including...

Yes to... carrots?!

In a search to find products that are less irritant - read: less chemicals and more organic/natural - a friend who has been having skin issues since the birth of her son found this: http://www.yestocarrots.com/ingredients.html She swears by it now. I have yet to try it but it looks promising (as long as I don't...

Long time no see!

A follower of my blog contacted me to see what was up! I have been MIA since October 2013. I wish I could say it was because I had nothing to write about: that I had no flares and no symptoms. The answer is I have been overly focused on two things: One is my show that I am producing and it has devoured my life....