[ryanhayn]

Over the past two years i've been prescribed 6 different creams/ointments for my eczema: Hydrocortisone Cream USP 1%, Hydrocortisone Valerate Cream 0.2%, Triamcinolone Acetonide Ointment USP 0.1%, Cyclocort (Amcinonide) Ointment 0.1%, Absorbase (Eucerin equiv.), and Elidel. All but Elidel and Absorbase seem to lighten my skin (bad), so i prefer to use Elidel....but Elidel is not as strong as the other 4 creams. I've been taking Elidel for the past 3 months and my rash doesn't seem to be getting better....but i have to put it on everyday just so i look normal....am i immune or what? it doesn't even seem to work anymore. Could you guys tell me which is best for reducing inflammation and redness...or recommend something else for my eczema? I really hate the thinning and lightening of my skin when i use the steroid creams.

[wifestyles]

Hello there- I'm nowhere near an eczema expert, but I've dealt with a pretty severe case with my 3 year old since she was born, and the only thing that came close to making her skin look normal is the Elidel. And that was giving her a bath, putting the cream on while she was still damp so it would absorb good, then putting socks and pants on her (Eczema was worse below her knees) so it would soak into her skin pretty good before I let air get to her skin. Usually I would put another lotion on her skin, like Vaseline Advanced Healing, in combination with the Elidel. The Adv. Healing is pretty darned good I think, for an over the counter lotion. That was just my routine, and its seems to work for her.

I have heard, and I don't know how safe/smart it is to do this, that you can put Preparation H on inflamed and red skin...not sure if it would irritate it, being thats its eczema and everything seems to irriate it. A few people have used it on puffy eyes...

I wanted to ask you too, do you ever get just small white spots, like patchy dry skin? I've noticed with my daughter, especially where she is exposed to the sun, that she'll looked as spotted as she can be...

I'm glad you posted, I've never thought about posting on eczema before...if you've got any ideas for me, lemme have it!

Wifestyles

[ryanhayn]

thanks for the info.
i don't get spots. but i do get small patches of dry/flaky white skin every so often. i don't think it's from the sun because i used to be on a submarine and we'd be at sea without sun for weeks at a time and even then i'd get the white flaky skin....so i don't know what it is.