A life with Ezcema (My Experience of Eczema)

Member Name: Char89

Product:	My Experience of Eczema
Date:	19/05/02 (231 review reads)
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Disadvantages: can be annoying, stop you from doing things, makes you think your not normal

Hello,

My name is Charlotte Griffiths, and i am 13 years old. i have had ezcema since i was about 1 and a half, and i have to say it has been hell.
I have ezcema on my face, neck, arms, wrists, ankles and the back off my knees, and recently it has become very inflamed on my arms and wrists. Because i have been scratching my face so much it has become wrinkly and worn so i feel embarressed to show it. Most of the time a majority of my skin is red and i feel i have to keep it covered as i dont want people to notice it.
Any body who has ezcema i know how you feel. The best advice i can give you is to try not to scratch however hard it may be, and try and develop control over it. Try not to hide it, you will not be so ashamed of it after a while, anybody who makes fun of it is not worth knowing so you should take no notice, even though its hard.
I have tried plenty of creams and ointments, you name i'll have tried it. I still have a whole drawer full of the stuff. But probably the most helpful was a South African sausage tree cream and if you go into a chemist they should have it in stock. UVB treatment was quite helpful but after a while i started to get burned from it so i gave it up. I've had blood tests done and was unfortunately allergic to practically everything. Keeping off the foods i found that irriated my skin for over two years i found my skin had cleared up alot, but being my age and keeping of sweets and staying away from animals is not easy so i stopped and cant seem to keep it up any more.
Try not to think of it and put you mind on other things, it will make it alot more easier to cope with. Dont let it get you down. If you do keep a diary and write your feeling in there or tell a close friend, its very helpful.
Well, good luck.
luv xxCharxx


p.s never tell anybody with eczema to stop scratching!!It will just annoy them and cause them to itch it more!



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hey, i'm back again. i have been reading a few of the other entries since i wrote mine.
At the moment i actually have two bandages on my wrists. They have seemed to flare up alot lately and it is unbareable so i have to itch it. i have tried a new cream that i used when i was a baby, called Sudocream.It has been kinda of a help.If you use it though i advice u not to put that much on because it turns your skin a nice shade of white!
I havnt been so down lately about my ezcema, my boyffriend has been a great help.If your feeling down, just listen to your favourite kind of music or talk to soeone who you know will be able to cheer you up. It really does help.
At nights i hav to wear long socks on my legs and bandages on my arms to stop me scratching, but as i am completly covered up i get very hot and end up scratching myself to bits ne way.So now i'm very tired.
Yet again to ne one else with ezcema i feel for you and i no what its like.
I'll write again soon.

Luv xxCharxx

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