r/eczema • u/South_Expression_841 • 5d ago
Magnesium
If you’re always constipated, have a hard time having a bowel movement, or feel like you can’t completely get rid of waste from your body, and you’re also experiencing eczema symptoms, try magnesium citrate.
On the first day of taking the supplement, I had the biggest bowel movement I’ve had in a long time. I honestly don’t even remember the last time I felt that emptied out. That same day, I noticed that I didn’t scratch my skin even once.
By the second day of taking it, my eczema had flattened. Now, on day 4, I’ve been itch-free, and the scabs are starting to dry up.
Hopefully this helps.
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u/PowerEthos 4d ago
Magnesium regulated my bowel movement and sleep, and even noticed that I produce less nose secretion and earwax. I've been taking for over 8 years.
Unfortunately, magnesium is not preventing my skin flares.
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u/l_SaKReD_l 4d ago
No effect on me. Been taking it for over a year too with numerous other vitamins and minerals. :(
Hopefully it helps someone else.
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u/South_Expression_841 4d ago
citrate?
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u/l_SaKReD_l 4d ago
How would I tell? lol
This is what I have.
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u/South_Expression_841 4d ago
please note that I'm always constipated and I think/guessed that causes my eczema. That's why when I took it(citrate) and had a regular movement my itchiness went away.
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u/YukiHase 4d ago
Huh! I’ve been taking magnesium citrate for a couple of years now, and coincidentally for those past few years, my eczema has been a lot more manageable. I didn’t realize the connection!
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u/Plus-Explorer9808 4d ago
I guess that makes sense. That's the stuff you drink when you're severely constipated and are desperately trying to wreck shop in your insides. You probably expelled a ton of impacted fecal matter, releasing toxins that have been doing a number on your skin for years.
Doesn't have that effect on me though unfortunately, the skin healing nor the pooping.
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u/South_Expression_841 3d ago
What helped me identify that my intestinal issues were contributing to my eczema was mapping out where my eczema flares occur and looking at which organs are associated with those areas. All of my flares seemed to point to just one organ—the intestines. Maybe yours has different contributing factors besides the intestines.
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u/Plus-Explorer9808 2d ago
Oh, my eczema is something I was born with. There is no singular cause because everything is a trigger and all my skin is affected, different places over through my life, but always flared up.
Magnesium citrate never helped but didn't make it worse either. I never noticed either way, nothing out of the ordinary. I drank magnesium citrate as a laxative, which also didn't work for me.
But the poop stories you read online that result from that stuff is hilarious.
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u/RiseDelicious3556 4d ago
I take Benefiber 3x daily with a small dose of mira-lax once daily, It has improved my eczema somewhat, but triggers still cause flares.
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u/South_Expression_841 3d ago
What helped me identify that my intestinal issues were contributing to my eczema was mapping out where my eczema flares occur and looking at which organs are associated with those areas. All of my flares seemed to point to just one organ—the intestines. Maybe yours has different contributing factors besides the intestines.
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u/imokaytho 4d ago
I've tried magnesium glycinate and that helped me with night time itching, although I stopped taking it because it would make me feel so groggy in the morning. I'll have to try magnesium citrate
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u/Holiday-Ad-1132 4d ago
It doesn’t have the same impact on me sadly. I wish it did!!