Severe Eczema Healed Through Integrative Pediatric Care and Root Cause Treatment

It's really helpful to have someone who... not only her, but her whole staff are aware of my daughter and what she's going through and can continue to advise us to do things that truly make a huge difference. I mean, looking at my daughter now, you would never have known that she went through the eczema that she went through. Hi, I'm Susan and I'm a stay-at-home mom. My daughter developed severe eczema pretty suddenly and it was really bad - to the point where I was having to scrub blood out of her bed sheets every single morning and wash them. Her skin was literally - looked like it was hanging in shreds from her back. She was so uncomfortable to the point where even the seams in clothing were causing her irritation. I mean, really, she had to just hang around in her pajamas all day because everything else was just aggravating her skin. We had tried a lot of different... things. We have been to a lot of doctors. They all just wanted to recommend steroids as an answer. But I knew in my heart, as a mom, that that was just a bandage to something deeper that was causing the problem and that those steroids were not the long-term solution. I think the number one thing that attracted me to IHC was, I had watched a podcast where Dr. Temple was the guest. And when she talked about being a mom children with eczema, that's something I immediately connected to because I felt that so many doctors didn't really understand what it felt like to be a mom going through what we were going through and... I immediately connected with that. I also love the fact that she was not only a pediatrician that was board-certified, but also that, you know, she was an integrative health physician. So that she was willing to look at my daughter not just as the "one problem of eczema" but really, see what really was going wrong in her body and what we really needed to change so that this could be a lasting change rather than just a short term fix. My daughter's skin is completely healed. Like, she is just... healthy, happy teenager now. She's able to do the sports that she loves without, you know, the irritation and the itching and the discomfort that she used to feel. She can wear regular clothes, she can attend school. I think the difference is Dr. Temple recommended supplements that I would not have known and they truly made a difference. I remember the first thing that she told me when I brought my daughter into the office - and this was when she was at her worst, and her skin literally was just hanging from her back. And I remember Dr. Temple sitting down with us and saying, "I have some ideas of things that can work and, you know, if they don't work, don't worry. I have more things that we can try. That's why I'd recommend her. When we walked out of that first visit, my daughter said, "I - I like Dr. Temple. She gets me." I mean, that's huge, you know? For the first time, my daughter and I both felt like she understood what we were going through - not just as a doctor but as a mom. Dr. Temple's staff is like a huge family. Like, everything's seamless. You know, there's never a beat missed. I never feel like something was lost. I just feel like they're working together as a team to really make sure my daughter gets the best care.