Eczema (or however you spell it)

[arutha]

Anyone got any simple tips on how to get rid of it? Preferably not with products designed to do so since it is on my eyelids so any of that stuff is too dangerous to use so close to the eyes. Maybe a diet change of a certain drink or vitamin or something? I don't know..

I've been throwing water on it as often as possible for a while and it seems to have cleared up pretty well (and about time, its been there for f***in years) but it is still slightly noticeable when I look really close and occasionally it has bad days.

Doctors just said I'd grow out of it, one said when I was 27 or something odd like that, stuff that for a joke.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

http://www.eczema.org/

 

[Gus]

I have it all over my body, so here's some tips to keep it at bay:

Don't take hot showers, they'll make it break out BAD (lukewarm showers are okay, as long as you don't sweat and it's not too steamy).

Go to the doctor and get this stuff called Elidel. Works like a dream. It won't get in your eye if you just put a thin film on (or put it at the very top of your eyelid and then look up and it'll get a very thin layer on the rest of your lid).

Don't scratch it, it makes it a LOT WORSE.

 

[arutha]

Someone else suggested cooler showers to me, I never quite saw the logic though. Do you know why?

I tried for a while and didn't really notice much except that I was getting bloody cold, so I'm back to having steaming hot showers. Oh well, splashing cold water on my face as often as possible has seemed to help.

Yeah thanks, scratching would iritate it..

 

[Julian]

they say that temperature extremes in water can cause skin irritation.