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Aqueous Cream and SLS
Emollients (moisturisers) soothe, hydrate and protect the skin. Long-term emollient therapy is the main treatment for dry skin conditions (xerosis, ichthyosis and eczema). Emollients should be unperfumed and prescribed in adequate quantities and in a formulation (cream, ointment, oil, soap substitute) acceptable to the user. Aqueous cream (AC) has been used for 60 years as [...]
ISG Lottery
The ISG Unity Lottery, sign up and start playing today! Win up to £25,000 with the ISG’s weekly lottery. Join our lottery and help us continue to support people with all forms of ichthyosis. The Ichthyosis Support Group (ISG) is offering you the chance to win £25,000 every Saturday for just a pound a week. Winners [...]
Research – Participants Needed
Researchers are looking for mothers/daughters of individuals with X-linked ichthyosis who have suffered mental health problems after giving birth. Work undertaken at Cardiff University has recently suggested that women who have reduced levels of the molecule steroid sulphatase may be at increased risk of developing postnatal mental health problems. In order to see whether this [...]
Easyfundraising
Shop online and raise money! It’s the easiest way to help raise money for Ichthyosis Support Group! If you already shop online with retailers such as Amazon, Asda, M&S, Argos, Tesco, John Lewis, eBay, Play.com and many many more, then we need you to sign up for free to raise money while you shop! Watch this video [...]
Changing Faces – Look at Me Campaign – Download the Preliminary Report here!
View the Look at Me preliminary report 2012 here. The final campaign report will be published in 2013 Look at Me is the campaign led by Changing Faces, the UK wide charity supporting and representing people with conditions, scars and marks which affect their appearance. The aim of the campaign is to ensure that people with [...]
Contact a Family Launches Counting the Costs 2012
Contact a Family have just launched their latest research Counting the Costs 2012 Following a survey they conducted earlier this year. Findings show that families are going without essentials, such as food, heating and clothing, and getting into debt before the full impact of benefit cuts is felt. 58 per cent of families fear their financial [...]