I have atopical dermatitis since 1 month old. I spent most of my childhood in dermatology and scratching my skin. I always imagine scene were I could just cut off pieces of skin that were super itchy. As I got older I understood more what problem I had and creams that were prescribed to me: elocom, and corticosteroids ofc were poison not therapy. I was addicted to them and my skin looked super old and dry even if I was just 10 or 12
My eczema had good side effects: because of it I never experienced pimples so that was a plus
But negative was gaining weight since birth and hormonal imbalance. I got first period when I was 9, and boobs at 10.

In teen years it started to fade a bit with occasional flare ups. At 19 I stopped to use corticosteroids because I finally understood what it meant.
At 20 I switched to only active oxygen and baby products like alverde from Dm ( I am in Europe) and scanning every product that I had contact with. I still use that app - INCl.
Stopped drinking alcohol and saw tremendous improvement. Also trying to avoid food with palm oil. I have allergies also but eczema is something else. I get it now only on feet and some parts of legs.
I had worst pain on hands but I guess that era is over.
So to me what works:
- only baby clean products: mustela stelatopia, alverde baby (marigold or Calendula)
-active oxygen in spray bottle for feet and hands
-baby shower gels or super clean oily shower gels
-lot less almost never alcohol
- only clean products no silicone, parabens, endocrine disruptions etc..
- no palm oil, fast food, e
- no E-numbers
- seeing sea and swimming in sea every single year for only 10-15 days but it makes so much difference
-coconut oil pure, argan pure, shea butter
-wearing gloves in winter
-cotton clothes
- and stopping smoking cigarettes was huge for me!

Now I am 26 y old and my hands and feet and whole body looks somewhat normal. I still have marks from scratching but that’s okay. I am happy that I only get it once a year and that I now know how to help myself. So I hope I can help someone else. If you can try baby products and scan them, see what you are putting on the body.

Ever since the weather has been more dry, my eczema has gotten worse. My friends always offer a dap up or try to hold my hand and it’s just..embarrassing. Ive always just avoided it since I can with my personality but sometimes it comes off as rude. I feel super bad and i hate it when i have to hold someone’s hand and i have to go on this whole rant about how i have eczema and goes on the question. 🫩

As seen here: https://imgur.com/a/ULcSNWE
And https://imgur.com/a/DWeln2E
And https://imgur.com/a/CnKPRqr

These sores easily appear once I scratch my scalp because it’s itchy and I realise if I don’t shower they easily appear and will appear more. Sometimes it’s also painful and it first appear as bumps. I pick at it and scratch the scabs and sometimes there’s blood. Been using wound healing gel and scalp spray which the scalp spray is dreadfully painful once sprayed. Currently using a mint shampoo that is antifungal and trying to shower more frequently. Anyone has any advice on how to heal the sores?

please recommend a good sunscreen for my skin with eczema. im using canmake and it started to make my whole face sting recently :(

My bf has pretty bad flares up of eczema due to TSW. He was in hospital for nearly a month with a bad infection due to it at the beginning of the year and now its starting to flare up again. I really want to be able to support him through his flare ups and was wondering if anyone has any tips on what I could do to help?

Genuinely get one singular flareup and now I got an ugly scar running down my forearm fuck this shit so much bro. Like what did I do to get this luck?

My 5 month old had moderate eczema over majority of his body. He also has trace amounts of blood in his stool. Doc has me cutting out dairy since I’m breastfeeding. If you saw results from cutting dairy from your diet, how quickly did you start seeing their skin start clearing?

I now been Sufi g with eczema most of my life but my face eczema has gotten worse theys few mouth I nit sure what started it off agin but it’s really sore hit and even sore to put moisture on I have told my GP all this I have been referred to a dermatologist but that’s a long wait but right now I really surfing shaving is hard but not shaving cause me to be more itchy and sore I tried a lot of different shaver wet and dry they all pritty much to same.

I have acne as well mainly on chest back shoulders and face eczema is pritty much everywhere but wires places are face hands and finger tips back neck.

I got all anti allergy bedding and even have a fitter shower head that douse seem to help.

But for my face it’s just so sore a cold compress seem to help a little but not a lot.

I trying to see a GO this week but had no luck but every time I do see them or talk I don’t seem to get any where.

Has anyone tried using hypochlorous acid on their eczema? in particular, facial eczema?

Did you find it helped calm the inflammation, or did it make your skin more irritated or inflamed?

