Kat's Story: Healing Her Dermatitis Naturally

Kat’s story is one we barely have to write an introduction for. She was so happy with the results of her skin’s recovery that she, in her own words, has told it herself. We hope you find inspiration in what she has to share.

 

“I used to be that skincare girl. If there was a new serum, acid, or Korean skincare trend, I had it. My bathroom looked like a Boots/ Superdrug stock room. Then I heard Ezgi say something in one of her videos that completely changed my perspective: “Your skin is an organ, not a countertop.” It hit me. You wouldn’t feed your organ a cocktail of chemicals every day, so why was I doing it to my skin?

 

I’ve struggled with seborrheic dermatitis for years. It started on my scalp before spreading to my ears, eyebrows, and eventually the corners of my mouth, leaving my skin red, flaky, and coarse. Every flare-up meant another prescription steroid cream and the same advice from my dermatologist: “Just exfoliate.” No one ever asked why it kept coming back.

 

When I started the Flow Ritual, I stayed in close contact with Ezgi the entire time, sending her progress photos and trusting the process, even when it felt hard. The first month wasn’t pretty. My dermatitis persisted as my skin began healing, purging, and slowly returning to balance. Ezgi reminded me that this is completely normal. Sometimes your skin has to get worse before it gets better because it’s finally releasing what has been suppressed for so long. The key is to persist so it can heal properly from the root cause, rather than simply masking the symptoms.

 

Then, in the final week, everything changed. My eyebrows were almost completely clear, the dermatitis at the corner of my mouth disappeared, and for the first time, it felt like my skin wasn’t being silenced… it was actually healing.

 

Now I’m watching my dermatitis heal beautifully from the roots instead of endlessly treating the symptoms. I threw out the shelves of products I’d collected over the years, and I’ve never looked back. Sometimes less really is more, especially when you remember your skin isn’t something to decorate. It’s an organ that deserves to be nourished.

 

No more standing in the skincare aisle wondering, Do I need niacinamide? Vitamin C? Glycolic acid? Retinol? Which one? What percentage? Which brand? How much does it cost? And just when you’ve figured it out, there’s another “must-have” ingredient everyone’s talking about.

 

Now I have three simple, natural products sitting beautifully on my shelf instead of a 10-step routine and a cupboard full of half-used bottles. My skin has never been happier, my routine has never been simpler, and I’ll never look back.”

 

One thing I'd like to add to Kat’s words.

 

Skin that has been pushed out of homeostasis continuously with skincare products will end up with an imbalance.

 

Dermatitis was a symptom of imbalance for her. Maybe you have eczema, rosacea, hyperpigmentation, premature ageing, or acne. There is no difference.

 

She balanced her skin, returned to homeostasis, and now the symptoms of imbalance = dermatitis disappeared.

 

And that we call “healing.”

 

Now that she will keep going over and over again, even after healing, she will keep returning to balance homeostasis every single day, making her largest organ, the skin, more and more resilient.

 

And that we call “beauty.”

 

That’s all.

 

With all our love,

Ezgi and Kat

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