Dr Melissa Raymond: The Itch Switch to Heal Eczema at the Root
When eczema rules the household, life shrinks: sleep is fragmented, outings revolve around flare risks, and moisturiser becomes a constant companion. Dr Melissa Raymond—physiotherapist (PhD), researcher, lecturer, and eczema & quantum coach—knows that world intimately. Her son once lived it. Today, he’s eczema-free, and Melissa helps families worldwide fast-track the path she had to hand-carve.
From Epigenetics to Energy: Why “Root Cause” Means Going Upstream
Melissa’s first book, Stop Scratching the Surface, focused on epigenetics—diet, low-tox living, gut health, movement. For many families it was a breakthrough. But a pattern emerged: some improved only halfway. The missing piece? The nervous system and stored stress.
Her new book, The Itch Switch, explains how unresolved stress can lock the body into a chronic alarm state, inflaming everything—skin included. Instead of tinkering downstream (endless creams), she teaches families to work upstream, where the nervous system either permits healing—or blocks it.
“We don’t just ‘regulate the vagus nerve’ and hope. We identify the specific event that set the system on high alert—and clear it.”
Stress Has a Timeline (and It Starts Earlier Than You Think)
Melissa finds pivotal moments in conception, pregnancy, and birth—periods we can’t consciously remember, but the subconscious body can. She also sees intergenerational imprints echoing forward from grandparents. Clearing at the level of the mother often transforms the child’s health—without the child ever being in session.
A friend and fellow physio noticed her 10-year-old’s eczema silently disappearing months after Melissa addressed the mother’s stored stress. No extra creams. No new diets. Just a calmer nervous system—and skin that finally felt safe to heal.
The Scientific Integrator
With two decades in hospitals and a PhD on strength training in older adults, Melissa honours the best of conventional care. But she’s frank about its limits for chronic conditions like eczema. She integrates quantum tools such as Quantum Field Tapping (QFT) with evidence-informed lifestyle changes, bridging rigorous science and the lived reality of families who need sleep tonight.
Practical, Human, Doable
Melissa’s routines are disarmingly simple: morning sunlight, movement, and creative flow (gardening, painting, clay with her kids). Her professional approach mirrors that simplicity: go right to the root, clear what’s keeping the body in red-alert, then let the downstream symptoms settle.
For Parents on the Edge of “We’ve Tried Everything”
If you’ve reduced foods to a handful, survived wet dressings and steroid cycles, and still feel stuck, The Itch Switch offers a compassionate, short, streamlined path forward. Expect clarity on why the old approaches plateaued—and step-by-step guidance to flip your child’s healing state back on.
New book: The Itch Switch by Dr Melissa Raymond — available now (e-book).
Work with Melissa: Global coaching for eczema, TSW, allergies, and other stress-linked conditions using quantum/nervous-system-first methods.
