Aug 22, 2019
Eczema can cause hopelessness, especially when conventional treatments do not work. After years of stress and pain dealing with her son's eczema, my guest was able to not only put her son into remission, but also went on to create natural products specifically designed to soothe eczema flares.
My guest today is Jennifer Roberge, the founder of The Eczema Company and the award-winning blog, It's An Itchy Little World.
Propelled to find a solution for her son’s struggles with eczema, Jennifer has established herself as the go-to resource on holistic healing methods for eczema.
After years researching the best products for eczema, Jennifer created YoRo Naturals: products for sensitive skin, including the best selling Manuka Skin Soothing Cream. She is also the creator of the highly anticipated NEW line of clothing for eczema: Remedywear with soothing zinc.
Join us as we talk about some tips to be more comfortable during eczema flares.
Has dry or wet wrapping made it easier to deal with your eczema? Tell me about it in the comments!
In this episode:
- Jennifer's journey with managing her son's eczema
- Dry wrapping vs. wet wrapping and how they can help eczema
- How did Jennifer get into the world of natural creams and salves?
- YoRo Naturals and Remedywear
Quotes
"With wet wrapping, you take a bath for about 20 minutes. Then you lightly pat dry your skin. You put on a layer of cream. Then you take a layer of damp clothing—clothing you put in warm water and then wrung out really well, so it's moist but not dripping wet. And then you put it on the skin and then you wear a dry layer on top of it. And you sit for at least two hours this way." [11:18]
"Baking soda baths, apple cider vinegar baths...they're really good alternatives to the bleach bath that a lot of the physicians recommend, which is pretty toxic." [13:02]
"I started the Eczema Company with carefully curated, natural, very safe products that I knew that worked for my son." [15:39]
"I wanted to be able to provide options...We know that there's not one miracle cream out there, right? You'll see people talking about, oh, this miracle product, and people have called some of our products miracles. But it was a miracle for that person; it doesn't mean it's going to be a miracle for the next person." [16:12]