Why Surface Fixes Miss the Mark: Healing Skin from the Inside Out
When those tiny pin dots first showed up, the doctors gave it a name granuloma annulare but not a real solution.
Just a vague explanation.
Just a shrug.
Just the phrase no one wants to hear:
“You’ll have to live with it.”
At the time, I was walking through the hardest chapter of my life becoming a widow.
Grief was its own full-body ache. I was trying to hold my world together, raise a family, and somehow carve out a new future I didn’t ask for. But now, my body was speaking through my skin and I had no idea how to listen.
I started doing “all the right things.” Eating cleaner. Drinking more water. Cutting out sugar.
Still… the dots turned to circles. The circles spread.
And with each flare, my confidence shrunk.
I found myself reaching for long sleeves, even in the Carolina heat.
I didn’t want to explain.
I didn’t want to be seen.
And more than anything I didn’t want to feel this way anymore.
What I Finally Learned
It took me over a decade to realize:
My skin wasn’t the enemy. It was the messenger.
Creams, prescriptions, and surface solutions didn’t work because they weren’t addressing the root.
The truth was, my skin was telling the story of what was happening inside:
Unprocessed grief
Unrelenting stress
A gut that was completely out of balance
And a nervous system stuck in survival mode
None of that showed up on a lab test.
But it showed up on my skin.
When I stopped trying to fight the symptoms and started supporting the system, things changed.
I focused on gut health, calmed my nervous system, found joy again, and gave my body a chance to speak and heal.
Healing That Goes Beyond the Surface
This wasn’t an overnight miracle. It was a gentle, daily return to myself.
Bit by bit, my skin calmed down.
So did my mind.
And for the first time in a long time, I felt like me again.
I share this because I know I’m not alone.
So many women especially in our 50s and beyond are told to “just deal with it.”
To cover up.
To live with it.
But I’m here to tell you: you don’t have to.
Your body isn’t broken it’s wise.
Your skin is trying to show you what needs care, not what needs to be fixed.
Want to Know What’s Really Behind Your Flare?
If you’re frustrated, confused, or feel like no one has connected the dots between your skin, your stress, and your gut I see you.
That’s why I created something simple to help you start connecting those dots.
It’s called the Happy Quiz, and it will gently show you what’s going on underneath your skin symptoms… and where your healing journey can begin.
Want to know what’s really behind your flare?
Take my Happy Quiz. It'll help you see how your gut, stress, and daily habits might be showing up on your skin and where to start your own inside-out healing journey.
Here’s to your healing, your freedom, and your glow inside and out.
In support,
Claudette Eames 🌻
Entrepreneur, Mentor, and Certified Mental Wellness Coach