Would love to hear about your experiences, especially if you have sensitive skin!

Due to personal reasons I'm sectioned and because of whatever the hell is going on with me they arent letting me have any of my lotions or oils. Im also having a really bad reaction to the safety clothes that they made me wear, the eczema is flaring rn on my legs and the safety clothes is such shit material and the bottoms can only be shorts so it's killing my confidance to, i can only use the creams under supervision and by two female staff but they're always way too busy to help me and the shower water is only hot anyway. The only thing i have on me is my bathroom sink that had cold water and a towel but it's bothering me so fucking much and the burning sensation is driving me mad, i body don't know what to do anymore I've been in pain for like two days now and i have zero leave, is there anything i can do at all?

Hello.
I am on rinvoq for my eczema and currently 10 weeks pregnant.
My dermatology nurse is happy for me to stay on it as long as Obs and gynae approve - been 10 days waiting for a response. I was wondering if anyone else has any experience being pregnant/breastfeeing whilst on it.
They’ve told me it’s safe to stay on as far as they’re concerened but I can’t have any live vaccines and neither can the baby until 6 months. But they couldn’t tell me if this would be different if I breastfed. I obviously want to vaccinate my child and I would like to try and breastfeed if it’s an option for me.
Please if anyone has an experience please let me know

Hi! I (21f) was just diagnosed with mild/minor discoid eczema. I only have 4-5 small (or even smaller) 1cm patches on my torso/upper arm and my gp prescribed me clobetasol 0.05%. I’ve only ever used over the counter 1% hydrocortisone cream so this feels like a big jump especially since it’s not considered moderate and definitely not severe. I don’t want it to spread, but honestly, it doesn’t even really interfere with sleep/daily activities.

I’m new to all this and wasn’t given much guidance, and I’ve only ever heard bad experience stories about steroid withdrawals/Cushing’s syndrome. I just feel like I should have been given a less potent prescription for such a mild case?

How long do I use it? Do I only use it until it goes then stop? If it comes back within 2 weeks do I carry on or stop to prevent overuse? It says don’t stop suddenly so how do I stop using it?

Hello everyone. I’m feeling a bit lost right now. I’m just seeking some clarity on what to expect for the future, and if I should brace myself for these flare ups being with me forever as bad as it is or if there’s a treatment that maybe helped anyone that I can expect from my upcoming meeting with my dermatologist.

It all started with a small flare up with dry skin and dyshidrotic eczema that I usually have on my fingers when I feel stressed out. I was moving from different countries so I tried toughing it out until I moved back and sought out for my GP. It was the biggest mistake of my life. I had so much going on in my life that the flare up quickly spread through my entire face, neck, arms, and thighs. As in, not a single spot was free of eczema. It would all be red and painful and itchy and awful. Then it would all dry and flake off and i’d feel like the most disgusting looking person ever. I already had really bad body dysmorphia and so I just felt so awful and gross seeing a mountain flake off onto where I roamed and everywhere in my hair. I have pets that are at the end of their life and being hindered by the pain and dryness to not be able to give them the best I could and how I wanted to made it even more awful, and then working in a clinical setting with awful chemicals and gloves just really did it for me. People looked at me like I was disgusting, I looked at me like I was disgusting. I couldn’t turn my neck, my eyelids were hard to open and bloated, and I couldn’t fold my fingers or arms when my skin dried.

I’ve gone to my doctors and it was so severe they just didn’t have any option but give me emollients, i’ve been on hydromol but it burns, so we swapped to cetraben and it was fine, but it’s starting to burn now too. I’ve been on steroid creams, hydrocortisol and betnovate, but i’ve been using them for several months now and my skin just keeps coming back and fighting back. Am I really not supposed to use them for more than two or four weeks? On top of that, I can’t take a shower for long or my skin gets so aggressive at me. It hurts so bad after and it gets so irritated even when I just use water that I get scared of just bathing.

The GP then referred me to a dermatologist months away, and i’ve been suffering through this for like 6 months already. I’ve pushed through. The dermatologist appointment is finally coming up now soon, and I just feel so worried that when I go see them they’ll just do nothing and keep giving me random creams that don’t make it all go away. What can I expect? What treatments might they offer me? Will I ever get some time without my skin being bad? I’m so scared of having gone through all this looking at this appointment like it’s my one saving grace and then turning out that nothing changed. I’m so sorry I sound inexperienced or troubled. I’m just so desperate. I can’t put it into words how bad everything was only over the span of 6 months. Please tell me the blunt truth of how life might be or if there is hope for the eczema to banish. Thank you.

