My Story - Cure Eczema Slowly

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I'm Harrison Li. I have a mixed cultural identity having lived in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Australia. I currently attend the University of Hong Kong. — Hi. I’m Harrison Li. I currently attend The University of Hong Kong.

I developed atopic eczema at 6 years old.

It dragged on and disrupted my daily life. Losing sleep at night, and becoming embarrassed at day showing skin in front of people.

Conventional doctors had no solution. Traditional Chinese medicine didn’t work. So I relied on steroid creams every day. My dosage had spiked from low potency cortisone creams into high potency clobetasol.

Lotions and mosturizers were a joke. All the brands failed to live up to their promises no matter how ‘organic’ or ‘natural’ they were.

The last batch of steroids I was prescribed. — My last batch of steroids.

I tried basically everything I could get my hands onto. Eventually I discovered that adopting healthy lifestyle habits systematically helped.

I became eczema-free since the summer of 2013.

My condition today is free of eczema, except with a few occasional itches if I were to engage in an extended period of unhealthy lifestyle habits.

My mission, your solution

The dreadful 10+ years of eczema convinced me if I could ever overcome this disease, I must spread the solution globally and help as many people as possible.

My mission is to help eczema patients recover.

Why me?

I have 10+ years of experience dealing with eczema. Based on years of personal experimentation, success and failures interacting with 1000+ patients globally, backed with research. All in one place.

Patient experience plus science. I combine the best of both worlds: first-hand patient experience and evidence-based knowledge. Eczema led me to pursue my college major in nutrition. Yes, I’m passionate about how autoimmune diseases work.

Since running Cure Eczema Slowly in 2013, 1 million people have read my blog. Traction speaks louder than words. I promise to give value here.

I’m establishing my credibility because there is too much misinformation online. We hear a lot of stories and friendly suggestions from everyone, and my point of running this blog is to be a source of authoritative guidance.

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Pictures of My Recovery (2013)

These are photos of my mild eczema when it was healing. I didn’t have too many photos at my worst (severe full body eczema), but I vividly remember bloody arms, sticky skin filled with pus, and partially healed scabs that would be scratched broken again before healing up.

Left leg crease. It has a rash as you can see and some pretty dry elephant skin. Trust me, it used to be much worse. My skin was white, red, flaky and cracked all the time.

20130714_165711 — Right leg crease. It was healing faster than the left but it was still quite dry so I had to put on petroleum jelly (Vaseline).

20130704_204854 — First time I went grocery shopping for the restrictive diet. I still bought several wrong things disallowed: yoghurt with artificially sweeteners and additives, sunflower seeds with added salt and sugar, almonds with added salt. To my surprise, grocery shopping was (and still is) quite fun.

20130708_133605 — One of my cooked dinners. It may look really plain like a random mixture of boiled food, but it is full of the healing nutrients I needed for recovery. There were: black fungi, potatoes, salmon, cucumber, carrots, spinach, parsley. All water-boiled. No oil added. (2015 Update: I later realized potatoes were nightshades, and peas were leguminous.)

20130714_165610 — Left arm crease during last recovery days. I still had some scars and rashes on the side but as you can see it’s not all cracked (like it once was with the entire arm). The scaly patches are basically gone.

20130717_135848 — One week after the picture above. There are no rashes at all, only some scars you can still see. (2015 Update: I realize now pictures at these intervals especially during late recovery stages are not that good for comparison because most of the last changes are really just further smoothening and decreasing discoloration, both of which are slow and only occur at the end.)

20130717_140011 — I woke up with this minor scratch as you can see my nails’ trails. I suspect it was due to the bread I ate the previous day. To be precise it had: egg, butter, white flour, yeast, sugar and salt. I thought I could tolerate but really, my body was still healing internally, so this was a consequence.

Testimonials

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Before I found your blog, I went through some blogs with eczema stories but all ended up only trying to sell their books about Paleo Diet. I was so glad to finally found your blog, I found it simple, open and to the point. I wrote this to say thank you for your work. – Gabriella

Thanks man your a good person for doing this, im going through a bad flare up on my face right now, had to leave the university and everything, its been a long and depressing year, it came from no where, but i just found out about these diets and ive been on the strict diet for a week, my face went through that terrible phase of getting worse, but i know its normal, but hopefully this thing will get cured, but i promised myself if i get cured by doing this diet, im going to dedicate my life to help people who have skin problems, its just nice to see someone out there doing the same, good stuff man. – Jonathan

Thank you so much for taking time to share all that you have learned. – Lilly

I am so glad to find your blog. I have a 14 year old son who is currently undergoing extreme eczema pain… It would be really encouraging to show him your videos and let him know that there is hope and anyone, just anyone just him can suffer eczema. His is more of a congenital issue, we all know… Thanks a lot for sharing your experience and knowledge here. Unlike all other websites who focused on selling the books, you meant well to impart what you have gone through. – Lim Mun Yee

Taking action today? I designed a 28-d email course for you…

This free email course will guide you for 4 weeks. Afterwards if you have any questions, you are always welcome to reach out.

Week 1: The Eczema Series (Six Simple Videos)

The Eczema Series (Three Videos) — The Eczema Series (Six Simple Videos)

The Eczema Series #1: Ready to start?

Steroid creams for eczema: friend or foe?
Do genetics determine your fate with eczema?

The Eczema Series #2: Common myths

Eczema largely a seasonal problem?
Can you “grow out of” eczema?

The Eczema Series #3: Anti-guesswork dieting

What allergens do you avoid exactly?
Diet A… Diet B… What diet is the best?

Week 2: Booklet, Action Sheet, Private Content

The Answer Booklet: 13 Eczema Questions You've Always Want Answered Truthfully — The Answer Booklet: 13 Eczema Questions You’ve Always Want Answered Truthfully

After the three videos, I’ll send you these useful and actionable checkpoint guides.

The Answer Booklet: ’13 Eczema Questions You’ve Always Want Answered Truthfully.’ Quick answers for new eczema patients such as:
1. Can I use oral steroids or steroid creams?
2. Can I use any non-steroidal drugs?
3. What’s the best way to bathe for an eczema patient?
4. Does eczema have a cure?
5. And more…
Action Sheet. A checklist to identify which phase of eczema you’re at and your next steps.
Private List. Get a link to exclusive content for updated resources, refined content, and eczema guides.

Week 3-4: Actionable Skin Tips (5 Concise & Informative Emails)

Bite-sized suggestions for your action, sent over email:

Skin Tip #1: Don’t go near these chemicals again…
Skin Tip #2: 7 pro-eczema foods to avoid…
Skin Tip #3: 8 groups of eczema-safe food
What to eat, when to eat, how to eat.
Non-dietary aspects (the other half of the battle)

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