When I was a kid I had slight eczema on my arms. It went away fairly quickly after a scrip for some topical cream. After the princess was born, the battle of eczema started again, this time on my hands. For 5.5 years now I have been battling eczema.
I have tried everything. No fooling. Apple cider vinegar, change of diet, more exercise, oils, homeopathic treatments, natural remedies, no cosmetics, lavender oil, olive oil and now the dreaded steroid cream.
After all that I'm still here battling this out. I must say the steroid cream has helped quiet a bit. I hate using it, but when you get at the end of your rope, you become desperate. I think my skin is now on a revolt as everything seems to be taking a turn for the worse. The eczema seems to be getting bad again, I now have a patch of eczema on my arm, my face is oily and breaking out, my lips seem to have developed a small rash around it, I have a severe dry eye case at the moment and my hair has taken a turn down oil ville and I'm unable to get it clean looking.
I am a very desperate woman indeed. There really isn't much of a point to this post today. It was really trying to get the word out that I'm in desperate need of answers. I'm hoping that if I put the word out that I'm suffering bad over here, that someone out there in this world will rescue me from my skin revolt.
Please note natural remedies ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY DO NOT WORK FOR ME.
Anyone else suffering these days?
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I suffered from really bad eczema for years and like you tried every natural rememdy.
ReplyDeleteI even went to Findhorn in desperation and paid a fortune for a herbalist to make absolutely no difference at all.
Finally I changed GPs and he sent me to a local clinic for a skin patch test.
This involved me collecting small samples of everything I came into contact with in my life...washing powder, after shave, hair gel, a clipping of my own hair etc etc.
These were then placed in wee metal dishes (looked like milk bottle tops) and taped to my back with sticking plaster.
I wasn't allowed to shower for a week.
I started on a Monday....on the Wednesday, they peeled them back and took the details of any reaction and the same again on Friday.
The results were then fed into a computer and a week later I was called back for the results.
I had three main triggers...one was colophony...
www.ehow.com/facts_5605794_colophony-allergy_.html
One was a plasticizer found in paint and varnish and some plastics and the third was a preservative used in the cream they were prescribing for my eczema lol.
I had to ask my ward manager to change the make of plastic gloves I used at work and also cover the neck of my guitar and the handle of my iron in paper tape.
After years of torment, the eczema was gone within a fortnight and never came back.
I remember that for the fortnight they gave me antibiotic cream for my hands.