Type B Eczema On The Face…?
Posted by: Alan in Contact Dermatitis, tags: Eczema, Face, Type
I have had eczema flares as long as I can remember. My mom said I was born with it. Anyway, when I was younger I would get these red, itchy bumps all over my ribs and stomach that looked like chickenpox, I also had horribly bad dry skin everywhere that looked like scales. We lived in the desert at the time, and my doctors (military) tried everything. When we moved to Alaska it went away (whether because of hitting puberty or a change of climate, no idea). About a year ago I got these sores on my ankles that looked like diabetic ulcers, and the skin on my face became so dry it looked like i smudged flour all over it and i could peel it off in flakes. I tried, almost literally, everything to get rid of it. Every non-sented, non-paraben, organic, natural, and home-remedy under the sun. I was finally diagnosed with contact dermatitis (meaning I was allergic to some unknown thing) on my ankles, and simply more eczema on my face. They gave me Aquaphor with some steroid in it for my legs, which works wonderfully, and they gave me Elidel for my face. Elidel kills me. When I put it on it feels like my face is on fire, and is tight like when sitting in front of a camp fire. Then my face turns bright red and hurts so bad I cant wash it off fast enough.
So I suppose my real question is, other than Elidel what else is there that my crappy military doctor could do for me?
P.S. I’m also on Yazmin, doc said it should help…but not even a little bit. I’ve never had acne of any type so I haven’t the foggiest idea what she was thinking.
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January 5th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
There’s not a lot of things that you can put on your face. Typical treatments for eczema are topical steroids which are bad enough for the rest of your body and definitely not something you want to inflict on your face. You should ask your doctor about any alternatives to elidel. He knows not to give you steroids for it or he would have done that the first time around.
I have atopic dermatitis and I find that aloe vera or oatmeal based moisturizers for the most part work as well as my steroid treatments. Most important thing to do is never ever scratch when you know it’s the eczema flaring up. It’s dubbed “the itch that rashes” and any time you scratch at it, it will get bigger.