by Verite Reily Collins | Apr 16, 2023 | Skin Problems
Don’t compromise on Skincare Today’s medical treatments use strong drugs, which can leave patients with nasty side effects, similar to the left side of this image, and often worse. Skin is our largest organ, but drugs used to treat us can produce nasty...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 25, 2022 | Skin Problems
Straw Hair As a child, I would shudder when reading the fairy tale story of Strewellpeter, the boy whose hair stuck out all over his head. Thanks to cancer treatment, I ended up looking like his twin sister. Many of us on cancer treatment, drugs, etc. end up with...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 13, 2022 | Skin Problems
When Winter, chemo and hormone therapy play havoc with skin Is this you in winter? Hiding spots and rough patches? With Straw hair that flies all over the place? And Itchy skin you want to hide behind a blanket? AT LAST, oncologists admit cancer drugs can have an...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 20, 2022 | Skin Problems
Today’s drugs can cause skin problems Todays medical treatments often use strong drugs, which can leave patients with itchy peeling skin, similar to the left side of this image; We all want skin looking like the ‘nice’ side, but anyone whose skin...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 3, 2021 | Skin Problems
HERO CREAM TO THE RESCUE Long-term side effects are something I have learned to deal with. Doctors would pooh pooh symptoms, and tell me “only XXXX amount of patients get …….whatever I was complaining about. But surely, I couldn’t be the...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 10, 2021 | Skin Problems
Cancer survivors’ skin ages quicker I knew it – according to Dr. Lisa Gallacher of the American Cancer Institute, evidence that “findings from our study add to the evidence that cancer and its treatment may have adverse effects on age-related...
