About Me

Teresa Alabata began her Eczema Phoenix Youtube channel in the Summer of 2017 with the hopes of being able to share her experiences healing her eczema without steroids and instead finding healing success with Traditional Chinese Medicine, diet, lifestyle, herbalism, and stress management. She desires to inspire eczema newbies and veterans to open their minds and consider more options outside of conventional Western Dermatology if they are not seeing results with it.

In 2018, Teresa began writing and creating video content for Health Union's website, www.AtopicDermatitis.net on a monthly basis for several months during her first year-long solo traveling adventures to New Zealand and Australia. Her continued inspiration to write about various topics about eczema inspired her to write her first book on eczema.

But it wouldn't be until the pandemic of the year 2020 when she would have the time to write the first draft of this book. It took six years for her to complete the self-publication process before her book was ready to be released into the world.

In 2021, Teresa was asked by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters GRADE– and Institute of Medicine led by Dr. Derek Chu, MD, PhD from Canada to be a part of a group of eczema patients who were interviewed for their insights on living with eczema. She answered a very long series of questionnaires about various aspects of it including diet, lifestyle, and thoughts on current medication options. The previous set of medical guidelines on how to treat eczema in the United States had not been reviewed or updated since 2012 and were in dire in of an upgrade.

Two years later in 2023, their findings were published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology medical journal and website on Sunday, December 17, 2023! The article is titled "Atopic dermatitis (eczema) guidelines: 2023 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology/American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters GRADE–and Institute of Medicine–based recommendations." Teresa hopes it will help current and future dermatologists as a reference to take into their appointments with their eczema patients.

Teresa's favorite section of this article was on social justice and equity amongst all patients to access adequate treatment and options for their skin

Also in 2023, Teresa completed the Patient Certification Program from Health Union and The Social Health Network, the first of its kind to train patients on how to professionally be patient health advocates.

In 2024, Teresa served as a Patient Leader Council Member for The Social Health Network where she was on a panel of patients elected to help make decisions on where to best direct patient advocacy efforts, offer ideas for future programs, and help judge and select the finalists for their annual Social Health Awards.

And now in 2026, Teresa is due to officially self-publish her first book ever and on eczema on September 16th. She is currently going through a final proofread and making final touches on it and updating her online presence to prepare for the book launch.