Eczema-Free for Life Paperback – Illustrated, January 18, 2005

This has much helpful advice, for instance that you should apply moisturizer and/or ointments within 3 minutes of showering and also that ointments work better than moisturizer. I really appreciated the scientific info about skin, genetics, and how infections often happen because of eczema-related skin cracking as well as itching. As a chronic sufferers, this book had helped me to prevent and to treat flares, definitely improving my quality of life. I’ve been seeing dermatologists a few times a year since I was a teen, for particularly bad flare ups, but I definitely still learned a lot ofhelpful info from this book. I’d love to see an updated version of the book. For instance, now there are widely available gentle soaps (the book was written when Dove was the only one, which the book recommends but for me and some others Dove is skin- irritating). I’d love to see additional information (in a new edition if the book) from the 15 years of medical research that has happened since the book was written in 2005!!! I really appreciate that the authors write about symptoms and effects on various skin colors, and do not assume the reader is any particular skin color. Similarly, I greatly appreciate that the language uses “he or she” and never assumes the reader is any particular gender. Overall I think the book is excellent and highly recommend it (and today I’m about to buy it again, this time for a native who also suffers from eczema). There is one short section that I recommend be changed a bit in a future edition of this book: the book says that if you or relatives have arthritis, chronic rhinitis, or eczema then it’s likely you have it. That makes no sense, since most people have relatives with some combo of those and may have some of those. Instead, it should just say that research has shown the odds are more likely that you will have eczema if those other indicators are true.

THis book contains a huge amount of information that doctor's don't seem to have the time to inform we eczema patients about. If there is anything not covered in this book I can't imagion what that could be. Since eczema comes in many forms, it can affect people differntly. You will discover why there is no magic bullit cure-all for eczema but for all of us who suffer the itching and scrathing of this sometimes serious condition, there is hope for an effective treatment against it's symtoms.. My only negative is that there are few too many pictures and diagrams to help illustrate the sometimes rather complex issues.

This book is outdated. It says that eczema is not caused by food allergy. There are a lot of people who removed dairy from their diet and have been healed of eczema. The book talks about managing eczema without addressing the diet. I did not find the book helpful because it does not address the root causes. It talks a lot about how eczema affects skin, itchiness, but not addressing and fixing the root cause.

I'd give this book 50 stars if I could... I was going through two large tubes of prescription medication (one immunosuppressant and one corticosteroid) every month until I read this. Now I don't need them at all! Dr. Nasir teaches dermatology at Duke University, and he explains the physiology of eczema and how the skin's barrier function is compromised. This led me to take his discussion of moisturizers seriously and I realized that the one I was using may not have been "thick" enough for my skin. So I pulled out an old container of one that I'd shelved 2 years ago because it felt too greasy and consistently applied it for two weeks and poof, no more eczema! And, BTW, my skin soaks it up in 10-15 minutes so greasiness is not really an issue. I won't mention the brand name here because I'm not sure that I'm allowed to. Also, different brands will work better for different people given that eczema is the result of the effects of about 20 genes. And if the moisturizers that you can find in any drug store won't work, Dr. Nasir recommends one that's more expensive, but available without a prescription that he says is the best moisturizer on the market today. I didn't have to go that far. Bottom line: THANK YOU DR. NASIR! AND ANYONE WITH ECZEMA, BUY THIS BOOK!

I ordered a copy for a friend who has had eczema all her life; there were things she hadn't known. I wish it had something as well re swelling of tissues, but it's pretty comprehensive.

This book is informative, but the title is not accurate. Inside this book the authors explain how an eczema sufferer can try to minimize eczema flare ups, which is important, yet they do not have the information to make someone free of eczema for life.

While this was a good book and it did provide some informative information on Eczema. I feel the author spent more time describing the history and "technicalities" behind eczema rather than how to "Live Eczema Free" as the title states. (Which is mis-leading btw). Alot of the information I already knew but some things I didnt which were helpful

Excellent book! Thank you Doctor! You are very dedicated. Bleach baths and moisturizing with CeraVe helped my husbands numular eczema.