Eczema Awareness Week

About Eczema Awareness Week

Earlier this year, we became Eczema UK. That change was about more than a new name, it was about giving everyone affected by eczema a stronger voice. This Eczema Awareness Week, we're using that voice to challenge how eczema is seen and understood, exploring the hidden burden of eczema, the physical, mental, emotional and financial weight that everyone affected by eczema carries, often unseen.

Content pillars

Explore our help and support resources for eczema across four areas of everyday life.

Physical burden

Eczema is more than dry, itchy skin. Flare-ups can disrupt sleep, limit movement, and make everyday tasks a source of pain or discomfort.

Managing eczema flare ups

Managing eczema at work

Itching and scratching

Skin infections and eczema

Let’s talk menopause and eczema

Mental burden

Living with a chronic, visible condition takes a toll on mental wellbeing, which is rarely discussed.

Mental health support

Stress and eczema

Self help strategies booklet

Relationships and Eczema

Mental toll of eczema

Financial burden

Prescriptions, specialist clothing, time off work - the cost of managing eczema adds up.

Emollients on prescription

Managing eczema at work

Clothing and eczema

#SeeWhatISee: Share your experience

For Eczema Awareness Week, we asked everyone affected by eczema to share photos showing both sides of their experience, however different or similar they might look, so people could understand what it really means to live with eczema.

The response was incredible. So many of you shared your good days and your bad days, showing the reality behind the condition in a way that words alone never could. Every photo helped challenge assumptions about what eczema looks like and reminded us just how varied that experience really is.

Thank you to everyone who took part and shared their story using #SeeWhatISee. We've brought your photos together in a video, and we're so grateful to everyone who trusted us with their story. Watch it here.

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Your stories

Jonathan & Lydia's story

Jonathan and Lydia's youngest daughter, Lyra, developed severe eczema when she was just three months old. This September, this couple are taking on the Great North Run together in support of Eczema UK, and they asked to share their story with us.

Laurie's Story - A lifetime with eczema

Laurie developed eczema as a young child and it’s been part of her life ever since. Over the years she progressed to stronger and stronger treatments until, at 27, she experienced severe Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW). It lasted around a year and completely turned her world upside down.

Join our webinar exploring the hidden burdens of eczema

On 17 September, we're hosting a free online webinar exploring the hidden burden of eczema from the emotional and psychological impact, to the daily workload of treatment, and the effects on sleep, school, work and relationships.

Our expert speakers will share the latest research, clinical insight and patient perspectives, followed by a live panel Q&A where you can put your questions to our panel of experts.

Sign up here

Get Involved

Download our free "I'm supporting Eczema Awareness Week" graphic and poster, share them on your socials or print one for your window, noticeboard or workplace, and show everyone affected by eczema they're not facing it alone.

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Become a member and receive some great benefits

As a member, you’ll receive our bi-annual members’ magazine, a monthly e-newsletter, opportunities to have your say around what we campaign for and an invite to our AGM, where you have the chance to help shape our work and direction.

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