What's it like as a parent?

[BritishSkinFoundationCharity]

People always forget that parents and carers of children can be hugely affected as well - trips to the GP or dermatologist, costs for medicine, time off work for visits, late nights etc, tell us if any of these points ring a bell with you and how you've managed to cope?

[katieloury11]

gosh all of them...

We havent been to see a dermatologist yet well not at the hospital but had endless of trips to the GP for our son...its so distressing seeing him scratching all the time cause he is so itchy. He hates the drs and every trip we take we have to see a dr will know he will respond well to..

[kelou]

Yes all the points ring a bell, the complete exhaustion of dealing with eczema, or 'only eczema' as some refer to it. For some it is all consuming, and whilst my GP been amazing, dermos have been a mixed bag, I have seen some truly awful ones.

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Very hard standing at the school gate and seeing the other kids look at your child and say "Ugh, what happened to your skin" and feeling helpless....

[anniebagpuss]

Palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK)

As a parent it is heart breaking seeing your child go from running around being part of active clubs to being in pain and having to plan a day around rest breaks, to finding clean toliets with enough size to be able to apply more cream to offer a little more relief. After school shopping is hard or arranging to meet friends as her hands and feet hurt. She is so brave and when it hurts slumps her sholders, as if to say im fed up with this. she recently said mum why do doctors/nurses ask if it hurts ..... just look at my hands and feet what do you think..... that made us laugh. they say children cope with things a lot better than adults i could not go through what she does day in day out, but as a parent we also cope well in helping and supporting them but a few tips and ideas would be of great help when shes saying mum stop it be carful is hurts..... any top tips would be more than welcome x

[amyb11]

what is the best cream for ppk as im 27years old and have a bad form of it had it all my life just don't no what type I have yet still waiting on docs and hospital any help would be great x