Eczema Treatment Care

E45 or Norwegian Formula Unscented (unscented part is vital)-both available in Boots,Tesco etc.
I’ve had contact dermatitis for years – you never gid rid it,it’s a reaction to certain household chemicals-common soap(use moisturising liquid soap),dishwasher powder,washing powder, washing up liquid,bleach,nail varnish remover and the like are the most common culprits. You can stop it occuring by wearing gloves when doing household jobs – here’s my top 5 tips on keeping it at bay;
1-Always make sure you’ve rinsed soap,shower gel etc. completely off and dry your hands very thoroughly after washing them and use unscented (or mildly scented after your break out clears i.e. when there is no broken skin or flakes left)
2-Be VERY wary of using steroid creams-they do heal your skin but leave your skin very thin permenantly after use no matter what doctors or pharmacists say!!
3-Eat plenty of food with essential fatty acids in to heal the skin fron within-sardines,unsalted nuts etc The 2 best foods for keeping your skin soft and strong are definitelty using olive oil in cooking and if you like them avocados are the number one thing you can eat to speed up skin healing. I now only get a small breakout once a year or so and when I do I eat an avocado a day for about 4 or 5 days and it clears it up very well( shop bought guacamole might do but iy doesn’t seem to have the same effect)
4-Get a product called Bio Oil or just plain Vit-E oil and rub a little into the area at night like a cream and they eliminate a lot of the “tight” feeling in your skin
5-Don’t let it get you down and learn all you can about the condition-I developed Contact Dermatitis in my teens and it was very distressing because I didn’t know how to prevent an outbreak , how to stop it gettting worse and how to speed up healing.It barely crosses my mind now but when I saw your question the distress I felt as a teenager came flooding back so I had to give you all the info I’ve learnt through asking,reading,triall and error etc.If you have any doubts about anything I’ve told you can check them out with your a doctor,nurse or a pharmacist but as my doctor once told me – they have to learn a bit about every condition disease etc. it’s in your interest to learn a lot about what is happening with you

Have you tried Eurax cream?
I don’t wish to preach to you so please don’t feel offended,but do you use a barrier cream?
Presumably this is mainly on your hands?
I know of several hairdressers who have suffered from this and found using thin latex gloves helped.
I suffered dreadfully from it as I was always scrubbing my hands in antiseptic solutions, as a nurse.
I found Eurax cream soothed and Neutrogena hand cream slathered on at night healed.
A good barrier cream and latex or vinyl gloves in the daytime where possible.
As a last resort—steroid creams are absolute bliss but not to be recommended too often!

tree oil or lavendar oil