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It seems like skin trouble can appear overnight once cooler weather hits.\u00a0 Your complexion looks great, then *wham<\/em>*, all of a sudden you have a dry, rough, red patch.\u00a0 Could be eczema.<\/p>\n How can you tell if it is eczema or simply dry skin?\u00a0 Eczema will most likely be more red and\/or more dry than typical dry skin.\u00a0 Most often it is more persistent too.\u00a0 If you treat it with additional moisturizer and it still doesn\u2019t get better, or even becomes worse, it is probably eczema.<\/p>\n There are different types of eczema, too:\u00a0 dry eczema and wet eczema.\u00a0 Dry eczema, as the name implies, looks like dry skin but often becomes red over time.\u00a0 Wet eczema, or oozing eczema, usually leaks fluid, and can be red or just look like dry skin.<\/p>\n Eczema usually appears on the face, hands, arms, and legs, but can turn up just about anywhere.\u00a0 Did you know that you can even get eczema in your ears?\u00a0 That was a new one to me too, but it does happen.<\/p>\n My son used to get a nasty bout of eczema on his face at the start of each winter.\u00a0 This stuff is persistent and we tried everything to treat it.\u00a0 But it lingered, and even spread and looked angrier over time.\u00a0 Out of desperation I finally took him to the pediatrician, where he was prescribed a topical ointment (petroleum-based) to be applied twice daily over an OTC cortisone cream.\u00a0 I was not at all happy at the thought of applying these unhealthy concoctions to my son\u2019s face daily, but didn\u2019t know where else to turn.<\/p>\n Then Dr. Pratima Raichur came into our picture.\u00a0 Dr.\u00a0 Pratima is an Ayurvedic practitioner and creator of Pratima Skincare<\/a>.\u00a0 After a consultation with Dr. Pratima on my son\u2019s skin condition, we followed her tips and were soon eczema-free.\u00a0 And without the use of toxic ointments, or ointments of any kind, for that matter.\u00a0 We cured his eczema with diet alone.<\/p>\n Dr. Pratima asked a lot of questions about my son, his skin issue, and even requested a picture so that she could see for herself.\u00a0 Ayurveda addresses each individual person as a whole, rather than looking at the eczema (in this case) as simply a skin condition on its own.\u00a0 She suggested we take a look at his diet, and make some changes there, before going on with any topical solutions.\u00a0 We did, it worked, and we haven\u2019t had a problem since.<\/p>\n What were those changes?\u00a0 As I said above, Ayurveda looks at each person and their issues individually, so what works for my son may not work for you.\u00a0 But I want to share a little of our fix with you so that you can get the idea.<\/p>\n My son\u2019s eczema was dry, red, and irritated.\u00a0 This told Dr. Pratima that he needed to slow down on any red, spicy or overly drying foods.\u00a0 Salsa and hot sauce (red and hot), and chips (dry) are some of his favorite things.\u00a0 He ate less of these foods, and more moist\/comforting foods, and his problem was resolved within just a week or two.\u00a0 No ointments or salves of any kind, other than a bit of unscented moisturizer at night to keep his skin from becoming too dry.<\/p>\n This may not work for you if your eczema is wet.\u00a0 You may actually need more drying foods in that case.\u00a0 If you are looking for answers to your seasonal skin issues, Dr. Pratima will<\/em> have the answers.\u00a0 If you would like to do a little investigating of your own, take a look at her site <\/a>and fill out the dosha quiz<\/a>.\u00a0 What you are eating may be causing some of your problems.\u00a0 Another fantastic resource is Monica Bloom\u2019s Seasonal Bloom for Fall\/Winter<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you would like to know which healthy, nontoxic skin care products are right for YOU, contact me for a consultation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Liz Thompson is a writer with a passion for healthy, nontoxic cosmetics, and founder & editor of Organic Beauty Source.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n [Image by TheInfamousGdub at Flickr.com, Creative Commons license]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"