Sometimes if you want something done you have to do it yourself. And that's what a local man did when it came to treating his daughter's skin condition. And now he has a new career.
Proud papa, Mike Arsenault shows pictures of his 18-month-old daughter, Emily. But when she was just two-months-old she developed eczema.
"Big red raised bumps, it was summer, she was hot, itching and I knew it was baby eczema and the doctor confirmed it," Arsenault said.
But Mike, who's an herbalist and acupuncturist, was concerned about the medications being offered to Emily.
When Mike couldn't find what he was looking for, he went into his kitchen, mixed some ingredients and in a couple of weeks he had something: Emily's skin soothing cream.
"I took traditional recipes and made them as simple as possible with three herbs, olive oil and bee's wax and it worked well for her so I used it with my patients and then said...oh and put it out," Arsenault said.
Six months later, Emily's cream is in five states in forty stores, and the line is expanding. There is now lavender scented cream and soap. Mike hopes to grow the line and is still surprised at what's happening.
"I just wanted to help my baby and everything's come from that."
Mike said people are also using the cream for dry skin and dry scalps and to help with rosacea. A two-ounce jar will run you $14.
