The stigmatization of people living with a visible difference I have a fairly unusual circumstance in that my symptoms oscillate...

After a recent holiday to Santorini I found myself looking back over photos and worrying that I was becoming part of the problem. We all...

After years of avoiding it I finally took the plunge and started weekly therapy sessions. After the difficulty of the first session where...

That club consists of members who keep failing on systemic treatments. Dupilumab was supposed to be the miracle (and for many it is and...

Another one bites the dust/all hail prednisolone Another ground breaking systemic treatment, another “failure”. At least this time I’m...

The eternal tightrope of “naive to tin foil hat”. My time in hospital recently hammered home an uncomfortable truth, something which...

In my opinion turning up to the hospital and letting yourself be swept along by the system is a recipe for disaster. Rightly or wrongly...

A few things to be grateful for It wasn’t all doom and gloom from my time in hospital, as flawed and stretched as the NHS is there’s...

A fairly eye opening experience I recently had a ten day stint in hospital due to a CSF leak/intracranial hypotension. In layman's terms...

Apologies for the gap in my posts/going off topic for this one Obviously my blog is supposed to be AD related however I thought it was...

An amazing service by an amazing organisation Do you remember those times when you were going out and your Mum would tell you to take a...

Normally a title like that is for some glamorous beauty influencer but that’s not quite the angle I’m coming from! So if you’re anything...

Over the last 3+ decades I’ve been constantly experimenting with ways to ease my symptoms. Some of these have been total nonsense but...

Large companies with the most reach are heavily tied down by regulation when it comes to promoting or even discussing treatments and...

But with the hope that this will soon change All through my life I grew up with not only a lack of positive representation but...

(Spoiler alert) Other than if there’s another movie with Owen Wilson and a dog then I’m not watching it! I finally watched Wonder after...

I thought it might be an idea to drop in and give an update on where I am in with my skin journey. So as I’ve mentioned previously after...

My name’s Andrew and I’ve had Atopic Dermatitis (AD) my whole life. Mum always says one of my first words was itchy or “ishy”. Any person...

What we can learn from those who know how to demand change While at the Sanofi headquarters last year for a project, which rather...

Trying to hold to the positives Being a patient advocate involves talking about what are ultimately undeniable negative factors in our...