Introduction: My Early Stages and Background
I am an Asian-American, 21 year-old female that was diagnosed with Eczema when I was about 5 years-old following my family's move from San Francisco to Antioch in California. There's a significant difference in weather between the two cities so my parents believed off the bat that my condition was developed through the dry, hot, 100 degree heat. As I grew up seeing different dermatologists, I found that I had environmental allergies and asthma that both incorporated to the flare ups I would unpredictably get. My flare ups would last anywhere from days to weeks and happen as often as every other week to every few months. Just when I thought my skin was under control and improving, next thing you know I would develop flakiness, scrapes, raised bumps, open sores or pink tender skin prominently on my chin, mouth area, eyelids, neck, chest and shoulders I've been prescribed multiple ointments and creams such as Alcometasone, Triamcinolone, Elidel, Desonide and Lidex on top o...