Yesterday, C was eating an apple slice and slobbering it all over her chin and neck. Paul noticed that the areas where the apple slobber landed were soothing the redness of her eczema rash. We quickly googled "apples" and "eczema" and sure enough, the all-knowing internets told us that apples have anti-inflammatory properties. Paul then remembered that his mom and grandma used to put apple peels on their skin for some kind of Korean folkloric dermalogical purposes. I think they were onto something.
We put some some apple on her face after bath. She thought it was weird and did not like it one bit. But when she woke up this morning, the right side of her face was pale and clear in a way that I hadn't seen it for days. The left side (it was worse to begin with) still had some red bumps, but nothing as severe as she had had this past couple weeks. Perhaps the rain helped too. I'm thankful for a little relief for our girl. She was so adorable today, asking me if my arm had an "ouchie?" too. Hopefully this newly discovered homeopathic remedy will help! Apple cider vinegar is apparently even better, as it doesn't have the sugar in it. We diluted some with water and put it on the red bumpy rash on her back tonight. I'm skeptical but hopeful.
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Wow! You guys are so resourceful! Who would have thought that apples would have such skin conditioning properties? For the record, C would totally rock that eczema wetsuit.
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