You must have noticed by now the latest pedicure trend in the UK… the sight of people sitting with their feet in tanks having their extremities nibbled at by hundreds of tiny fish has now become a common sight – in shopping centres, salon windows or on the street. It seems that this is a treatme

Inspired by her niece’s diagnosis of eczema eighteen months ago, Victoria Thompson set up the baby clothing company Green Nippers. All clothing is made from organic cotton, sourced from Soil Association approved suppliers. The benefits of organic cotton for eczema sufferers are: • No pesti

Eczema in children is on the increase, and links have now been made between the rise in cases and the way we treat children’s skin in the first few weeks of life. Professors as Sheffield University have recently conducted research which has found that: • Since the 1940s, our genes hav

A survey has been carried out in eight European countries, in order to examine the impact that childhood eczema can have on both the affected children and their parents. The results show that a significant proportion of children with eczema miss up to five days of school per year, while 18% miss

An Australian study published last month seems to suggest that steroid creams can be used ‘normally’ on children suffering from eczema without resulting in a thinning of the skin. 70 children were provided with enough steroid cream to allow a regular use that kept their conditions under contr