From the article: Eczema Treatment
It always amazes me how often people with eczema have figured out different ways to keep their eczema under control. Some people get cautious amounts of sun exposure to help their symptoms, others have found that the chlorine in swimmming pools keeps their eczema under control. Beyond doing what your doctor has directed you to do to control your eczema, do you do other things that you feel help you avoid flares? Share your experiences and read about those of others. Share Your Tips
Ice
- When I feel like ripping the skin off my arm because of the itch, I ice the area instead. I also drink more water to help hydrate my skin.
- —annmilton
cold water!
- I had an explosive case of eczema a few years back and was horribly swollen, lichenized and bleeding. I suffered increasingly for months and then figured out that cold temperatures seemed to temporarily relieve the itching. I took a cold shower. It felt healing. I started taking the coldest showers possible, and I could literally feel my skin healing so I started doing it every two to three hours round the clock. I took 5 to 7 cold showers a day for about 2 months and didn't take a hot shower for 5 months. The eczema went away as fast as it could. To this day whenever my skin gets dry and itchy and I can feel the eczema coming on, I take a cold shower. I also use moisturizers. Your skin is overheated and dried out! You can counterbalance this with aggressive cooling and moisturizing.
- —Jed357
help
- I am kindly requesting for you to help me because i hav a skin allergy that itches me alot behind my leg and hands elbow.And further more my son who is 1 year old has i too on the cheeks and on the legs .We have tried many creams but non has been of great effect what can we use to reduce the sickness
- —Marvesh
