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CBD – the treatment for eczema, atopic, and contact dermatitis

CBD – the treatment for eczema, atopic, and contact dermatitis
Written by Dr. Leah Zachar

Suffering from skin problems? Use CBD to decrease and eventual elimination of the inflammation, itch, and redness.

Eczema is a rash that results from atopic and contact dermatitis.  The skin changes can be characterized as 1 – itchy blisters on red skin,  2- dry, flaky crusting of the skin, or 3- leathery thickening of the skin that occurs as a result of chronic scratching.

Atopic dermatitis is a form of eczema. A person with atopic dermatitis often has a genetic mutation in filaggrin, a protein in his skin.  This mutation causes the skin to dehydrate easily and allow allergens such as pollen, pet dander, perfumed soaps, and dust mites to penetrate the skin, causing itching and inflammation.  People with allergies to a particular food product will also develop the same skin reaction as a result of eating the particular food.

The scratching from atopic dermatitis causes a downward cycle of more itching, more scratching with the end result of skin redness, flaking, scaling, inflammation, and skin thickening. This skin condition is called eczema.  The location of the rash is the part of the body that is easiest to scratch, which is the front of the neck, behind the ears, inside the elbows, and behind the knees.

Contact dermatitis is a reaction of the skin to a chemical exposed directly on the skin.  Over 90% of the population develops this when exposed to poison oak, and it is also commonly seen in people exposed to nickel, cosmetic agents, and many forms of hair dye.  The location of the rash is the location that was in direct contact with the chemical.  Constant chemical exposure will cause the skin changes known as eczema.

How can eczema be treated?

Use CBDol Topical Salve (500mg) - for your skin problems

Use CBDol Topical Salve (500mg) – for your skin problems

Use CBD To Treat Your Skin Problems

There are endocannabinoid receptors in the skin.  CBD, when applied to the skin of someone suffering with eczema will decrease the inflammation, itchiness, redness, and allow for full healing of the skin.

CBD Delivery system:

CBD balm.  CBD balm penetrates the epidermis and its effects extend down to the subcutaneous tissue. The CBD in the balm directly binds to the endocannabinoid receptors in the skin, causing a decrease and eventual elimination of the inflammation, itch, and redness caused by the eczema.

Use CBD To Treat Your Skin Problems

 

Ref:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17157480

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25061872

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19608284

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28416341

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17556587

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869687

 

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About the author

Dr. Leah Zachar

Dr. Leah Zachar, M.D. is a physician who worked for nearly thirty years in Internal Medicine.
She currently is a scientific adviser to CBD Testers. Dr. Zachar believes that there is much that medical cannabis, and cannabidiol in particular can offer to traditional medicine.