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Itchy eczema on my hand driving me out of my MIND!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 340107" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Use a mild soap and lotion such as Aveeno and take the supplement Turmeric. If you get a prescription for a stronger cortisone like cream, use it sparingly and not for more than 3 days a time. Personally, I try to steer clear of the stuff but if can work like magic when the itching and skin is bad enough. Turmeric works.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #483d8b">I had eczema my entire life...I was like the crisco boy, remember him? My mom actually tried to convince me to lie in a tub filled with crisco oil...yah. Anyway, the prescrition corisone I got? It was in a TUB. A giant TUB of cortisone cream. I had it not only around my fingers or in the crease of my elbows and behind the knees - I had it on my arms, legs all over, my neck - it was gross and so uncomfortable.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #483d8b">Finally, by the time I was 18 or so, I had more control over my showering and skin care. I showered normally every other day - and on my 'off' days I just rinsed my entire body with warm water, not hot. Immediately after stepping out of the shower, I pat myself dry and applied a good lotion, back then I chose Lubriderm I think. So, without fail, every other day, I bathe with a mild soap and on my off days, nothing - always followed by good (now organic and all natural) moisturizer. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #483d8b">Anyway, try the mild soap and lotion but also give the turmeric a shot. It works wonders for easy child - I am still trying to get difficult child to take it, but she refuses.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 340107, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Use a mild soap and lotion such as Aveeno and take the supplement Turmeric. If you get a prescription for a stronger cortisone like cream, use it sparingly and not for more than 3 days a time. Personally, I try to steer clear of the stuff but if can work like magic when the itching and skin is bad enough. Turmeric works.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b]I had eczema my entire life...I was like the crisco boy, remember him? My mom actually tried to convince me to lie in a tub filled with crisco oil...yah. Anyway, the prescrition corisone I got? It was in a TUB. A giant TUB of cortisone cream. I had it not only around my fingers or in the crease of my elbows and behind the knees - I had it on my arms, legs all over, my neck - it was gross and so uncomfortable.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b]Finally, by the time I was 18 or so, I had more control over my showering and skin care. I showered normally every other day - and on my 'off' days I just rinsed my entire body with warm water, not hot. Immediately after stepping out of the shower, I pat myself dry and applied a good lotion, back then I chose Lubriderm I think. So, without fail, every other day, I bathe with a mild soap and on my off days, nothing - always followed by good (now organic and all natural) moisturizer. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b]Anyway, try the mild soap and lotion but also give the turmeric a shot. It works wonders for easy child - I am still trying to get difficult child to take it, but she refuses.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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