the person who wore gloves for eczema...still here?

Re: the person who wore gloves for eczema...still here?

• llc730 member

  November 2011

  Yes, I am still here. I actually didn't do anything to keep the water out besides just try to keep my hands above my waist as much as possible. What you are really trying to protect your hands from is the shampoo. It has chemicals in it that strip oil (which is great for your hair but awful for your hands). I definitely had a couple trouble spots that took quite a while to go away (my worst was my left ring finger which is why I only wear my rings out in public). It sounds like you are doing the right things. Just keep at it.

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• jmb527 member

  November 2011

  I am so glad to read this, my eczema has gotten so bad on my hands in the past few months and I have never thought of the shampoo thing and wearing gloves for everything you mentioned. I don't know anyone IRL that has eczema like I do. I always get asked what is wrong with me. I didn't mind it as much when it was on my arms and legs, but the hands are the worst!

  
  
  
  

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• Lena975

  November 2011

  I have never had eczema before in my life until this year.  It was all over my legs and arms.  I tried just about everything I could think of (I don't have health insurance)  I tried Eucerin, some eczema cream, a prescription my mom has for eczema, etc.  Finally what worked for me was using Vaseline at night in bed and Gold Bond medicaided lotion during the day.  I haven't met anyone who has had it this bad.  Any helpful hints on how to help with the scarring I now have?  It's not that bad on my arms but my legs are terrible.  If it get it again I will keep in mind the gloves thing.  Is that something that should be done to also prevent it from occurring?  I do NOT want this to come back, I had had it since September and just now managed to get it to go away with the exception of the scars.

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• groovygrl member

  December 2011

  Hi all- sorry didn't get a chance to re-check this until now!

  Thanks to the person who replied to me in the past- good point re the shampoo but I am also trying to prevent water, my derm pretty much said that water strips moisture terribly as well which is what I was trying to focus on - I guess I'll just resign to the fact that some water will get in...

  2nd poster, hope you can use some of these tips- to be honest, I wish I'd done it earlier, I don't know why I was hesitant. I had trouble finding the gloves for sleeping and was looking around & asking about them and then when I went to get hte nonlatex ones for showering/facewashing, lo & behold, the white gloves were right next to them at CVS even though I had asked a bunch of ppl who worked there if they carried them & they said no. Sigh. I bought 4 pairs so I can swap out for washing every few days.

  It has helped TREMENDOUSLY other than this damn pinky finger. I have to use an occlusive dressing on that to help- I put on the steroid cream, then some aquaphor & wrap a really big bandaid around the whole finger and leave it there for a full day & things feel better.

  last poster- I also did not get this until the last year. I don't have scarring, as this is only only fingers/back of hands & the pinky is the only resistant area but I think I could see the pinky scarring a bit (the skin has definitely thickened)...not really sure what to do about that, sorry  Good luck!

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