Eczema Treatment in Pittsburgh, PA
At NutriFarmacy, Dr. Hunter Hoeper offers root-cause eczema care in Pittsburgh as part of a highly personalized, frequency-based approach to natural health care. Eczema is rarely a skin problem—it is a multi-system signal involving your gut, your immune system, your detoxification pathways, and the stress load on your nervous system. Dr. Hoeper uses Applied Kinesiology, Network Spinal, Neuro-Emotional Technique, and bioenergetic evaluation to identify which systems are driving your flares and address them in the same visit.
Eczema That Keeps Coming Back in New Spots?
Eczema Treatment in Pittsburgh, PA
The patches come and go. They flare in winter, after stress, sometimes for no obvious reason at all. You have tried steroid creams, moisturizers, allergy testing, and probably an elimination diet. The cream calms it down. The patch comes back in a different spot a few weeks later. The pattern keeps moving.
If that sounds familiar, the problem is not your skincare. It is the framework.
Why most eczema care fails
Conventional care treats eczema as a skin problem. Topical steroids, moisturizers, immunosuppressants in severe cases. Those manage flares. They do not explain why your immune system is producing the inflammation in the first place.
Functional medicine usually looks at gut permeability, food reactivity, histamine load, and detoxification. That is closer. But it still treats eczema as a chemistry problem, when skin reactivity is also influenced by nervous system regulation and stored stress patterns. Skin is one of the body’s primary stress-response organs.
That is why so many eczema patients land on rotating gut protocols and elimination diets without seeing the pattern fully clear.
How root-cause eczema care works at NutriFarmacy
Dr. Hoeper evaluates three contributors at every initial visit.
Chemical. Gut integrity, food reactivity, histamine pathway function, liver detoxification, mineral status, and toxic burden. Skin patterns are almost always downstream of one of these systems.
Emotional. Skin and the nervous system come from the same embryonic tissue. Chronic stress and stored emotional patterns directly affect skin reactivity, which is why many patients can map their flares to specific stress periods. Neuro Emotional Technique addresses those patterns directly. This is not talk therapy.
Structural. Nervous system regulation influences immune signaling, histamine release, and skin barrier function. Network Spinal and applied kinesiology restore the regulation the system depends on.
The AO Scan gives a functional snapshot of where the system is working hardest, so we start there.
What your first visit looks like
Your initial appointment is 60 minutes and includes:
- A detailed health history review including flare and trigger mapping.
- AO Scan bioenergetic evaluation.
- Hands-on assessment using applied kinesiology.
- Same-visit treatment based on what your body indicates is the priority.
- A clear care plan before you leave.
Who this approach is for
This care fits adults and families who:
- Have had eczema since childhood and assume it is just how their skin is
- Have adult-onset eczema that came on after a stressful period or illness
- Have flares that move from spot to spot
- Are trying to come off topical steroids and need a real plan
- Have tried elimination diets with partial or temporary results
- Have a child with eczema and want a non-suppressive approach
- Have related issues such as seasonal allergies, asthma, or food sensitivities
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you take insurance?
No. The services that get eczema patients well, including Network Spinal, Applied Kinesiology, and bioenergetic evaluation, are not covered under traditional insurance plans. HSA and FSA cards are accepted for most services and supplements.
Do you treat children with eczema?
Yes. Pediatric eczema usually has a clear gut and immune component, and children often respond quickly to a targeted plan.
Do I have to give up dairy and gluten?
Not as a default. Sometimes specific foods are drivers and sometimes they are not. The goal is to identify your actual reactive patterns instead of guessing.
Is this leaky gut?
Gut permeability is part of the picture for most chronic eczema cases, but it is rarely the only piece. Histamine, liver, and stress regulation all matter alongside it.
How long before I see change?
Most patients notice flare frequency or severity drop in the first month. Full clearance usually takes longer because the immune patterns driving eczema take time to reset.
What if I have already tried functional medicine?
Many of our practice members come from functional medicine. Functional medicine is very different than functional testing, which provides real-time feedback for which supplements may benefit you without unnecessary bloodwork and treating numbers. In addition, the structural and emotional layers are usually also missing.