Eczema Treatment Care

Question by periwinkle blue: how do i get rid of the eczema around my mouth really quickly?
today i woke up to find that my eczema around my mouth was acting up and it’s bright red. it’s not sore but i want to get rid of the redness. I’m going to my friends cottage tonight for a few days and i don’t want to look like i have clown make up on!! some please help me!

p.s i tried cover up but it doesn’t work

Best answer:

Answer by London
my daughter has that and i have to use prescription cream to get rid of it but i also use aquaphor healing ointment it takes away the dryness then you can just use a small amount of concealer to blend away the red. i use almay concealer that blends to match your skin tone

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I have had a very red, itchy rash in various parts of my body for a month and a half, supposedly caused by an allergic reaction. The rash is around my eyes (upper and lower eyelids, extending to the brow ridge), around my mouth, under my left armpit, on my inner thighs, and on my left nipple. The rash is very red and has clearly defined borders. Sometimes the rash on my eyes is so swollen, I am unable to see and cannot drive to work. The rash around my mouth makes it so that when I open my mouth wide enough (to eat a sandwich or burger), the corners split open and bleed. I have been to 4 different allergists, and 2 different dermatologists, and nothing has been figured out other than that it is contact dermatitis. I have been on three rounds of prednisone, which eliminate the rash completely (but have very nasty side effects), have tried cortisone cream (did not work), and various other prescription-strength anti-itch cream (did not work). I have been on hydroxyzine, a prescription-strength antihistamine (did not work). I have eliminated all possible allergens that come into the contact with my body. I have stopped using deoderent, I switched to baby shampoo, I stopped using shaving cream, I switched to cetaphil (unsecented, hypoallergenic) body wash, and I have stopped using sunscreen. I stopped using fabric softener, I use ivory flakes laundry detergent, and have switched my bedding. I have even stayed at a different house for a week to see if the allergen was where I was living and the rash still got worse. I was blood-tested for various auto-immune diseases like lupus and the results came out negative. It seems like my doctors have all given up and want to put me on prednisone for the rest of my life to mask the symptoms but not try to figure out the problem.

I woke up one morning and saliva drooled out of the right corner of my mouth.It started to itch and sting so i scratched it and constantly licked it more. Soon blisters popped up at the right corner of my mouth. I thought to a day back if i went any burning or itching sensation but i remmeber the corner of my mouth was fine and wasn’t bothering me. It was only the morning and it took about 5 mins for the blisters to appear. I assume it was from drooling or some kind of contact with bacteria on my pillow because it was really dirty. it blisters small bumps and i even had a huge scab that prevented me from talking or eating confortably. Anyways did some research and found Perioral Dermatitis could have been my problem because it says that drooling can cause it.

Copy and pasted from web sites (Describing Perioral Dermatitis):
*You may sometimes feel an itchy or stinging sensation.
*You will usually see it around your mouth
*People can get this any time between their mid-teens (i’m 17)
*Perioral dermatitis is a common facial rash consisting of small inflamed papules (bumps) and sometimes tiny vesicles (water filled blisters) or pus spots, which are often clustered around your mouth
*It is thought that transfer of saliva to the skin around the mouth may play a role in perioral dermatitis, since it is more common in young children and oral surgery patients, both of whom tend to leak saliva onto their skin, i.e., drool.

http://knol.google.com/k/nikki-levin/perioral-dermatitis-periorificial/tgfkjfsu/tTJasQ#

http://www.acneguide.ca/basics/like_acne/perioral_dermatitis.html

Info from both these links.

it’s been 2 weeks and 5 days arleady the scab is finally gone and i can eat,speak,talk. and by the way i was masterbating on the day i touched the area of the infection or what ever it is and could have possibly torn up some skin on my penis. I don’t assume it’s a fever blister because that can spread to ur private area. But it has been 2 weeks and 5 days and my penis healthy and clean not even a single rash.

Any my question is does any of you get blisters around your mouth when u wake up cause you drool?

My second question is what do you guys think the blisters are?

Thanks alot for your answers i will try to pick the best
To add more details i actually saw a picture of perioral dermaititis that was located on the right corner of my mouth and the blisters looked very similar to this

http://www.visualdxhealth.com/images/dx/webAdult/perioralDermatitis_9145_lg.jpg

Not very graphic it just looks like small tiny pimples/blisters around the corner of the mouth.

The doctor says my son has a virus and I have contact dermatitis yet my very tiny blisters are on my hands and feet only while my son had some on his hands and feet and few on his leg and loads on his bottom. Could it be hand foot and mouth virus? How long before I can go back to work in a kitchen if it is?
Could an adult catch it?
Thanks