One long-term sufferer explains how she soothes her sensitive, dehydrated skin, and keeps flare-ups at bay.
When I was a child, eczema would only affect the creases of my arms, the backs of my knees and my neck. Now, though, I think the only place on my body that doesn’t fall prey to the sores is my feet. Mostly, I can hide the embarrassing, angry red rashes , from prying eyes with soft cotton long sleeved-tops and trousers all year round, but when it spread to my face a few years ago, that was a new low.
As soon as the temperature drops in October, a big red blotch appears on my right cheek and over my eyelids. Facial eczema is definitely the hardest to combat, and the edit of products below has really helped me to keep my eczema down. I still have a red mark on my cheek, but it isn’t sore or itchy, and does not look nearly as angry as it might do if left it alone. This year, it’s simply a rougher patch of manageable skin.
When it comes to dealing with eczema, I have tried everything. I’ve thrown money at the problem, tried dead sea salt baths, slathered myself in horrible greasy emollients . You name it, I’ve probably done it. And over the course of 25 years, I have picked up some valuable learnings – however obvious they may seem. Baths are to be avoided, or kept short and lukewarm. Ditto showers, which should be lukewarm, never hot, and kept to one a day . Non-bio washing powder is the only way.
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