Aww I feel your pain. The STRESS of my family vacation made mine go crazy. Not what I want on my hands while meeting people at school! What (if any) treatments do you use?
Well, I've tried countless ointments, including prescription, but none of them really seem to help. I try to keep my hands clean, I don't use soap to wash them while I'm having an outbreak as it just dries them out and makes it worse. I use lotion without lanolin (did you know that all people with eczema are allergic to lanolin in some fashion? I didn't!).
I have psorcon e cream, topped with Dovonex ointment, finished with nutrogena Norwegian formula hand cream. I cant tell if it works or not cause even before them it would flare up and get better in cycles, and they are no match for stress. I dont use them religiously though so it could be that ^_~
I have a mild case of this on my right cheek actually. It was a lasting side effect stemming from my mono that led to strep that led to scarlet fever. It messed up my immune system, kicking it into overdrive and producing the skin disorder. It has spread over the last couple of years from my jaw across the right side of my face.
I keep it from becoming problematic by pretty much only washing my face every other day or every third day. I put a layer of Burt's Bees tinted moisturizer over it in addition to mild sunscreen. When I do wash my face, I either use the orange oil cleanser (Burt's Bees) which removes make-up but leaves a protective film or their facial scrub with ground nuts when I need to remove the scales that form.
The reason to use Burt's Bees or any other all natural product is the absence of lauryl sulfates (found in most soap and shampoos to cause bubbles) which act as an irritant. You may want to try some of their hand products or even some of the stuff I mentioned and see if that helps.
I know very little about eczema other that my grandmother's flares up occasionally, but you have my sympathy and my encouragement to open all twisty bottles with a jigsaw.
And thank and curse you for linking that game. I've just gotten the hang of it and am now loath to leave for breakfast.
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I keep it from becoming problematic by pretty much only washing my face every other day or every third day. I put a layer of Burt's Bees tinted moisturizer over it in addition to mild sunscreen. When I do wash my face, I either use the orange oil cleanser (Burt's Bees) which removes make-up but leaves a protective film or their facial scrub with ground nuts when I need to remove the scales that form.
The reason to use Burt's Bees or any other all natural product is the absence of lauryl sulfates (found in most soap and shampoos to cause bubbles) which act as an irritant. You may want to try some of their hand products or even some of the stuff I mentioned and see if that helps.
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And thank and curse you for linking that game. I've just gotten the hang of it and am now loath to leave for breakfast.
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