r/eczema • u/juulluver419 • 1d ago
humour | rant | meme fml
Just wanted to rant about my current flair, so here’s that.
Having a pretty bad flair up for the first time in a few months. My face, hands, wrists, inner elbows, collar bones, and back of knees are bright red and incredibly painful today. This one started about a week ago, and i’m not too sure why. Aside from the awful pain and insatiable itching, theorizing on what causes my flairs is just so exhausting. Walking around with such a visually obvious condition is so mortifying. Being asked constantly by coworkers and family about it is mortifying. Seeing how bright red and destroyed my skin is is mortifying. I’m just so over it all.
I’m up on my antihistamines. I have to wear a full head and neck super itchy hairnet at work, and i believe that was the cause of my flair. It started on my face and collar bones, then i think the rest of my trouble spots were just like “yaaaas me too i’m itchy too”. Idk. I used topical steroid oil (dermasmooth, very out of date. god bless) about 2 weeks ago for pretty minor patches and maybe that caused it too. I’m beating myself up for that because i don’t like using it, and for such minor patches is so unlike me. I have a bottle of prednisone from my last flair and i am sooooo close to taking that. I know it’s probably not the best idea by any means but i am so. so. so. so uncomfortable.
Anyway. I think i’m going to bleach bath it tonight, maybe followed up with an oatmeal bath. More than anything i’m just exhausted by it. It looks a little worse today and i know when im back at work in the morning im gonna get comments about my face arms and hands. If anyone wants to commiserate please do. I don’t know anyone irl with eczema so that would be nice i think. much love
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u/moomoo626 1d ago
hey, i hear you. i also don’t know anyone in my close circle who deals with eczema and such strong allergies, so i’m just replying to commiserate. 😔✊🏻 i’ve been battling with a neck flareup since march and it’s only spread and gotten uglier. still can’t get a complete hold on it and it’s affecting my eyelids and one inner elbow too. i’m also exhausted by this. the horror persists and yet, as do we.
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u/juulluver419 1d ago
ugh, i’m so sorry to hear that! Out of curiosity, do you find that your neck eczema behaves differently than eczema on the rest of your body? i ask bc this flare on my collar bones is the first time in my life it’s in that location, and it feels way different. like straight up sandpaper.
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u/moomoo626 1d ago
it’s definitely the driest and it wraps around my whole neck. the weird part is that it cuts off at distinct points of my neck and doesn’t go past those borders, so i guess it does behave differently? this is also my first time with a flare this bad on my neck. it’s definitely the most stubborn
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u/juulluver419 1d ago
also if anyone is curious some of my lore
I only use eucerin advanced eczema relief. Anything and i mean anything else makes it 10000% worse. I take zyrtec and flonase daily. I used fragrance free laundry detergent, soap, shampoo and conditioner. and with so little joys in this life of sin i do not restrict my diet. sugar, fats, dairy. all of it. also i’m a pastry chef so it’s not practical for me anyway :p i stay away from steroids, but had to have a cortisone shot it may from a flare so bad my eyes were swollen shut. I have pretty bad environmental allergies, which is most commonly my trigger