Sample from Facing the Future; When a Medical Skin Condition Affects the Way You Look

Target readership: People of all ages with a visible medical skin condition and their families and friends

...It is generally true to say that you will get the least reliable information from the following sources:

  • well-meaning friends who have heard something about your condition being cured by a certain procedure. You need individual help relevant for you - and you alone.
  • advertisements to sell a product which can often be disguised as authoratitive articles on a medical condition. If you are impressed by something an advertisement claims, discuss it with your medical practitioner - or the support group for your particular condition - before spending your money.
  • personal pages on the internet which can often be thinly disguised advertisements or the subjective experiences of someone - who is not you.
  • out-dated books that describe former treatments methods. Medical knowledge has progressed rapidly over recent years. Conditions for which there were limited treatment in the past now have much improved options.

Ideally your quest for knowledge will be ongoing. New discoveries are being made all the time...

 

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