Eczema Information

Has anyone else noticed that eczema is on the rise in our country? It’s almost as if you can’t find any one family that has not been affected by this terrible skin condition. What is eczema? It’s a scaly, patchy, itchy patch or patches of skin. Sometimes it’s something as small as simply inflamed skin, but sometimes it is cracked and seeping.

No one knows how uncomfortable eczema can be more than I do. However, having it yourself, and watching your child deal with that same uncomfortable feeling, are two different things. My son developed eczema when he was two weeks old. He had just started giving him “official baths,” and with every attempt to give my little boy his relaxing evening bath, his tender skin started to become scaly and eventually started to crack and bleed. My heart ached for him. I had suffered from eczema on my hands for years and just learned to deal with it winter after winter, but I would not allow my son to suffer from the same fate.

So, I did what every good Mommy would do, and I took him to the doctors. With that, we started down the path of years of steroid creams and petroleum covered nights. Still, nothing worked. I had heard a few things that scared me about continuing a steroid regimen for my son, including the words, “cancer,” and “thinning of the skin.” I was scared enough to break down and start doing my own research. What I found absolutely floored me! I found that many people who suffer from eczema have a mild allergy to petroleum products.

“Petroleum products?!” I hear you asking that question as I write it. I answer you with a resounding, “Yes! Petroleum products!” The exact chemical that we were told to put on our ailing skin was the exact chemical that was causing the problem! Ugh. So, once again, I felt taken for a fool.

What upset me even more, was that all of my prescriptions for eczema were based in petroleum. As I researched even further, I found that many other chemicals listed on the back of my commercial lotions, soaps, shampoos, and creams were loaded with petroleum products or by-products.

Let's face it, these products come from crude oil. They are not used because they are good for our skin. They are used because they are inexpensive and easy to get from the petroleum industry. Of course they are easy to get. Petroleum is what is left in the stiles during the process of making gasoline. Where else are they going to put it? Petroleum products block the skin's ability to breathe, therefore promoting dry and damaged skin.

Another damaging chemical used in our products every day is

Sodium lauryl (or laureth) sulfate (SLS)

This foaming agent is toxic to the skin. What is it? A cheap and easy way for companies to make a detergent to clean your skin. You read it right, detergent. A “soap” is a cleanser made from fats and oils and tweaked with lye to make either a liquid or a bar that will clean oils and dirt from a surface like your skin. Without using fats or oils, you have to use a chemical to clean yourself. When you make a cleaner using synthetic chemicals, you have a “detergent.” What’s even worse is that there is little difference between what you use on your skin and what you use to wash your clothes. The base to both is sodium lauryl sulfate. SLS dries the skin and makes your eczema worse.

Where has this left us?

Eczema now infects 1 in 5 children and 1 in 10 adults. Does anyone see the connection in the rise of petroleum and synthetic ingredients in our beauty products and the rise of chronic skin conditions? That means that over 35 million Americans suffer from eczema every day. However, Don’t think for a minute that the drug companies have over looked this one small million-dollar fact. If we (and this is only those of us that suffer from eczema) spent only one dollar a month on treating our eczema, drug companies would stand to make over $420 million dollars from us in one year. What kind of money would they make if they actually cured your skin conditions? Nothing. They make millions if you are sick. They make nothing if you are well. Now, do yourself a small favor and multiply that one dollar by what you actually spend per month trying to get your skin (or your child’s skin) healthy. You got it! They get rich and we go broke. Simply Pure is here to offer you two things;

Information, and an affordable way out!

We’ve already covered the first problem. You are now armed with the truth and you have the information at hand. I always encourage you to do your own studying. Beware, though, as you venture out onto the Internet. Many websites are still encouraging you to slather your skin with petroleum products. Don’t give in! You are doing yourself much more harm than good. They like the product so much, let them use it. We, however, have a different solution. Go Natural! Go back to a simpler time when soap was made from healthy and real fats and oils. We have so many soaps and lotions for you to try. Give this regimen a try…

Soak for about 15 minutes in a tub of water (scary for those with dry skin, I know, but bear with me) that has been enriched with Grey Salt Mineral Soak. Adding a couple of tablespoons of this salt adds a ton of different minerals to your water and ultimately to your skin. Wash your skin with our Goat’s Milk Gingerbread Bar or our Cool Spice Body Wash. Both are made with neem oil and palm oil, along with other skin healing oils. Neem oil fights infection while the goat’s milk softens the skin with milk proteins. After your bath, pat the skin dry instead of rubbing and irritating the skin. While the skin is still moist, add your Healing Hand Balm to the skin. This super emollient skin butter is great for the hands, but is great for all over skin care and itch control. It’s not the best smelling product in our line, but it’s the most effective treatment for eczema. We have combined all of the best that nature offers for healing skin, including aloe, neem oil and tea tree oil.

We hope that you have found this pamphlet helpful as you seek to find a cure for your eczema. We are not doctors at Simply Pure Products, and we don’t pretend to be. As always, you should check with your doctor before changing your skin care regimen. As always, if you are pregnant or nursing, consult your physician first, before trying any of our products.