Eczema..cures?

Canada
January 9, 2008 5:22pm CST
Ok, so recently I got this weird spot on my leg, and of course being the pessimist that I am, immediately thought it was skin cancer. Found out it was only eczema....oops :P So my question now is do you have eczema? If so, what do you use to treat it? Do you choose the cortizone cream available or do you use something else? Thank you to all for your responses.
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• United States
14 Jan 08
I will use over the counter cream
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
24 Jan 08
What kind of creme do you use? I think maybe Ponds, cold creme is good?
• United States
25 Jan 08
I used Noczema but Ponds is good too
@cydzzj (354)
• Australia
6 Feb 08
Bathe only once a day using warm not hot water, and don't use perfumed bath products. Use a moisturizer instead of soap or add an emollient bath additive to the bath. Afterwards, apply moisturizer to soften and seal moisture into your skin. Reapply it generously throughout the day to the affected areas. Trim your nails or put on cotton gloves at night to prevent scratching. Try taking a sedative antihistamine to relieve itching and help you sleep.
• Canada
15 Feb 08
Thanks so much for all the info. I don't find that it bothers me at night, but sometimes during the day I could rip the skin off it gets so itchy. I'll definitely try the above. Thanks again. :o)
@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
10 Jan 08
My daughter had a little spot on her skin, and i think it was a spot of eczema, that is a weird word to spell by the way. And it went away after a while cause i dosed it over and over and over again with aveeno baby exta moisturizer soothing relief for extra dry skin lol.i love that stuff! it works wonders on all her dry parts, and she has mucho dry skin.
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• Canada
10 Jan 08
I used Aveeno before and it was pretty good, so I guess I'll have to try a bottle of that now too :P
10 Jan 08
I don't. I'm not aware of knowing anyone who does, although I don't like talking about personal things with people. I'd rather just speak about stuff that makes me feel comfortable that I won't saying something they don't like. Hopefully you'll solve it and find out how to take care of it. ~Joey P.s I'm glad it wasn't what you thought :)
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• Canada
10 Jan 08
Thanks Joey...I'm glad I was wrong about it being skin cancer too :o)
• Australia
9 Jan 08
I only get it when I use certain products like rexona's green soap so I just avoid those products. However, I would probably try a vitamin e cream or vitamin e oil to help heal the eczema & maybe bathe in sorbolene cream instead of soap until you can work out what is giving you the eczema.
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• Canada
9 Jan 08
Thanks so much. I use SO many products and the idea of finding what is causing it is daunting, but I'm working on it. Thanks for the idea of Vitamin E oils/creams.
• United States
11 May 08
I would try exederm flare control cream - Its America's only parabens-free hydrocortizone cream http://www.exederm.com
@dodoguy (1292)
• Australia
15 Feb 08
Hi candygurl24, Emu Oil and maybe Comfrey are what I'd be thinking if I had eczema to deal with... Emu Oil is a wonderful healing agent, and what's more is pretty much the best transdermal agent known - which means that it soaks right down deep through the layers of skin to do its job, and it also takes whatever else you mix with it along for the ride too. Comfrey's special ability is to regenerate flesh - to promote the growth of healthy flesh to replace any that's missing, or to encourage the replacement of unhealthy with healthy where appropriate. Including bones, cartilage, ligaments, sinews, muscle and skin. As for the worry about skin cancer, I wouldn't get too fussed even if it was (which it's not). If you can get past the FDA's blockade on anything that actually works, skin cancers are easy to cure. All the info is there, hidden in plain sight on the Internet.
@Dolly13 (37)
• United States
18 Apr 08
My son has eczema and it gets worse by using detergents with dyes and perfumes. We started using dye and scent free detergent, and no fabric softener in his clothes and bedding. It has helped a lot. Also we use unrefined shea butter for the itching and dryness.
@sameroad (3179)
• United States
26 Apr 08
I have eczema and i get spots in certain areas sometimes like my inner elbow and on my neck. the only thing that clears them up is hydrocortisone cream. some people use just straight aloe and they say it works really good for them if have any aloe plants around you