Atopic dermatitis af

Thanks i totally agree, as

get older i am more sensitive. Found that wearing cotton especially linen is a no no. Now i sleep in silk pyjama's that has helped. also bought some silk underwear that has been another help and keep my self well moisted with an emoilient, especially in the nether regions..no more splitting skin.

Rough cotton for me is a starter especially jeans , wool now i go more synthetic. Also check everything i wash with. so SLS in the ingredients. Sodium Laural Solfate..or sulfite. not sure on the spelling.

I have found that when I start getting an onset of eczema, I use abreva (I use Walgreens version). It dries it up and no pain. Hope this helps.

Hi Empty,

I'm sorry to hear about your horrible battle with eczema and your loss of hope. But I will tell you that I led the same combat for 20 years to no avail, until I got cured over 6 years ago by taking inexpensive St. John's Wort (SJW) capsules. I only took them initially in hope of relieving myself from the stress and anxiety originating from many discouraging events, likely comparable to those you experienced yourself. I had no idea SJW would end up curing my severe atopic dermatitis conditions in advance, through mechanisms not likely related to its ability to help deal with stress in most people.

I won't promise you comparable results, because just like an aspirin works for the headache of one person and not for the other one, results will vary with any given substance on any given disease, from person to person. But I can confirm that it has worked on a few others whom I informed of the possibility, and who had lesions practically over their entire bodies, to the point that they could hardly sleep any longer. The key appears to have been perseverance (several months), and no intake of any other drug during SJW treatment.

I won't repeat all the science that suggests SJW can help with skin disease because you can easily find it all over the Net or in my own posts if you care to dig deep enough, but if you have any questions, I will be glad to answer them to the best of my ability. Sorry to contradict you, but there are solutions out there, even if SJW itself may not necessarily end up working in your particular case. Like for most things in this world, there are rarely guarantees, but mostly possibilities, which is why hope remains.

Cheers,

Greg.

I cured myself of excema in my early 20’s by a fluke. Since I was 7 years old I’d had eczema very bad on my hands, feet, face and crotch, especially my feet. One day while skiing I was so upset I went outside and stood in the snow barefoot. I stood there until my hot hideous feet melted all the snow all the way to the ground! A normal person could never have lasted that long standing barefoot on what is technically ice. The itching almost immediately stopped and in a matter of days after keeping my feet and effected areas cold, my excema went into remission. Since then anytime I have flareups I put my feet or hands etc in ice, the itching instantly disappears and if I keep my feet and hands cold and as dry as possible the eczema just goes away. The problem is heat!!! HEAT! Somethings messed up in our dna and it creates heat in the nerves or something which creates the itching blisters.

So fill some Ziploc bags with water and freeze them, hold onto them with your hands or in your butt crack, wherever. You’ll be surprised how long you can hold the ice pack. If the excema is bad enough you’ll be able to melt the whole bag of ice especially if the excema is on your hands. Put your feet in ice water. Put a towel next to the bucket and keep your feet as dry as possible once they’ve gotten cold. “Keep” the effected area cold. As cold as you can take it at first. If it’s on your crotch put two ziplock bags with cold water in between your inner thigh and your junk. You’ll notice the itching stops after a while. If you can take it colder do it but don’t freeze anything. If your inner thigh is cold, your junk will follow. And then you must keep those areas cool and dry for the rest of your life or it will return!!! And for heavens sake never ever scratch or rub your affected area! Scratching promotes the heat. It takes vigilance. You can’t let the tingle start again or it can come back in a matter of minutes. When I get the sansation and the itchy feeling I don’t care where I am, I kick off my shoes and socks and wag my feet around to get them cooled off. Then I immediately head for an ice bucket as soon as possible. Heat is the enemy. Oily creams and lotions don’t help and trap the heat. Keep your effected areas clean, dry and above all “cold/cool!” Eczema sucks!!!! This is how I cured myself. I’ve been excema free for 30 years.

Hey Everyone,

So I thought I might share this as this is the only method of treating eczema that worked for me. Basically my son had full body red itchy rashes that drove him nuts since birth. Especially around the arm and leg joints. Turns out he was allergic to fish, egg, dust, cat and dog hair, grass seeds, pollen….. you get the picture.

I am an engineer and believe in the scientific method so I systematically trialled dozens if not 100s of creams, vitamins, bath lotions, .. yeah it took me about 2 years trial and error. My poor little fella. But I was determined to find something that worked. He is 14 now and no longer has eczema though this is probably due to him growing out of it.

So just a quick disclaimer. I am not a doctor and am not giving medical advice. I am just sharing what worked for me. I call this the Gadz method. 😊 Also, I cannot stress this enough, this method is not only about the creams and also ABOUT THE TIMING. My son’s eczema would result from the inside (what he would eat) and from the outside (what he would touch). I strongly recommend seeing an allergist and getting a skin prick test so that you can find out what to avoid.

You will need:

1.A body wash or bath oil that won’t dry or irritate the skin. - Use a well trialled one from a chemist or recommended by a doctor/dermatologist and not some snake oil or obscure substance from a naturapath. And no…. “organic” doesn’t necessary mean safe. Do not use soaps that will dry the skin or anything with perfumes or scents that smell nice. Bubble bath is a major culprit… Do not use it. If you do, this irritant will be locked under the paraffin cream. I used Pinetarsol and QV products but there a many different ones on the market.

2.A bottle of pure calamine lotion. - Get the biggest bottle you can. Doctors will say not to use this because it dries out the skin and they are right. But that is why the timing below is so important. You get the benefit without the drying.

3.A bottle/tub of pure paraffin cream. - Get the biggest tub you can.

The steps are as follows.

1.Avoid eating foods that he/she has a reaction from (duh). We don’t want the rash coming from the inside.

2.Bath your child (or shower) every night. Bathing is better as the skin absorbs more moisture.

3.Now the next few steps are the important ones and MUST BE DONE WITHIN 10MINUTES OF COMING OUT OF THE BATH/SHOWER. I put a thick towel down on his bed and he lay on that but I would sometimes do it while he was standing. Basically you are giving them two coats of paint in quick succession. 😊 I tried mixing them but you lose most of the soothing effect of the calamine. So two separate coats.

4.Cover him/her from head to toe in calamine lotion. Be generous, especially for the first week. Obviously do not get it in their eyes etc.

5.DO NOT LET THE CALAMINE LOTION DRY. If you do, it will dry out the skin and make things worse.

6.Cover him/her from head to toe in paraffin cream. Be generous, especially for the first week.

7.Let them dry off for a bit and then put their PJs on.

Yes they will look like a pink milky mess (as may be you and your towel). His PJs would be a little damp because of the paraffin on it but I think this actually prevents the PJs drying out the skin. By morning the cream had been rubbed away and wasn’t visible.

After doing this for one week, he stopped scratching during the day. I stopped the treatment and the rashes came back within a day or two. Now I am speculating here but I believe:

1.The calamine soothes the irritation/scratching.

2.The paraffin stops the calamine from drying the skin, locks in the moisture from the bath and creates a barrier against external allergens (to a small degree).

I really hope this helps someone.

Cheers, Gadz