Skin Support
Have you suddenly developed acne, got eczema, dermatitis or strange itchy or bumpy rashes on your body?
These are all warning signs that something is out of balance in the body internally. While there are conventional often steroid based creams and treatments, these don’t address the underlying causes of your skin conditions and sometimes in my experience actually make them worse.
The skin is our largest organ and plays a very crucial role in the protecting the body from pathogens, micro-organisms, radiation, regulating temperature and allowing us to feel different sensations.
Skin conditions are extremely common, with 1 in 3 people experiencing eczema. In fact, skin conditions are why I became at Naturopath! I know first-hand how frustrating, uncomfortable and hard to pin point skin conditions can be.
What does Naturopathic treatment involve for skin allergy’s and disorders?
It aims to investigate the following-
- Gastrointesinal disorders – leaky gut or intestinal permeability can be caused by the foods we eat, medications, alcohol our environment, the list goes on.
- Yeast or bacterial overgrowth in the gut and also low diversity of gut bacteria can contribute to skin conditions (especially acne and rosacea)
- Food Intolerances and sensitivities (more info here). I am talking about the food sensitivities that cause ‘silent inflammation’ in the body. Typically IgE allergies or intolerances are easy to recognize, I offering testing for the tricker ones to detect (iG IgA antibody responses).
- Altered Immune response
- Stress depletes nutrients and causes inflammation and oxidative stress in our bodies
- Altered Immune Responses – Eczema and Psoriasis
- Hormonal – excess androgens or estrogen can cause excess sedum production. Also things like pregnancy (I have experienced and managed this first hand) can set off skin conditions
- Eliminating and identifying external irritants
- Medications – some medication can cause skin conditions like acne to develop
Skin disorders can be very overwhelming and can greatly impact physical, mental and emotional health. Addressing the underlying and driving factors behind your skin condition is my aim. It is worth mentioning that in my experience it takes time and commitment to healing your skin, but it is definitely possible!
What does Naturopathic treatment involve for skin allergy’s and disorders?
It aims to investigate the following-
- Gastrointesinal disorders – leaky gut or intestinal permeability can be caused by the foods we eat, medications, alcohol our environment, the list goes on.
- Yeast or bacterial overgrowth in the gut and also low diversity of gut bacteria can contribute to skin conditions (especially acne and rosacea)
- Food Intolerances and sensitivities (more info here). I am talking about the food sensitivities that cause ‘silent inflammation’ in the body. Typically IgE allergies or intolerances are easy to recognize, I offering testing for the tricker ones to detect (iG IgA antibody responses).
- Altered Immune response
- Stress depletes nutrients and causes inflammation and oxidative stress in our bodies
- Altered Immune Responses – Eczema and Psoriasis
- Hormonal – excess androgens or estrogen can cause excess sedum production. Also things like pregnancy (I have experienced and managed this first hand) can set off skin conditions
- Eliminating and identifying external irritants
- Medications – some medication can cause skin conditions like acne to develop
Skin disorders can be very overwhelming and can greatly impact physical, mental and emotional health. Addressing the underlying and driving factors behind your skin condition is my aim. It is worth mentioning that in my experience it takes time and commitment to healing your skin, but it is definitely possible!
My Health Aims to help you
Having recently being through this journey myself, wanting to prefer for a healthy pregnancy and baby (and being the type A, perfectionist) I have a very good grasp on fertility and infertility for both men and women and can help you simply plan for a healthy pregnancy and guide you through it, but also assist in appropriate testing to uncover unexplained infertility.
My Health Aims to help you
- Get to the root cause of your skin complaints
- Develop a Health Plan unique to you
- Use Food as Medicine
- Provide Personalized and Natural Herbal and Nutritional Remedies if indicated
- Maintain your results long term for optimal ‘wellness’
For so long nothing was working to clear up my skin, my next option was to start taking a strong medication that would cause impacts on my whole body. Luckily, I took the step to visit Michelle and within 4 weeks my skin had almost completely cleared and now I feel healthier and stronger! Thank you so much for guiding me in the right direction to help my body!!
Michelle is very passionate about her job, and loves to help people in the best way she can to support them in improving their health. She has really helped me on my health journey, and I love the way she is so easy to talk to, always encouraging and positive, as well as very professional with her work, and always leaves me feeling supported and with a fresh positive outlook on my health journey. Thanks Michelle, I would highly recommend you 