Smiling makes it worse–and winter approaches!
Mine seems to be a lot worse lately. I am not sure why. I think I’ve
probably been doing a lot of things to bother it lately–including
staying up late, pushing myself hard, being a litle stressed, and
cleaning really dusty areas– oh! and doing laundry.
Sometimes I think maybe I should hire someone to help me clean, as I
feel like such a nudge bothering my hubbie.
It’s hard for to pinpoint A) what’s causing the eczema flare ups
(right now, I have flareups on my left side of my face, inside of
right elblow, my right hand in lots of spots, and inside my left thigh).
I did stop taking my once a day flax seed oil pill and maybe that’s
what is causing it?
In the past, I’ve used cortisones (elocon, diprolene, cutivate, and
triamcinolene most recently) to keep it in check. However, the more I
read this board and hear people talk about cortisones, the more leary
I get, so lately all I’ve using to treat it is lotion a lot, vaseline
to protect it and form a barrier, and a benadryl every single day.
It’s not working so well. Lately I’ve noticed that my face gets really
red in social situations and that seems to cause a flareup and I
wonder if it’s related to my eczema or perhaps that I have rosacea
like my mother.
Though it sounds bad–I would consider my eczema mild. In the summer
it’s basically non existant. I think it’s just getting bad now b/c
we’re approaching the winter.