Archive for February, 2005

can this be possible?

Friday, February 11th, 2005

Hi there

My sebderm has really improved and I didn’t have an outbreak for
like about 1 year. Lately we got water filter built in for our water
and believe it or not my condition got worse. Is it possible that
the filtered water caused the new outbreak. I am really confused.
Thanks for the replies.

Matt

Eczema patients lack natural antibiotic in skin.

Wednesday, February 9th, 2005

Eczema Patients Lack Natural Antibiotic In Skin
Researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center report in
the October 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that
patients with atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema, are
susceptible to bacterial infections of their skin because they fail
to produce effective amounts of two antimicrobial peptides. The
findings demonstrate for the first time the clinical significance of
these peptides in humans, and suggest that a medication containing or
inducing the peptides may one day be used to fight the infections
that plague millions of atopic dermatitis patients. The accompanying
editorial in the journal called it a "seminal study."

"This study helps explain why 90 percent of atopic dermatitis
patients are colonized by staphylococcus aureus and 30 percent
develop active infections," said the study’s senior author, Donald
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laser-peeling, green-peeling

Wednesday, February 9th, 2005

Has someone in this group tryied a laser-peeling or green-peeling?
Does it help?