Learn more about Eczema and how to take better care of yourself, or the people around you with the same condition. You are not alone in this journey, let's fight Eczema together.

[Let's Fight Eczema 1] - 4 Types of Eczema commonly found in Singapore
[Let's Fight Eczema 2] - 10 Tips to fight Eczema
[Let's Fight Eczema 3] - 4 Types of Food you need to fight Eczema
[Let's Fight Eczema 4] - Facials which are suitable for Eczema Sufferer
[Let's Fight Eczema 5] - 5 Essential Oils for the Eczema Sufferer
[Let's Fight Eczema 6] - 5 Pharmaceutical brands with products suitable for the Eczema sufferer
[Let's Fight Eczema 7] - 4 Pharmaceutical brands with products suitable for the Eczema sufferer
[Let's Fight Eczema 8] - Showering with shower filters
[Let's Fight Eczema 9] - 5 Steps to dealing with an allergy or skin flare up from use of unsuitable product

Pearly have also recently written her 1st book about her experience and tips on coping with eczema. 
Blogging with Eczema is now available for your purchase.

Click here for purchase in Singapore via SG Bookshelf.

For International purchase:

Amazon Kindle and Paperback
Barns and Noble Paperback
Google Play e-book

Read on to find out Pearly's Story on how she learnt about her condition and battles with it.

Growing up as a child with sensitive skin
Since a tender young age, Pearly grows up with what her family calls, "a sensitive skin". Her skin was so sensitive that red patches (what seemed like mosquito bite) kept forming all over on her legs. These itchy red patches, would suddenly appear out of nowhere with unknown reasons. They will then multiply and spread all across her hands and legs causing itch.

The family doctors couldn't identify the cause but prescribed antihistamines & other oral medication to suppress the itch and advised her to refrain from seafood, peanuts and environmental allergens like dust and dirt. She was even advised not to take physical education classes and was given an excuse letter for it. She was told to use only mild products on herself including laundry and floor detergents.

In the 1980s - 2000s, people were less educated and were poorer, there were little known treatments or products meant for these group of people. The closest products which you could get in the pharmacy were those meant for sensitive skin.

Desperate and emotional
She would spent most of her time in her bedroom scratching and hiding under her sheets. On mornings when she wakes up, her sheets and blankets would be stained with blood caused from scratching herself. In school, she was mocked as having some weird diseases, causing friends to stay away from her.

Trial and Error
Her family would purchase all sorts of lotions, washes and TCM Medication to feed her and let her try, in hopes that she will feel better and recover.

Healing
During her adulting years, these red patches started to slowly heal by themselves, due to less scratching, a healthier lifestyle, positive mindset and they slowly get better. She also resist herself from taking the oral medication. She was slowly on the road to recovery.

Eczema returns somewhere else after an overseas trip
Having returned from an overseas trip one day, she realize that these similar patches where she once seen on her legs started to re-appear on her face. It was only after a consultation with the doctor that she learned that she had eczema all these years.

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Current Condition
While battling her eczema, Pearly still love to try new skincare and beauty products. Of course, she is not spared of getting flare-ups from using them, but as the saying goes, you never try, you never know. She is now more cautious when trying out new product and services but this didn't stopped her from continuing to find the perfect products, suitable for her skin type. She believes that there must be something suitable for her.

Inform, Educate, Share
With this column and her social media channels, Pearly hope to reach out to both, the companies with products and services which are suitable for an Eczema prone skin, as well as to Eczema skin suffers who are like her. She hope to spread more information about this "incurable" skin condition.

Yes, while we may not be able to totally rid ourselves of this skin condition, but may we still remain positive that there are companies that do care about us, and produce products specially for this unique group of Eczema sufferers like us.

No doubt this skin condition is incurable, we should however, be more informed about it, so that we can learn to take better care of ourselves and our family members who may be sufferers.

With the right products and treatments, we can help ourselves better control our emotions and stay positive in our skin conditions.


Do reach out to her at pearlywerkz@outlook.com.

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Resources:
What is Eczema?
https://www.healthxchange.sg/head-neck/skin-health/eczema-all-you-need-know
http://www.dermatology.org.sg/education/eczema/

Eczema Remedies
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/eczema-remedies-helpful-or-harmful

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