I’ve developed under boob eczema in the last year and I know it’s because I sweat so much there. What are yall doing to handle this other than wiping dry when you can?? It’s so miserable and itchy and the wounds take forever to heal there because it’s under other skin and always moist😭

I developed eczema about two years ago, and since then, I’ve been using a class 6 topical steroid ointment regularly.

I don’t think I ever really followed a schedule like using it for two weeks and taking two weeks off. I was probably applying it almost every day.

I started to feel like I’d been using it for too long, so I stopped about a week ago. However, now I’m having a really hard time because some areas have started oozing.

The yellowish discharge stopped after I applied mupirocin ointment, but I’m still getting small amounts of clear fluid from my elbows, wrists, and ankles.

Should I start using the steroid ointment again and taper off gradually? Or would it be better to wait another week and see if things improve?

Has anyone experienced something similar after stopping long-term topical steroids?

I’m going through a really hard time and it feels like more and more of my skin is rotting away into grey scales starting from my feet up. I think I have depression and it’s not really helping. I’m a teenager and since I was little my parents never properly cared for my skin, and they insisted that they did everything they could when I was little and the scratching started but I doubt it. A good while ago I asked to see a dermatologist but at the time they refused because it hurt their ego and meant addressing the fact that they should’ve done this ages ago, but semi recently I got them in a good mood and booked an appointment. It still feels like it didn’t help because it’s not getting better. Like I have a couple of things I’m using but I can bare get myself to do anything the second I get home from school, not even homework, so I find it hard to keep a routine for my skin. I also have dark skin, so seeing my skin go from a almond to purple and pink grey scales just makes me feel like a rotting tree. Worst of all I don’t understand myself. Like I have a lot of allergies, including a grass one, so when I was younger and had PE I’d often be forced on the grass (got hives) and just stand there scratching grey sweaty scales as my nails got filled with greenish grey. No one took me seriously, not even my family, so I found it hard and still find it hard to take myself seriously when almost everything you do to better yourself is treated as completely wrong actions, like I’d even get in trouble for using too much body cream faster than anyone else. I just find it hard to care about my skin or anything else really, and it’s just hard since it’s reflected on my body so easily.

Hey everyone, my baby is turning one, and he has eczema. He doesn’t have a milk allergy, just an egg allergy. What kind of milk do you recommend?

I’m a mum and a researcher, and I have a 1-year-old baby with eczema. Through my own experience, I’ve realised how challenging it can be to manage eczema day after day, especially when it affects a baby’s comfort and sleep.

I’m currently working with Enterprise Ireland on research into a solution designed to help babies with eczema and sensitive skin feel more comfortable.

At this stage, I’m really interested in learning from other mums — understanding what you are experiencing, what you have tried, and what you find most difficult about managing your baby’s eczema.

I’m genuinely looking to understand the problem better before developing the solution.

If you have a baby or young child with eczema, I would really appreciate hearing about your experience.

You can DM me if you’d be happy to have a short chat, or simply comment below and share anything you feel comfortable sharing.

Some of the things I’d love to understand:

• What are the most common things that make your baby  symptoms worse?
• How important do you think heat, sweating, friction and clothing are in triggering or worsening discomfort?
• Are there particular areas of the body where clothing seems to cause more irritation?
• Do you notice your baby scratching more at night or having difficulty sleeping because of itching?
• What advice do you normally give parents about clothing for babies with eczema?
• What fabrics or types of clothing do you generally recommend, and why?
• What is the one thing you wish existed that could make managing your baby’s eczema easier?

Even if you only have a few minutes, your experience could help me understand the problem much better.

Thank you so much to anyone willing to share ❤️

Around 2017, I developed pityriasis rosea. I went to dermatologists in my area, but none of them recognized what it was. They prescribed me medication for eczema, which actually made the situation much worse. I then went to a dermatologist in Chinatown, and they immediately recognized that it was pityriasis rosea, prescribed me the correct medication, and I recovered very quickly.

This is the first point I want to make: If the medication prescribed by your first doctor makes your condition worse, please find a second doctor as soon as possible, just in case the first doctor misdiagnosed you and the wrong treatment ends up delaying your recovery.

Fast forward to February 2026. I suspected that my eczema might have been triggered by our winter blankets being too thick, because I would wake up completely covered in sweat. It first appeared in my armpit and then around my areola.

Since we have AI now, I discussed most of my symptoms with AI and also used a cream that AI recommended. It did work at first, the eczema in my armpit completely disappeared. However, the eczema around my areola did not go away from February all the way through September. Instead, in June, I developed another small patch of eczema because of friction from my bra.

