All physical diseases including cancer, heart disease but particularly skin complaints have been helped with Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy.

The power of suggestion and mental imagery is a tool all too often overlooked but which can be of immense help to dermatitis and eczema sufferers by not only alleviating irritation and controlling any pain, but also in helping heal the condition.

Remember that both dermatitis and eczema are considered to be stress-related diseases and stress may be an important factor.

If you suspect this may be the case, Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy are both excellent aids to help control emotional stress. (2) There has been several studies reported in the medical journals all confirming the benefits of hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and stress management (see yoga and meditation).

Psychological tests have revealed that dermatitis sufferers tend to be noticeably more anxious than non-sufferers and as levels of anxiety are reduced the skin condition improves proportionately.

For this reason, most clinicians and researchers agree that stress affects the course of dermatitis and eczema, and reducing stress levels has a positive effect on the course of the disease.

Emotional factors have been shown to have a strong correlation with onset of the disease and also with flare-ups. Further more, several documented case studies have revealed that hypnosis can offer a successful treatment for sufferers.(3)

(2) Psychological stress and psoriasis: experimental and prospective correlational studies. Gaston L; Crombez JC; Lassonde M; Bernier-Buzzanga J; Hodgins S Psychiatry Department, McGill University, West Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) (SWEDEN) 1991, 156 p37-43 Can psychotherapy help patients with psoriasis? Price ML; Mottahedin I; Mayo PR Department of Dermatology, Brighton Health Authority, Sussex, UK. Clin Exp Dermatol (ENGLAND) Mar 1991, 16 (2) p114-7
(3) Stress and psoriasis. Kantor SD Psoriasis Research Institute, Palo Alto, California 94301. Cutis (UNITED STATES) Oct 1990, 46 (4) p321-2