Acne, Eczema, Psoriasis and their psychological effects

Managing Sensitive And Acneic Skin By Mari Bozozo Although having both sensitive and acneic skin is not necessarily a mutually exclusive occurrence, it is more common than not for a person to have both. Yes, some of you may have acneic skin, but are not necessarily sensitive. In your case, that is terrific! But for those of us who have bouts with both, it can be a particularly slippery slope in dealing with it. I have had very sensitive skin for as long as I can remember. The horrors that I have suffered were thankfully not repetitive once I pinpointed the culprits. From those episodes, I learned to take better care of my skin by the process of elimination going forward. One of the main perpetrators for me was the chemical preservative Oxybenzone, a common ingredient found in commercial sunscreens. Without having prior knowledge of my allergy to this ingredient, I recall slathering it on practically all of my body in preparation for a fun day at an amusement park many moon...

Calling All Parents of Acne Sufferers By Mari Bozozo As loving parents, I’m certain that you do anything and everything to ensure your children’s well-being. You sacrificially guarantee their safety, security, and protection. You toil feverishly to keep them clothed, fed, and sheltered. Simply put, you have and will continue to go above and beyond for them, even at the expense of your happiness. A parent’s love knows no bounds and is indisputably the greatest love of all. I can attest to this with my own experience growing up. My parents were diligent in giving my siblings and me their very best. Two of the three of us, my oldest brother, suffered from severe acne. To my parents’ oblivion, my brother’s acne led to a total loss of confidence, which in turn, compelled him to give up on himself. He dropped out of high school, became a recluse, and a prisoner to his condition. My parents thought that my brother’s issue was mainly an aesthetic one. They set out to get his acne under cont...

Camouflaging Acne Scars- Can It Really Be Done? By Mari Bozozo If you’ve suffered from acne for years on end as I have, you more than likely have a very up close and personal, albeit turbulent relationship with its successor- scars. Even if you have managed to win the battle against acne, you continue to wage the war against the scarring that it has indefinitely left behind. Thanks to having highly skilled estheticians in my corner, coupled with eating sensibly, taking the proper supplements, and drinking lots of water, the lot of my acne has been, for a lack of a better phrase, “in remission” for quite some time now. However, the scars that it’s left me with have posed more than my fair share of challenges. These challenges, in my estimation, supersedes its predecessor by leaps and bounds. Acne is cyclical, meaning that it comes and goes. But the scars that it leaves behind lasts forever. There is no taking a break from the permanence of scars, as they are always there. Always. Sim...