Eczema...Cant any1 help?

Question

I have a really bad case of eczema all over my arms n legs. Does anyone know a good treatment for it?

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Answer 1

Sarnia lotion (if you are prepared to smell like camphor all day).

Hydrocortizone cream.

Cetaphil is an awesome cream for people with sensitive skin like me.

Oatmeal baths.

Use a humidifier when you sleep.

Try not to scratch when it itches (I know, *this* one is hard.....!)

Have you been to a dermatologist?

Answer 2

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Eczema...Cant any1 help?
I have a really bad case of eczema all over my arms n legs. Does anyone know a good treatment for it?

Answer 3

My husband and two sons all have eczema. I've had to make several adaptations. I use a dye free, perfume free laundry detergent and dryer sheets. Soap irritates their skin; so we use Cetaphil cleanser, instead. Cetaphil cleanser works well for your whole body, including your face. Cetaphil lotion and Aquafor lotion are great lotions to use after a bath or shower. Dry off and apply the lotion within 3 minutes of getting out of the shower or bath.

Supplement orally with some type of Omega-3 fatty acid. This can be in the form of capsules, flaxseed oil, or fish oil. The lotions works externally, and the Omega-3's work internally. My children and husband also have some prescriptions for flare-ups--aclovatae ointment and triamcinolone. Triamcinolone can not be used on the face. I would also suggest seeing a naturopathic doctor for identifying food intolerances, then removing the irritating foods from your diet.

Thanks to a relatively new and amazing product, called Dermaswim Pro, my kids are now in the local swim club, swimming for hours every week. My kids have never been able to swim much at all. The chlorine always wreaked havoc with their skin. One child I know in the swim club had to be hospitalized for her eczema and was told never to swim again. She is swimming again, using Dermaswim Pro. Dermaswim Pro is a preswimming lotion that blocks the absorption of chlorine into the skin during swimming. You can purchase this lotion at www.DermaSwimPro.com for $12 plus shipping and handling.

One more thing, although this is just common sense, don't scratch or rub your affected skin. My youngest son's skin became infected with staph and strep atleast 3 times between the ages of 2 and 7. There were times I had to tape quite a lot of gauze on his flareups to make him leave them alone. I hope I have given you some helpful information. I have had to learn much of this the hard way.

Answer 4

I had a girlfriend with eczema and we did a lot of experimenting to find out what helped. We learned a lot along the way. One thing we learned is that doctors have their heads buried on this one. A lot of it has to do with stress. We found that her eczema would worsen in stressful situations where she let "people get under her skin". I think that is actually where that phrase came from. Here's what we came up with. Use only dye and perfume free laundry detergent such as Arm & Hammer Free, or Tide Free. Take warm baths using Aveeno Oatmeal Bath. Chlorine in bath water is very bad for ezema, ideally, a carbon filter or water softener is the ticket. If neither of those are possible, you can run your bath water waaayyy too hot and some of the chlorine will gas off as it cools to a resonable temperature. Gold Bond Creme is fantastic for outbreaks and cuts the itching very quickly. Stay away from any topical cremes with cortizone, they are very very bad for you. Oral steroids are even worse for you. My mother is a doctor and she is very anti-steroids due to the numerous harsh side effects and lot's of docs dispensing it like candy. We never found that they made any difference anyway. We had the best luck with Aveeno and Goldbond products. Finding ways of removing stresses in your life or learning ways to allow them to affect you less will make a great big difference as well. I know that sounds weird, but people who have smothering parents tend to have high levels of asthma and people who let others get under their skin tend to have high levels of eczema. Good luck, you can beat it. I've seen it done.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I had exzema for years all over my body and mostly on my face, until I went to a docter who prescribed a medicine called mometasone furate ointment. I put it on and by the next few days it was all gone, and only came back a tiny bit and only when I would eat food that I was allergic to. Also a big thing that would help is to not eat food that are common allergens...like any kind of wheat or gluten products and tomato's and citrus..so ask your doctor for a prescription for the stuff I told you about, and try it..good luck

Answer 7

Yep, Bag Balm. Its actually for cow utters, but it works really well. I hav eczema all over my hands, and occasionally on ,my arms and legs. All youhave to do is smear it all over and put white clothing over whatever you smeared it on (aka. a glove for ur hands, long-sleve shirt for your arms...). It will work in about 1-3 days, then just use it every night before you go to bed. Promise, i have been using it since i was in 7th grade, it really works. You can find it at any farming store, walgreens, cvs, even some wal-marts(they are just begining to stock up). Just go take a look.

Answer 8

My daughter has it and these are just a few things that I have found that "help"...
Dove Sensitive skin bath soap
Lubriderm sensitive skin
no hot showers/baths

We also have used Elidel which works great but the dr said that they're studies coming out saying that it may cause cancer.

Steroid cream everyday has helped alot...... Although I hate putting it on her everyday.

Good luck and I hope some of these things work.

Oh.. I have also heard that Arbonne's Baby Care line is great (even for adults) baby wash,lotion, body oil, and use the diaper rash cream on your "itchy spots"

Answer 9

Try aveno oatmeal bath, it is cooling to the skin, and it will help with your iching. I have psoriasis which is in the family of eczema and it works wonders.

if it gets worse though, you should see a dermatologist and he can give you prescription ointment that will work just as well.

Answer 10

My brother used to have eczema when he was younger. He would scratch it so hard that it would bleed.

His dermatologist gave us some Eucerin skin cream, and it would help the itching. There was also a prescription medication that would help with the itching sensation.

Answer 11

i have eczema too! and i hate it! but what helps:

i use:
-Hydrocortizone cream which relieves itching
-triamcinolone acetone cream and/or alclometasone dipropioinate cream both which can be prescribed by a dermatologist
-use cetaphil gentle cleanser and cetaphil CREAM (not the lotion; the cream is thicker and will keep in moisture better) the cetaphil cleanser can be used with or without water and it is also good to use on the face because it is a gentle cleanser
-if you dont wanna buy cetaphil cuz it is kinda expensive, use dove for sensitive skin, it alos works
- dont take hot showers or baths and limit your time in them (i ususally stay in for about 15 min)
-after you get out of the shower, you have about 3 min to moisturize your body so your skin will not dry out

i suggest keeping some cetaphil cream with you in your purse or just with you so just in case you get dry you can put some on, or keep your prescription cream with you

also, sometimes i use aveno -skin relief moisturizing otion which is a skin protectant for relief of extra dry, itchy skin (it cools on contact too which helps cuz when we scratch when we shouldnt, it gets hot and so this lotion really helps!); so its perfect for people with skin like ours

also, use dye-free and scent-free laundy detergent... i know it sucks but we're not supposed to use scented lotion either...

i hope this helps!