Greetings all,

Last night I was corresponding with someone from another group I'm on and she wanted to know how to get relief for her eczema. I wanted to share the email that I sent to her (I'll edit it to remove her name, etc.) and also share photos of my daughter (that can be found in my photo gallery here) who (now 6) suffered with a severe case of eczema for the first 5 years of her life until we changed her diet and gave her mostly raw. I hope that this will be of help or encouragement to someone else who may be going through the same thing:
Click here to see her before and after photos

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Well, it looks like you already have/know the answer! :)

It's most definitely a change in diet. I know that's probably not what you wanted to hear from me, but it's true. I have a 6-year old who suffered severely with eczema the first 5 years of her life. I tried everything, I mean EVERYTHING...cortizone creams that did zilch; prescribed creams from the Derm that did zilch but just made it worse; Aveeno products; Eucerin; Phisoderm soap; some stuff I ordered off the internet that worked for a hot minute and then it was back to square one; shea butter; African black soap; essential oils; baths in herbs such as calendula...girl I have tried it ALL.

But nothing gave my baby long-term relief. Some things worked temporarily but it would just flair up again.

Then something amazing happened. I began taking things out of our home and diets such as all processed, white items (flour, sugar, etc.) and as many things that contain those things as I could. I began buying a LOT of fresh fruits and veggies and that is what my daughter ate during most of the day. Then one day I happened to be looking at her and I noticed how incredibly smooth her once scaly face looked. I then told her to come to me and I examined all of the areas where her eczema thrived - undersides of her arms, her knees, the creases of her legs, and right underneath her buttocks. Her skin was SO beautiful and smooth. Gone were the days of her scratching in agony, bleeding and oozing pus; the areas that had lost pigmentation were beginning to regain her real skin tone.

I was astonished! All this time I spent money, time and shed tears on her behalf when all I needed to do was to eliminate sugar, white/processed stuff, meat and dairy and give her an abundance of fresh fruit and veggies (which she loves)!

I can assure you that if you are eating sugar and/or dairy, if you can eliminate just those two you'll see some results.

Now, one thing about my daughter, she DID begin to develop it on her hands ONLY when she ate things that were not good for her (like Grandma sneaking and giving her something or her wanting something the older kids had, etc.) but it's been a long time since her hands have had a flair up. Also, when she was sick with eczema, she was "allergic" to oranges or anything citrus really. But once we cleaned her diet up and cleaned her body out, she can now eat oranges freely!

So, I say to you, if you really want to be free from this, then please examine your diet and remove those things.

If you don't mind sharing with me your current diet, I'd be more than happy to be a support and help you make this change in your life so you can be free from eczema like my baby.
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Click here to see her before and after photos