C.H.
I had beautiful skin as a teenager, and thought that I had got away with it when I saw how much my friends suffered with spots. But when I was 32 it was my turn. I started getting horrible…
G.G.
Last week, my 12-year-old son Oscar received his first ribbon in a swimming competition. Last year, this would not even have been possible. His asthma had become so acute, that any…
S.D.
Avicenna's skin specialist, Dr Al-Khafaji was recommended to me for lichen planus, an immune disorder for which there is no allopathic cure. Whilst its symptoms for me were fairly mild, my…
M.T.
I have suffered with a crop of humongous, unsightly warts all over my right hand for at least 3 years. I grew to hate them with a passion, and I’m sure they affected my confidence as I…
K.R., Austria
I will remember the year 2012 forever. In January I suddenly developed red spots on my lower arms, these slowly spread all over my body. By the end of February the skin on…
V.V.
I am so pleased that I took my 16 year old son Vinay to see Dr Mazin for treatment at Avicenna. Vinay suffers from vitiligo on one side of his face. Being Asian, vitiligo is more…
T.P.
I was first diagnosed with palmar-planta (hand and foot) psoriasis in January 2008. This was after suffering undiagnosed symptoms for over 6 months. The various prescribed steroid…
J.M.
In the last 10 years I have developed a sun allergy, at the beginning the reaction only happened on holidays in hot countries or in high altitude, but in the last 2 to 3 years it also occurred…
P.A.
It took just the one needle in the crook of my elbow, diagonally opposed to the seat of the excruciating pain that left me unable to walk after injuring my knee 24h earlier... Yes,…
Male related factors account for about 30-40% of problems in conception. Sperm count is low in some men, or sperm may have an abnormal shape, preventing them to swim towards the egg successfully. A…