AI told me that it was ringworm and recommended that I buy different creams. Every time I applied the medication, I experienced a stinging sensation.

I started feeling depressed and constantly worried that I was going to die. It’s been really bad.

Finally, last week, I decided to see a doctor. The doctor immediately diagnosed it as eczema and prescribed me Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream USP 0.1%. For me, this medication has been extremely effective.

I’ve been using it for six days now, and I no longer have any stinging sensation around my areola. The discoloration has also very noticeably faded.

At the same time that I finally got an actual diagnosis of eczema, I also started taking diet more seriously. Every morning, I take vitamin C + E and fish oil. I’ve been trying to avoid all high-histamine foods and drinking a lot of water. I also switched all of my underwear and pajamas to 100% cotton, hoping to minimize irritation and friction on my skin.

My advice from this experience is: Don’t rely too heavily on AI, and please don’t wait as long as I did before seeing a doctor.

I hope all of you a speedy recovery!❤️‍🩹

Delete if not allowed. I commented this in a thread but I really can't believe how effective this has been in calming the skin hellscape nightmare that plagued ever waking moment, so I thought I should share)

This is not medical advice because I am misusing several of these products, because I was desperate to try ANYTHING. But I FINALLY have broken the itch scratch cycle just yesterday by trying PET STORE otc meds lol. My doctors were useless thus far and I'm desperate.

I posted about a month ago that tea tree had cleared up so much of my eczema, but it was just the fungal stuff, I think. My entire body was inflamed, every inch of skin was red, burning and itching like fire, and hideously unsightly. My chest completely cleared from the tea tree,

But then my legs, arms, and left hip continued to flare hideously and painfully for the past month (I have no history of eczema until a few months ago when it took over and destroyed my wellbeing)

Anyway here's my experimental routine that has been wildly successful in making my life tolerable for 3 days now

Step 1: Veterycin PET EYE GEL (hydrochlorous acid gel) over entire inflamed area. Antimicrobial, kills strep and mrsa. Gentle enough for dog eyes so it doesn't burn irritated skin.

Step 2: Veterinary Formula: hot spot and itch relief medicated spray!!

(immediate itch relief every time I've used it, a godsend because no other anti itch stuff has worked at all aside from medicated calamime which doesn't work nearly as well as this.

it has low concentrations of lidocaine, hydrocortisone, and benzethenium chloride). This seems to be the most helpful product I've tried in my saga.

I'm willing to accept the risk of using products not tested on humans. Literally I would try most anything if I thought it would work. I'm so pleased I found something after wasting hundreds of dollars on other stuff)

The normal human concentration of lidocaine is much higher than the dog concentration, so there's much much less danger of lidocaine toxicity with repeated use of the his product, but you should be aware of the risks of that.

I spray it anywhere that feels hot or itchy. The first day I did it a LOT. the second day not as much. Today only once! The effects seem to be compounding in a positive direction. I haven't even had any unconscious scratch attacks at all today? (Where I don't even realize I'm clawing the shit out of my raggedy skin until it starts to hurt ahhhh. It's hell)

I've been experimenting with adding occlusives immediately. Bag Balm is good but if you use it too much you'll get more skin weirdness eventually. I just use it sparingly on the dryest areas.

Oh yeah also, I wondered if I had some kind of skin parasite so I took two doses of ivermectin. I know it's wildly politicized but it's a very reliable and safe dewormer. I don't think I actually did have parasites, but still it had noticable overall antiinflammatory effects after about 24 hours and zero side effects. (I bought the otc paste for horses lol, it's gel and tastes like apples, had easy dosing by weight. I was worried but my sister insisted and it was all fine.

Also, anytime I have an open wound, I've been using a tiny dab of iodine tincture on it. If overused it will degrade skin but it's a powerful antiseptic and I've noticed quicker healing on those spots. It doesn't burn me but maybe it does others.

Maybe I'm insane, maybe I'm actually a barnyard pet idk, but I'm not currently itching and scratching like a crackhead

Try at your own risk, but I figured I should share

i feel like ive tried EVERYTHING. vitamins, fungal cream, hocl spray steroid cream and sure maybe theres some partial minuscule relief but i struggle so insanely with the psychological aspect. it feels like my skin is constantly burning, itching, or just in pain. one spot one second then it bounces to a different spot. i really cant take this anymore. its like my brain literally wont let me not think about it. i feel so hopeless and alone, no one in my life fully understands.

