Here are some reviews of Karma Ayurveda USA. My confidence disappeared along with my eczema and now I've found my confidence again
Amanda Wilson, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
I used to love the beach. I spent my childhood in San Diego where you were bound to experience sunshine, wear short sleeves most of the year and see more sea than sky. But for almost 5 years I was unable to go. Not because of the weather… but because I was so ashamed of my skin.
I'm Amanda Wilson, 31, and I'm a travel blogger. Ironically, as I posted perfect photos to show off to my friends on the internet, I was covering myself up with long-sleeved clothing because of my skin.
I was suffering from several itchy red patches on my wrists and thought that I was just allergic to something and that it would soon go away. Unfortunately it only spread to my elbows and neck and then the back of my knees.
At night, I was scratching myself so much that I would wake up and see my arms covered in blood. The irritation itself was enough to torture me but, even so, comments made by complete strangers were much worse. They stared, they asked if my condition was catching, and they would often recoil away from me or avert their gaze—each comment reducing my confidence just a bit more.
I started avoiding dresses. I wouldn't let anyone get close enough to photograph me. Some business opportunities failed me as I didn't want my skin showing. And so at my cousin's wedding, when all of my family were getting into place to pose for a photograph, I instinctively tucked my arms behind my back so my skin wouldn't show. Looking back at the photograph, all that I can see is concern regarding my eczema and the feeling of not being part of my loving family on that special day.
I knew then that I had to do something, and having looked through a few Karma Ayurveda USA reviews, their successful patient results in managing eczema and in allowing patients to regain their confidence attracted me, and so I booked an appointment for my first consultation.
The doctors asked me so many questions in that first appointment—far more than any doctor had asked before. "How stressed do you normally feel?" "Give me a description of what you eat daily." "How many hours do you normally sleep?" "Do you think your skin flares up more after eating certain foods?"
It was the first time anyone had ever shown genuine interest and taken the time to question anything that I had ever felt before and, after discussing it with my own dermatologist, I followed their recommended treatment.
For the first month following the lifestyle recommended to me by Karma Ayurveda USA, my experience was torture. I altered my diet, gave up junk food, started drinking far more water, consciously focused on trying to get a decent night's sleep, and concentrated on dealing with the stress in my life.
I didn't expect results overnight; however gradually my skin irritation eased up and I was able to sleep without scratching it until it was bloody. My skin became less red and I experienced fewer outbreaks than before. Although they didn't stop completely, they became less severe.
Most importantly though, I started to feel like myself again, and when my best friend asked me for the first time to accompany her to the beach, I accepted despite my previous reservations. That day I was wearing my short sleeves again, for the first time in many years, and initially felt embarrassed. But when we were there I soon realized that I had spent so long worried about what everybody else thought that I hadn't taken into consideration the reality.
Every time that I have visited Karma Ayurveda USA for online consultations it has been swift, effective and calming, and I have received honest, patient and extremely calming answers to every query or concern that I have ever had, even more so with none of the Karma Ayurveda USA doctors over-promising the results patients would experience.
I have continued to adhere to the dietary advice and the regime recommended to me. I still take stress-reducing pills, get adequate sleep each night and feel like I have found myself again because my confidence is no longer dependent on the way that my skin appears, it is based on the person that I have become.
I am sure that having come to this section, you are feeling as defeated, embarrassed and hopeless as I did before, and I too have wasted many occasions by canceling plans to avoid outbreaks or cried myself to sleep because of cruel online comments.
It's hard to have photos taken when you detest what you look like, and I have learned that true healing comes from beyond the physical, the emotional and the mental aspects as well.
In many ways, my eczema has become one of the most impactful experiences on my confidence, and it is from Karma Ayurveda USA that I have learned that the only things that really matter in your journey to overcoming eczema is acceptance of the problem being there, but remembering that the disease doesn't dictate who you are.