After two weeks of really horrible hand eczema, my right
hand middle finger got so bad that it hurt and woke me up in the middle of the
night. Even in my dreams I was scratching my hand and searching for eczema
relief. The Apple cider vinegar was giving me some relief and did eliminate the
mild eczema but I finally had to give in and use the steroid cream. Two days
after starting the steroid cream I was able to sleep through the night and
while my skin looks flaky and super dry the blisters are disappearing. This is what my finger looks like today:
There are a few things that are probably to blame for the bad flare-up. I am a graduate student
currently working on a dissertation so stress is a constant. In addition, a
week ago I cleaned the vacuum filter, and cleaned and dusted my entire apartment
without using gloves. I am very clean and organized but I do clean everything
once a week. In the part I have not noticed a correlation between cleaning and
eczema flare-ups but in this instance I think the cleaning, especially the dust
exacerbated the eczema.
A couple of days ago, I was going crazy and just waned to
rip the skin from my hand. It’s an awful feeling and I am so glad that it’s finally
getting better. I know that I have to be careful with the prescribes steroid creme but I am SO happy to have it, it really saved my week.
From now on, I am going to stop using the steroid cream and
focus on moisturizing. I’ve been trying several different hand lotions.
Including: The Body Shop’s Almond Hand and Nail Butter, Aveda Hand relief,
Eucerin’s Intensive Repair, Nivea crème, and L’Occitane en Provence’s Dry Shea
Butter Skin Hand Cream. I am trying each one more at least a couple of weeks
and I will post full reviews once I am done trying them all. In the past I have
used Burt’s Bees Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Crème and Boots Expert Sensitive
Moisture Boots Hand Cream. The Boots Expert worked great but Target always
seemed to be out of it so I decided to try something new. So far I have to say
that I really enjoy some of the creams but L’Occitane and Nivea are my current
favorites and at the moment I am using Nivea crème.
Hopefully, my right hand will be back to normal soon!
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