how often do you shower and moisturize? i usually rinse off twice a day, is that bad?

I've been using 1% Hydrocortisone cream when flare ups get really bad lately. I've been using it in on and off with breaks between each few days of treatment. I'm noticing that every time I come off of a period where I'm using it, the skin is looking less and less inflamed and less itchy during the off periods. I usually do around 4 days on with a week off between if I need to start back up again.

Has anyone else experienced this/is this a normal progression? Or is my skin psyching me out??

I’m at my wits end. I’ve been dealing with the most horrendous flare up for a year now which has got progressively worse. I have just finished 3 months of ciclosporin, I came off because it didn’t work, since coming off a week ago my eczema has gone crazy, my eyes are so swollen I can’t see when I wake up, my skin has developed more of a prickly hive like rash which has spread to every other part of my body it wasn’t on before, clothes hurt to wear, it hurts to walk and feels like 1000 needles or stinging nettles on my skin. My skin is leaking and crusting and I am in excruciating pain all over, making me feel so so unwell. I’m so fed up of it. Has anyone been through similar pls give me hope, I don’t have another derm appt until December when hopefully I’ll be able to discuss dupixent

Hi everyone, I have a wedding coming up and need some makeup product recommendations for eczema prone skin. I have very mild eczema near my lip and dry eyes but with hydrating products, my makeup stays fine. I have medium-toned brown skin.

Looking for primer, foundation (good coverage), concealer, eye shadow, brow gel, eyeliner, highlighter, and blush recommendations

Currently, I’m using the fenty beauty concealer and foundation. However, I have heard that it can cause dryness to the skin.

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I’m 36 and have been dealing with eczema since I was born. I’ve been to many dermatologist who’s recommended creams and ointments. Some of them will work for a week, others burn immediately.

A friend who also suffers with eczema challenged me to cut out dairy, meat and gluten a few years ago. When I did this my eczema was clear for two full years. I couldn’t believe it. I was obsessed with how soft and clear my hands were.

Fast forward to my diet slipping and this is what happens when in introduce a bit of dairy, eggs, refined sugar, too much gluten or meat to my diet.

I had a prick test done but the doctor said it was inconclusive as my histamine didn’t even react. We have it rescheduled for this week. He also recommended that I do the IgG food test to see what foods are actually necessary for me to cut out. Has anyone else had success with this?

Thank you

I get it bad behind my legs and arms where sweat gathers, what I imagine are typical places, but my eyelids go red too. People think it looks like eye shadow. Any tips?

Have yall got a blood test recently and if so what’s your igE levels? This is quite random but I really wanted to know. Mine was in the 10,000 range which is beyond high. Anyone know how to bring that down as well?

I recently changed my laundry detergent which is what i think was causing my eczma, i woke up today with really flakey but much less inflamed skin, is this something that just happens or is it a potential sign of healing?

My mind is blown right now because I always just thought my nails being bumpy was because my diet wasn't good enough. But I was just googling why I get little blisters on my hands (I have a bunch of my hand right now that I'm trying not to pop 🤣) and I think I have Dyshidrotic eczema? Which has a symptom of nail pitting! Maybe it's obvious to other people but I just never knew that and I'm shocked lol

Hello, I'm looking for advice. After 34 years of chronic eczema, I'm likely to start methotrexate in the coming weeks. I've had my bloods done and all are normal. I can't go on newer therapies before I give this one a try, which is done to cost since I'm doing this through public health care so I have to follow the states rules. So, looking for an advice from people on it that I should consider to make this a bit more of an easy journey. I'm currently in university so hoping it won't affect my studies too much. Thanks a million!

I have quite mild eczema, but I’m alarmed by my skin changing in just a couple of months. I would like advice and to read any similar experiences.

I used 1% hydrocortisone ointment around my eye skin for about 10 days in September. It reduced the patch a lot. But a few days later I noticed a very faint peachy coloured outline. (Is this a scar or just an eczema patch that isn’t getting worse?)

I don’t wear makeup regularly but noticed my eye skin feeling really irritated by micellar water, so have stopped the rare occasions I wear mascara too.

I decided to treat the faint patch without medication - I use cerave face wash and moisturiser and the la Roche posay b5 baulm. When it still hadn’t improved a week or so later, I had a phase of using sudocrem on it, and now I’m just using moisturiser and Vaseline because I don’t want to irritate it.

This month I’ve noticed a couple more fine lines under my eyes and an area that looks almost distorted (?) like the skin has grown oddly? (Sorry it’s really hard to explain and impossible to photograph.)

I’m desperate to use a small amount of my 0.025% prescription of tretinoin around my eyes because Dr Dray showed a study where thinned skin could be reversed with it, and I feel as though all these treatments mean I’ve been pulling my eye skin around way more than I used to. But I know a strong product like that isn’t going to help but I’m so worried about premature aging.

Is this faint patch just going to stay forever? Do I need to use different products?

I’ve just dug out another prescription of 0.1% Tacrolimus as I know it’s not a steroid and safer on eye skin - what do people think?

Thanks for reading :) am in the UK

Growing up I never had luck with products marketed specifically for eczema, as I’m sure most of you probably experience the same thing. I’ve been on dupi for a year so I don’t really have any of my prescribed stuff that I used to use. I don’t rlly feel like buying a bunch of stuff and trial and erroring all over again like I used to. So I was wondering if anyone has actually tried out that “eczema honey” brand? I just always assumed it was a scam, but they’re having a sale online rn so I kind of wanted to purchase to finally find out

Hey guys, first post here. I've been struggling with eczema for 10+ years now. Always go away, and always come back, mostly my arms.

