I am Anisha Biharie , founder of Rivaana. I would like to welcome you to the world of Rivaana, the world in which I have searched for tools that can support eczema skin based on my personal story. I would like to tell you more about this..
In 2018 our son was born, Armaan . On day 10 we saw some pimples appearing. These were sebum bumps that worsened after a few days to baby acne with the subsequent finding that Armaan was born with atopic eczema.
Desperate mother
To combat the itching and to suppress the skin, we were prescribed special clothing and a very light hormone ointment that you only had to apply to the spots where the wounds were. However, Armaan's wounds were everywhere and as a desperate new mother I rubbed this cream all over his body because it helped and in no time his eczema and accompanying itching were gone! But after stopping the hormone cream, the eczema returned after two weeks. And when we returned to the dermatologist, we were again given hormone ointment in a different quantity.
4 years later, from consultation to consultation and going to dermatologists in the Netherlands to Belgium, the struggle with Armaan's skin continued. In the meantime, there are several scientific studies underway to discover more targeted eczema treatments, and increasingly with success.
Unfortunately, eczema is not rare and many people have to deal with it, in different personal forms. Therefore, one specific treatment for eczema is not feasible and realistic.
Although it is not a 'disease', the itching makes life far from restful. And then you also have scars, open wounds and spots such as hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation that mark you as a person and can hinder or make you insecure in your daily functioning.
When one day my son came from the indoor playground and asked, “Why do I look like a grandpa?” it broke my heart. Children asked him what had happened to his skin. His skin was full of scales, wounds, scars, spots and wrinkles.
I couldn't find the right pre- and aftercare . I quickly got caught up in a tangle of facts and myths, which delayed the understanding of his eczema skin needs. At a certain point, I didn't know what to do with Armaan. And as a result, we were increasingly in the hospital.
I have been searching for solutions to my son’s eczema for six years. It has been a journey of hope, disappointment, and ultimately acceptance. During this search I have tried everything: salt chambers, light therapy, skin care products, supplements, special clothing, dietary changes, birth trauma therapy, alternative medicine, and many more treatments that fall into the category: “if it doesn’t help, it doesn’t hurt.” Ultimately, I decided to put all our savings, take out a loan, and invest in scientific studies and product development myself.
What I ultimately learned is perhaps the most valuable insight of all: there is no such thing as an eczema-free life. The real challenge is not getting rid of eczema completely, but learning to live with eczema.
For us, this means choosing a healthy lifestyle every day, including instructions for living with eczema. Rivaana's maintenance cream is part of this to protect the skin well and safely from the outside.
Through this search in studies and testing of different vitamins, we were ultimately able to develop a high-quality vitamin that could support our son's skin from within.
We are extremely proud that we have been able to have our needs met by experts, and that we can now provide several people with eczema with the vitamin that can also support their skin on a daily basis, as part of living with eczema.
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