Eczema Treatment Care

Question by blackned_wings: Eczema on face? Lotion not working
For the past few years I’ve had eczema on my face, just little patches of red. For about a year or two it had gone away completely and now has randomly come back. I used to use some sort of aveeno lotion, which helped but I think they’ve stopped making it. I’ve now tried two seperate kinds (daily moisterizing, & skin releif) and both just irritate it and make it flame up even more. I’m not sure if my store carries the aveeno they make specificly for eczema, but I do want to try it. However, aside from seeing a dermatologist (which always takes months to get into) what are some suggestions to help it fade now?

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Answer by Sarah C
I have excema on and off and Ive also used a cream called sudocream that you can buy in the chemist or get on prescription. Its great for skin conditions

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I have in the past needed an epipen on hand to administer when this happened. It has happened a few times. I break out in wheels and hives itchy mouth swelling throat and airway restriction. I went to an allergy dr and he said he has never seen this before ( as though he didnt believe me) but I have been to the er for it a hand full of times. It can happen when I play tennis, run, play basketball, sweating mainly. Anyone ever hear of this? Oh yeah and a contact dermatitis to top it off even when I am not active… HELP!

ok heres the deal
things that irritate it worse … tgel, head and sholders, selsun blue, tea tree oil, peppermint oil, almond oil, olive oil, vegtible oil, baby shampoo, deep cleaning shampoo ……. seriously i can list them all ive tried dove saint ives regular shampoos conditioners shampoos with vitam a’s b’s c’s ive even tried girly shampoos like aussi my sister uses it so i figured what the heck …….. ya all of em make it better for about 5 mintues after i get out of the shower or bath and then when i go to get dressed if i dont get a soft shirt it gets itchy to the point where i have to take it off ive done the oil in scalp treatments they dont help hell when i was 13 i put a whole tube of cortosone cream 3% in my hair after a week of it not working when used as the dermatoligist said ……… needless to say nothing
ive tried limiting bath/shower times, adjusting timing, washing throughly, patting dry all of that and using hair dryers as well as exfoliating or whatever you call it with a comb before showers nothing havnt gotten barely any improvement yet its been like 7 years since this dry scalp thing started and now my hands are starting to randomly get dry in the mornings and face feels all itch …… no achny at all i have asthma and ocd and no i dont wash 6 times a day and dont wash my hands like other people with ocd and ive tried hand lotions all that stuff to it doesnt help other then it makes my hands a bit itchy for a few mins then it goes away on my hand for like 15mins to an hour then is back again
on my scalp itll come off with a comb but appear again in 1-3 hours its not psoriosis or serebic dermatitis or eczyma when i comb it it comes out and theres no patchs the skins normal colored and the only time i get a irratated spot is if i comb to hard and like break skin
oh and water irratates it as well as my family tells me i have greasy hair …… it doesnt look greasy to me at all ….. i find washing my hair in a bath tub without soap and doing it underwater is better then anything shampoo or hair washing style wise. after a shower tho theres a gritty feeling like 5-10minutes after along the sides of my face and sometimes it just comes right back.
also when i comb theres this distinct smell …… something like walking into a hair salon place where they cut your hair but it only last like 30 secounds at most usually?
yes my skin is sensitive but i doubt its contact dermatitis since i can put shampoo on my arm and leave it there and it doesnt even get red
medicines .. flovent, albuteral,ive taken ridilin in the past andi take 3 of these gummi vitamins evry day my diets mainly meats and i love pretzles and i do eat fruit cups but other then tht i dont eat much fruits or vegitibles theres really none around here and i dont eat much unless its at night then i eat a litte havnt eaten lunch yet this year at school rarely breakfast get to the point where i feel sick in school cause i get hungry at a random point but then it goes away and im not hungry at all ….. i have insomnia and rarely get sleep like usually 3 or 4 am to 6 am is my sleep schedual and i sleep on a couch and sweat sometimes at night and i dont drink much either usually just like hawaian punch kin of stuff and ive heard stress can cause flare ups …… ya my lifes living hell but i dont believe stress can really relate to this? an also my parents have the tempeture and all around here all whack cause their obsesd with the heating bills and what not
my hairs medium length, black, my skins caucausion and im 17 and yes ive gone through puberty
there i think that covers just bout evrything that relates to diet lifestyle what ive tried stree what not
any ideas whats going on here i mean ya along with ocd and the low self esteeme and school ya…. lifes hell

I also have asthma and contact dermatitis. The steroid I am on is prednisone. Can anybody suggest any alternative to relieve the itching.

Has anyone ever heard of this. The allergy dr. thought I was lying. It has been a a while since it has happened but I still carry an epipen. I have been to the ER a few times with my throat swollen wheels all over my body and my face so swollen I looked like a cabbage patch kid. All just from playing basketball, tennis, or hiking. I also have contact dermatitis when I am not active at all. I really need to know if I am alone here? HELP