I am 24 years old and I have had eczema my entire life that includes rashes, dry skin, and even skin infections. The only thing that worked well against this was hydro-cortisone 1% with a 25% mixture of H20. I thought I had found something that I could use for the rest of my life in some routine fashion but I didnt realise there would be side effects like skin discoloration, skin thinning, and even skin tolerance to the cream meaning I would have to use stronger steroids. I realized that I didn't want to deal with that when I got older so I tried weaning myself off the cream over a year substituting it with Aveeno Skin Lotion. I actually believed that oatmeal was the solution what a fool i was.
It was a horrible experience. I would wake up in the mornings with my face completely dry and red with parts of the skin looking like it was cut open. Behind my ears It would start weeping and oozing some sort of liquid, I actually had to put tissues behind my ears when i slept. You can imagine what all this did to my self-esteem, so to stop all this I would have to start using the cortisone again! It was a vicious cycle until one day a friend of my mothers, who at the time was dealing with her own skin problems suggested Aloe Vera and Vegetable Glycerin.
I was like that's not gonna work I have never had any doctor or any dermatologist ever recommmend me these products. The only place I had ever heard of this was on Seinfeld from that dermatologist episode, but I didnt care I was willing to try anything and the fact that both products were natural was a big plus. After only 2 weeks I could see huge improvements, the rashes were going away, the skin was coming back to its orginial complexion and the biggest thing I STOPPED ITCHING!
Now this is what you do, get some pure aloe vera and 100% vegetable glycerin from your local health store or online. I use JASON Aloe Vera 98%, (it's really hard to find pure 100% aloe vera), and I use Heritage vegetable Glycerin. Then after you take a shower or a bath squirt a bit of aloe vera and glycerin in your hands and mix them together and start applying it all over your body, use as much as you like. I keep the lotion on all day and clean it off at night some people take it off after only 30 minutes. It's up to you.
I haven't used the cortisone cream in 6 months, my rashes are completely gone, I still have some discoloration left but that'll go away in due time so i still keep using the glycerin and aloe. I still get dry skin but that's because I can't give up hot showers I just enjoy them too much
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In my opinion using natural products for the rest of my life is no big deal compared to the other options out there so I hope anyone here whos going through this gives it try.
It was a horrible experience. I would wake up in the mornings with my face completely dry and red with parts of the skin looking like it was cut open. Behind my ears It would start weeping and oozing some sort of liquid, I actually had to put tissues behind my ears when i slept. You can imagine what all this did to my self-esteem, so to stop all this I would have to start using the cortisone again! It was a vicious cycle until one day a friend of my mothers, who at the time was dealing with her own skin problems suggested Aloe Vera and Vegetable Glycerin.
I was like that's not gonna work I have never had any doctor or any dermatologist ever recommmend me these products. The only place I had ever heard of this was on Seinfeld from that dermatologist episode, but I didnt care I was willing to try anything and the fact that both products were natural was a big plus. After only 2 weeks I could see huge improvements, the rashes were going away, the skin was coming back to its orginial complexion and the biggest thing I STOPPED ITCHING!
Now this is what you do, get some pure aloe vera and 100% vegetable glycerin from your local health store or online. I use JASON Aloe Vera 98%, (it's really hard to find pure 100% aloe vera), and I use Heritage vegetable Glycerin. Then after you take a shower or a bath squirt a bit of aloe vera and glycerin in your hands and mix them together and start applying it all over your body, use as much as you like. I keep the lotion on all day and clean it off at night some people take it off after only 30 minutes. It's up to you.
I haven't used the cortisone cream in 6 months, my rashes are completely gone, I still have some discoloration left but that'll go away in due time so i still keep using the glycerin and aloe. I still get dry skin but that's because I can't give up hot showers I just enjoy them too much
. In my opinion using natural products for the rest of my life is no big deal compared to the other options out there so I hope anyone here whos going through this gives it try.