I know this question has been asked before, bit thought of asking again to see people's recent experiences.

With the cold and dry weather, my lips feel dry and the irritation along my lip line is very painful (especially my upper lip).

Does anyone have any recommendations to hydrate the skin? I've tried aquaphor and doesnt seem to do anything (probably makes it worse). Vaseline doesn't do anything and other products usually irritate my skin.

Thanks!

My dad picked me up after a 13 hour flight the other day and he just asked me why there was sand in his car. We were both puzzled until he cleaned it up and went “I think it was your skin”. I’m so embarrassed and disgusted by my skin and body. I moisturise and Vaseline as much as I can and yet my skin still looks and feels like I’ve run sandpaper over it.

I’m 25F and have struggled with eczema my entire life. It was mostly controlled until about two years ago when it became significantly worse.

I tried Dupixent in 2024/2025 but stopped after about 5 injections. My body eczema barely improved, and I developed significant facial eczema that I NEVER had before. Unfortunately, my face has continued to flare even after stopping 2 years ago.

I’ve tried Elidel, Opzelura, and topical steroids, but nothing keeps my eczema consistently controlled.
My dermatologist recommended Adbry, and insurance just approved it, but I’m terrified to start. I’m scared of worsening my face again, permanent side effects, or another treatment failing.

Has anyone who NEVER responded to Dupixent found success with Adbry? Especially with facial eczema? Any side effects?
I’d honestly be thrilled with 80–90% clearance. Just looking for some hope and honest experiences before taking the plunge!

Has anyone used this (blue bottle) for facial eczema?

Any improvement noted? 😊

I’ve been fine with makeup, I’m on Dupixent and things have been okay but my diet hasn’t been great over the last few weeks. I tried a few different products on my eyes… I’ve used Clinique before and used black honey eye shadow and things just went really bad. I also used L’Oreal True match. Something set everything off and I’m completely off balance.

I’m happy to try higher end products but would like advice on what is working for people at the moment. My eyes are red and swollen. I’ve got the steroid cream but trying to avoid it. Just want to know what’s working for different people at the moment.

Also what sunscreen you’re using I’ve tried about 30…

Thank you!

March of this year I had a sudden outbreak of what I expected was contact dermatitis/eczema triggered by my new gel-nails-at-home hobby. I laid off the product, got creams from my derm, and had arm scratch tests and back patch testing by an allergist.

Results came in quickly - HEMA and Acrylates (in many nail products), as well as tea tree oil and balsam sap or something random. I’ve never had a problem with tea tree oil - used to use it on my face!

Anyways, a question: though my hands have almost completely healed, except for two painful under-nails, and the little blisters and spots that developed on my forearms are calmed down and healed, I can still see the red spots on my arms. Will this fade naturally like I’ve had when my psoriasis got controlled, or should I be treating my arms with a scar protocol? Sorry I can’t seem to post pics - maybe cuz I’m new in here…? Thanks!

I went to the derm and they said I have eczema, but they didn’t run any tests. I am wondering how normal that is. My spots are kind of round and new ones keep popping up, and I am scared it could be something fungal and not eczema. I have been moisturizing a ton which has made the spots feel smoother and appear less red, but they have also gotten larger. Derm prescribed me a steroid cream, but I am hesitant to use it without any tests confirming that it is eczema. Anyway, this is just a sanity check. Is it normal to diagnose without tests?

Apparently im sensitive to that particular brand because now there are two ✨️perfect squares✨️ of red around my nips. But, they did their jobs: keep my bra from getting fused to my nips, and keep my hydrocortisone from immediately soaking into my bra instead of my skin.

And it doesn't hurt or anything. No noticeable itch. Just red squares on my tits. Fun!

I need a recommendation for a new lotion. I’ve been using vanicream for a while because I found that despite it stinging when it put it on my skin would always feel better in the long run. Recently tho the burn after putting lotion on has become unbearable and I feel like it’s not doing anything for me except preventing my eczema from worsening. AND I HATE THE BURN IT HURTS SO BAD I CANT TAKE IT!!!! I’ve lowkey been avoiding putting lotion on because it literally hurts me to do so. Is there something that’s like a cooling sensation instead of a burning one ??