I know cold can help me reduce the urge to scratch, is there anything like a cold bandage that i can stick on top of my creamed eczema spot ? Can't find it and I believe it could be very helpful....

Thanks guys

Nah, honestly, I'm going to keep having them. I'll just take a piriton when the flare comes. I'm giving up too much food, AND I'M NOT HERE FOR IT.

You've taken eggs (I fuckin miss eggs), you've taken anything with eggs in them, muffins, chicken goujons. You've taken pure dairy ice cream (thank God for knock off magnums in Aldi because I can still eat them) You've taken pizza, You've taken hula hoops, You've taken popcorn, you've taken cornflakes. You've taken way more things that I just can't think of right now. WAIT, NO. YOU'VE TAKEN MY FLUFFY JAMMIES, AND SNOODIES.

RUDE! VERY RUDE!

I THINK NOT, BITCH. IM STAYING ON BURGERS, KILL YOURSELF, ECZEMA.

I will never vaccinate my children

I use betamethasone for red rashy parts, and usually after a few days it becomes dry, when I shower, it will flake off and my skin is back to regular. Is this normal?? I feel like a snake!

I’m going to an allergist next week and would like to be focused and prepared. TiA!

Lately i've been taking rinvoq in order to supress the eczema from coming out but when i excercise i get red hives on my chest neck and shoulders and feel somewhat nauseous but overall just feel like crap does this happen to anyone else with eczema?

Hey everyone, I've never had any case of eczema before, but the past month the palm and fingers of my right hand have gotten very dry and red. Wentr to the doctor and they said it was eczema and gave me a steroid cream for it, but it doesnt seem to be helping very well with the dryness. Anyone have any advice I could use to help to prevent it from cracking? It's pretty painful.

edit: link of palm/finger https://i.imgur.com/rFz60Ph.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/DnvHclQ.jpeg

edit 2: tried cortisone 10, tree oils, vaseline/gloves overnight/, using different soaps, O'keefes. Hoping to look if there was anything else that has helped at all.

I’ve been dealing with redness around my eyes for a few months now. The weird thing about it is that it doesn’t itch like other areas. I went to the dermatologist and got prescribed desonide cream which I’ve been using for two weeks now with no improvement. I thought it could be my moisturizer, but I’ve been using the same one forever with no issues. My mom thought it could be seborrheic dermatitis?

Any advice?

Hello,

I use mometasone steroid creme on my face for years now. It started at age 17 (I'm 26 now). My father used it from time to time on his face because of itchy red skin. After I got the same problem as him (probably genetic) he told me to use his creme if I get a flare-up.

So from then I used the creme only once I got a flare-up. I used it in the evening and the next day it was okay. Rarely I had to reapply the next evening. After a treatment like this everything was fine for around 2 weeks. After that time I had a flare-up again and had to use the creme again but only once. This pattern continues to this day. I apply the creme once and don't have problems for around 2 weeks before I need to use it again.

Am I using the creme too often? Would it be better to switch to hydrocortisone cremes?

I'm concerned because I visited a dermatologist and he said I shouldn't use this creme or should dramatically limit the usage frequency (he prescribed Nizoral) to only then when the flare-up is bad and I need it to get better fast.

I'm concerned that I damaged my skin from doing this all these years.

Adbry recently came out with the auto injector in the US, and I thought I would prefer that to taking two injections. I used to take the Dupixent auto injector, and it was quick with minimal pain.

WHAT THE HECK DO THEY PUT IN THE ADBRY AUTOINJECTOR?!?! It takes like 20-30 seconds to inject and is the worst pain from a shot I’ve ever felt.

Has anyone else experienced this?!

I had a terrible extreme allergic reaction all over my body and current eczema that became infected and ultimately sent me to the hospital. I was on 3 different antibiotics and was sent home improving, but as soon as I went home started to get gradually worse over the coming weeks. I'm in a lot of pain, and saw a dermatologist. He prescribed me Protopic at 1% and told me to use it 3 times a day for 6 weeks until I could see him again. Ultimately I was excited to get some kind of relief, but after looking into this medication I will admit I'm scared to try it now. I've seen so many people say that after they stopped using this ointment that they experienced withdrawal effects that were worse than tsw. I'm wondering what some people's thoughts are on this that have used the ointment and have had reactions or have not at all. I'm a pretty highly sensitive person when it comes to different medications and how my body responds, and now I'm wondering if it will be worth it or if I'll just be making myself worse in the long-run and have to try to get over another reaction later.

I know you aren’t supposed to exceed 7 days as it can thin your skin but let’s say I need to use it again how much time should I wait after 7 days of use to use hydrocortisone again? I’m using 1% btw

Hi I'm having severe eczema went fo doctor nothing works on my skin Any help would be appreciated

Ointments like hydromol or 50/50 contain 2-4 ingredients and can be great, but I’m sure many are aware of how thick and greasy they are. Personally they also don’t really absorb and dry in for me so they’re best used overnight with cotton gloves.

They’re also a bit of a nightmare to wash off if used during the day, whereas creams typically come off in one quick gentle wash.

Has anyone found creams which are similarly low in ingredients? I’m looking for basic and gentle for use on hands and face.

Does anyone have experience with a bath water filter like Kinder Filter as it relates to eczema? My daughter has pretty bad eczema and it seems inflamed after every bath. The Kinder Filter and others like it is supposed to filter out things like chlorine, fluoride, and other irritants. Just curious if anyone has used something like this and had success.

For context I have dyshidrotic eczema. I’ve booked in to have patch testing done, however I’m unsure this is the most appropriate test to have as I minimise contact with substances by wearing gloves to wash, clean etc. which makes me think it might not be contact?

Has anyone had any luck with skin prick testing? Or other types of tests to get to the bottom of their eczema trigger? Thanks