Eczema

[devilgrrl]

Ok, flist, I have nasty, burning, cracking eczema on my hands from using the work soap. Obviously, I am going to not use industrial soap anymore, but how do I get rid of this ASAP? I am putting loads of lotion on, but what else? It looks gross and hurts.

Comments

[ladyluna.livejournal.com]

I really don't know...but I vote a Lush run.It can't hurt...

[ladyluna.livejournal.com]

Looking up some stuff I'd get an over the counter steroid cream and some calamine lotion. Also take some allergy pills if you can.

I guess I never realized eczema was an allergic reaction. I just thought it was a "hey, you're lucky...you have skin issues" type of thing.

I tend to get more a contact dermatitis than something like eczema.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

Bah, I'm using them interchangeably. It is contact dermatitis. It just kind of looks like eczema. What kind of OTC steroid creme would you recommend? I have the calamine and I'm going to slather that on now. I did just take some sudafed too.

[ladyluna.livejournal.com]

Cortaid maybe? I'm, personally, frightened of anything with steroids in it. I had oral thrush once, that lasted a while and I missed work and it was horrible. Anyway, steroids in your system can help thrush take over again (basically, it's yeast).

Now, I logically know that putting a cream on probably won't hurt much. It will sink into the skin but it's not like I'm putting it in my mouth/throat, but I just can't get over the thought of it.

But, I've known my father to use cortaid, so that's all I can go based on recommendation.

My contact dermatitis is literally by contact. I'll scratch myself, break out horribly, and as long as I don't itch it it goes away within hours. But looks scary until then.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I spent all day rubbing this before I actually looked down to see what it was.

I'm definitely getting some Cortaid. I have basically no issues with yeast/thrush (knock on wood), even with antibiotic use.

[ladyluna.livejournal.com]

yeah, I rub and scratch sometimes too when I should know better. Hope it works quickly for you.