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My article with Health.com
https://www.health.com/atopic-dermatitis-andy-collinson-11693038
Andy Collinson
Mar 241 min read


Systemic treatments for Atopic Dermatitis/Eczema
I find that the information regarding the latest and most promising systemic treatments can be a bit all over the place and as someone...
Andrew Collinson
Jan 254 min read


Life with and without a visible difference
The stigmatization of people living with a visible difference I have a fairly unusual circumstance in that my symptoms oscillate...
Andrew Collinson
Dec 4, 20242 min read


Instagram vs reality with a skin condition
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...
Andrew Collinson
Nov 5, 20241 min read


Advice From My therapist
After years of avoiding it I finally took the plunge and started weekly therapy sessions. After the difficulty of the first session where...
Andrew Collinson
Oct 14, 20243 min read


I’m in an exclusive club
That club consists of members who keep failing on systemic treatments. Dupilumab was supposed to be the miracle (and for many it is and...
Andrew Collinson
Oct 5, 20242 min read


Here we go again.....
Another one bites the dust/all hail prednisolone Another ground breaking systemic treatment, another “failure”. At least this time I’m...
Andrew Collinson
Sep 24, 20243 min read


You must maintain healthy scepticism
The eternal tightrope of “naive to tin foil hat”. My time in hospital recently hammered home an uncomfortable truth, something which...
Andrew Collinson
Aug 27, 20242 min read


How to survive a stint in an NHS hospital
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...
Andrew Collinson
Aug 22, 20242 min read


The positives of my time in an NHS hospital
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...
Andrew Collinson
Aug 16, 20241 min read


My concerns from my time in an NHS hospital
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...
Andrew Collinson
Aug 8, 20244 min read


10 days in hospital with a CSF leak/Intracranial Hypotension
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...
Andrew Collinson
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Changing Faces Skin Camouflage Service
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...
Andrew Collinson
Jun 29, 20243 min read


My Current Skin routine
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...
Andrew Collinson
Jun 18, 20244 min read


Some non-medication treatments which I believe can help
Over the last 3+ decades I’ve been constantly experimenting with ways to ease my symptoms. Some of these have been total nonsense but...
Andrew Collinson
Jun 10, 20243 min read


My Experience With Mirvaso
Large companies with the most reach are heavily tied down by regulation when it comes to promoting or even discussing treatments and...
Andrew Collinson
Jun 3, 20243 min read


No role models and exclusively negative representation
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...
Andrew Collinson
May 27, 20242 min read


My thoughts on "Wonder"
(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...
Andrew Collinson
May 22, 20244 min read


Skin Update
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...
Andrew Collinson
Apr 29, 20243 min read


My blog post with Changing Faces
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...
Andrew Collinson
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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