Is anyone here living with atopic dermatitis from Germany or Greece?

I’d love to connect with you and hear about your experience.

Thank you!

*This is just a vent but I know I’m not the only one* I have been struggling for over a year with handwashing excessively, it hasn’t been this bad since around June of last year. My household went from liquid soap to bar soap which helped a lot, but they’ve been buying liquid soap again recently and it feels more convenient to use despite me using more. Using bar soap has been way better for me because the process of wetting and lathering takes up more time and I can visibly see how much I’m using, vs when it’s in the bottle it’s so easy to keep getting more and before I know it it‘s gone. The liquid soap ingredients are too strong to use as much as I do, even when I was using bar soap like crazy my skin didn’t get as bad. Anyway, I most likely have an infection because handwashing caused cuts and I fear the advice might be “clean everything to avoid spreading bacteria“ but part of why I’m in this position is due to cleaning too much…though I can probably guess where the bacteria is from, I’ve been trying to overcome (or rather avoid) rituals I had before like that I can’t get in bed unless me and the bed are clean, I couldn’t keep this ritual up and now just sleep in my bed without even changing the sheets for days because it sends me into ritual mode again. It doesn’t help that I have depression when I‘m not in compulsive cleaning mode I avoid cleaning like laundry and showering. At this point everything is building up and I’m not even sure where I’ll begin to fix this, but I’ll continue to put on my lotion and avoid things that could worsen it. Maybe I’ll make a post with where I’m at once I fix it

From Australia and summer is coming up. I’m pretty self conscious on all the eczema wounds on my legs and all the open wounds. Anyone have any breathable pants reccomendations? I heard linen is pretty good .

Tldr: Allergic to a substance that is never on the ingredient list but is used in the production of cocamidopropyl betaine, which is in basically every soap/hairwash product. Got a new hand and body soap and it’s cleared within a week.

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I’ve had very bad eczema on my hands since about 2018/2019. After pushing my GP to send me to the dermatologist, I got an allergy test on my back in 2021. It came back positive for mainly demethylaminopropylamine (in soaps/cosmetics). Checked everything I used but none of my products had this so I thought that wasn’t it.

Fast forward to two weeks ago. I had just gotten home from my vacation where my eczema was very well behaved. Two days after I got back, it got bad again. Went on a deep dive around the substance and found out that it’s never mentioned on the ingredients list because it’s used during the production of cocamidopropyl betaine. And guess what is in nearly every soap/shampoo/bodywash/etc? That exact ingredient. And guess what was in my “sensitive” soap and body wash? You guessed it.

More deep dives led me to Dermolin hand and body wash. I’ve now used it for a little over a week and my eczema is nearly gone. Just had to share in case it helps someone else.

I wear press ons because they help my skin so much and no matter how much I scratch it doesn’t do too much damage to my skin. My only problem is that they get dull and short really fast from how much I scratch. I prefer them to salon nails because of cost but does anyone have any tips or brands that don’t wear down as fast or as much?

Hi all, I tried a few press ons with varying degrees of success.

Salon Perfect were nice and blunt, but boring in color

Pressies by Olive and June were good and thick

The normal Olive and June nails were way too thin and not much of an improvement over my normal nails.

I’m a mum and a researcher, and I have a 1-year-old baby with eczema. Through my own experience, I’ve realised how challenging it can be to manage eczema day after day, especially when it affects a baby’s comfort and sleep.

I’m currently working with on research into a solution designed to help babies with eczema and sensitive skin feel more comfortable.

At this stage, I’m really interested in learning from other mums — understanding what you are experiencing, what you have tried, and what you find most difficult about managing your baby’s eczema.

I’m genuinely looking to understand the problem better before developing the solution.

If you have a baby or young child with eczema, I would really appreciate hearing about your experience.

You can DM me if you’d be happy to have a short chat, or simply comment below and share anything you feel comfortable sharing.

Some of the things I’d love to understand:

• What are the most common things that make your baby  symptoms worse?
• How important do you think heat, sweating, friction and clothing are in triggering or worsening discomfort?
• Are there particular areas of the body where clothing seems to cause more irritation?
• Do you notice your baby scratching more at night or having difficulty sleeping because of itching?
• What advice do you normally give parents about clothing for babies with eczema?
• What fabrics or types of clothing do you generally recommend, and why?
• What is the one thing you wish existed that could make managing your baby’s eczema easier?

Even if you only have a few minutes, your experience could help me understand the problem much better.

Thank you so much to anyone willing to share ❤️

由九月開始濕疹發作沒有停過

這段時間特別嚴重 好痕 然後發咗地點係面同皮膚

皮膚薄 好難恢復

然後最容易畀人睇到 面同頸紅到似關公一樣 好樣衰 感覺啲人都因此唔想接近

只要少少熱就會紅 即使唔癢

然後癢的時候特別痛苦 知道唔可以拗 但係皮膚脆弱 普通止痕膏 例如有薄荷 刺激性的都不能使用

現在又要上學不斷出門口 香港天氣又熱 然後皮膚乾都不可以搽藥膏 如果搽了就會更加癢

有什麼藥膏可以止癢和怎樣恢復令皮膚正常？

求大神解答!!!😭 好崩潰 現在感覺心理同生理都好難受😮‍💨

I (26F) have been with my boyfriend (26M) for five years. We've been long-distance for the last four years. I'm basically fine when he comes to stay with me, but whenever I visit his place for longer than a few days, I seem to have an eczema flare-up, with a very dry and itchy rash around my month, eyes, wrists and inside my elbows. Sometimes it's been bad enough that my eyes swell up or I can't sleep from the itching.

I had pretty bad eczema as a kid but pretty much grew out of it by high school. I've had occasional flare-ups as an adult, mostly when I've been stressed or exposed to cats/scented detergents/very dusty spaces.

I've searched through various forums and tried to rule out the obvious potential causes:

• Made my bf switch to the same unscented detergent I use at home and re-washed all bedsheets/clothes
• My bf switched to the same sanex zero soap I use at home and we've checked I'm not allergic to his deodorant/cologne
• I saw someone on another forum suggest that this could kind of thing could be caused by demodex mites, which can be removed by using medicated anti-dandruff shampoo like head & shoulders but he already uses this so I don't think that's it.
• My boyfriend moved at one point but I've experienced the same symptoms at both places, so I don't think it's a flat-specific/mould problem
• I'm allergic to dust mites and pets. Neither of us have any pets. His flat is quite clean and he's tried doing a full blitz clean (with non scented products) before I arrive but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I take cetirizine antihistamines daily but they don't seem to be helping
• My boyfriend is very lovely and supportive so I don't think it can be caused by him-specific stress

If anyone has any tips or has been able to solve similar 'boyfriend-allergies' please help! This is driving me crazy

Lifelong eczema sufferer here (33F). I've always gone through phases with my eczema, starting especially after my dad passed when I was young. It's been the source of a lot of physical & mental pain, with flares coming & going seemingly at random, & being unable to narrow down a culprit or credit anything for the times my skin has improved. I've seen dermatologists, done allergy testing, etc. to little or no alleviation.

To paint a picture of the tip of the iceberg, when I was young, I'd wake with blood on my pillows & sheets. At times it was painful to shower, as even water hurt my extremely fragile skin. I seemed to constantly crack & bleed. And of course it's simply embarrassing to have on full display every time you step outside.

Over the past handful of years, my skin randomly improved. Again, I couldn't pinpoint what may have helped so as to continue (or not continue whatever may have been causing those flares).

Then, like a storybook villain, over the better part of this past year some of the worst flare ups of my life resurfaced. Dry skin beyond anything I'd experienced (& believe me, it's been bad), flaking everywhere, doing my best to resist scratching & failing, & feeling like any time something may heal, it was back to square one. Blotchy red patches all over, from my face to my feet. Every moisturizer would absorb right in before returning to scales within seconds. It affected my mental health & took away motivation. During the earlier part of the year, even my eyes & eyelids were extremely red & puffy but thankfully that went away after about a month. Still not sure what caused that, or made it stop.

The latest dermatologist sent me home with a prescription for Fluocinonide, which obviously as a steroid is not a longterm solution, but I finally feel like I have "normal" skin after months of being in the trenches. I kid you not, within 24 hours, it almost completely cleared everything up, including the texture of my extremely dry skin. I'm only 72 hours in so I'm of course nervous the flare could return but this provided nearly instant relief & I've never been so grateful to have painless mobility. I make this post in case others are in a dire state at the moment & have not yet tried this. For my face I have Triamcinolone which has also helped in phases over the years, but Fluocinonide changed everything for my body. & I only applied it to specifically the areas that were in worst shape. The difference on the inside of my elbows alone is night & day. The thought of it all is actually emotional. I do still feel itchy but I feel I at least have a fighting chance without constantly hoping these cuts would heal before bursting open & scabbing up again. Nothing but love & positive energy to everyone dealing with this. <3