Just to share with you guys
steroid addiction
now I stop using steroid for one week already
Now my face is dry and peeling
Other parts of my body like arm, neck, upper chest, groin area also have red patches.
I'm oso having some herbal medicine.
When my skin is dry I have to use moisturizer like qv cream and vaseline.
The website says tht the withdrawal period can last for 6 to 24 months. I dono how to work like this.

Now I found tht if I apply vaseline, my skin will become smelly n like soft (like after dip inside bathtub for long time) after a while. It will become dirty if I Don clean it for some time so I better stop using it. Qv cream works best for me but the downside is it is expensive and will disappear quite fast so have to keep apply it. Now gonna try aques cream.

I can suggest you to apply this product, Green Tea Oil from Unicity.. Made and Patented in Japan by Unicity International, USA.

First in the world Green Tea Oil for skin and hair treatment.

100% Natural. Some information about the product:

Need to spend a bit for toiletries for product such as Cetaphyl. I think Simple is a cheaper option. Actually products free from fragrance..

How does it work for you?
Nope, but my roommate have eczema too, so sometimes I do some research to help her by giving suggestions 

im a sufferer myself been like since primary till working age (>15 years). typically you can only suppress eczema, it will come back on and off when you got something to trigger it (seafood intake, allergens etc).

So far I tried for bathing : Oilatium plus (soak or soap type), polytar (soap), moogoo soap (some australian brand for eczema) and cetaphil.

oilment : those moisturizer cream when skin is dry, if skin is weeping and damage(reddish) due to scratch (fucicort @steroid based) and elomet @steroid based for reddish and inflamed skin. Not advisable to keep using steroid cream as they will cause some pigmentation (applied area will have diff colour, mine was whiter), fast healing but as ppl say, steroids is not good in long run.)

Also tried the fast method, checking to hospital under dermatologist monitoring, daily intake of oral steroids, soaking with oilatium plus, steroid cream(3x perday) and bandage the affected area preventing the cream from being rubbed off, around 1-1.5 weeks will clear all the eczema spots. Downside, only last for sometime before eczema flares up again.

surprisingly mine was triggered in humid condition and if sweat alot + dust. During my stay in aus, hardly get any eczema flaring up, once reach malaysia, within a month or 2 already started back.

nowadays i just live with it, when it goes real bad then only will use steroid cream to control it.  Also eating olivenol plus tablets. So far only affect mostly leg now.

you can try doing patch test(they put some stuff/chemical(those you're in contact daily) on the skin and stick it for one week on your back) to see which things you're allergic to and blood test for those food stuff and other things.

i kena eczema also.usually happen near my nose and behind my ear, consult pharmacist and they ask me to take below cream;

1st pharmacy :

-candacort cream (anti fungal and candical infection, inflmmatory symptom and itching)

2nd pharmacy:

-H-Cort ointment (suppresion of skin disease )
1st clinic (from my company panel clinc..got it for free)
doctor said this is dermatitis eczema(what is this??)

-Isoradin cream.
so i want to ask, which one is better to prevent this eczema?

Testimony for eczema sufferers. Before and after pictures available upon request. tks.
Clinical Trial: Alkaline Water and Eczema

The following study was conducted by Prof. Tamura Tatsuji, Keifuku Rehabilitation Center:

“Let me introduce a patient who recovered from skin disease after consuming the antioxidant water. This patient suffered 10 years of eczema and could not be cured effectively even under specialist treatment.

This patient, who is 70 years of age, is the president of a vehicle spare parts company. After the war, his lower limbs suffered acute eczema, which later became chronic. He was repeatedly treated in a specialist skin hospital.

The left limb responded well to treatment, but not so on the right limb. He suffered severe itchiness, which, when scratched led to bleeding.

During the last 10 years, he was seen and treated by many doctors. When I first examined him, his lower limb around the joints was covered with vesicles. Weeping occurred owing to serum exuding from the vesicles.

I advised him to try consuming antioxidant water. He bought a unit and consumed the antioxidant water religiously and used the acidic water to bathe the affected areas.

After 2 weeks of treatment the vesicles dried up. The eczema completely cleared without any relapse after 1½ month."

my doctor did said the same thing. can also be trigger by stress. yes i stress a lot. ..owh ya, i just had my appointment with doctor a few days back and he said my eczema is this type;

http://dermnetnz.org/dermatitis/seborrhoeic-dermatitis.html

b4 this i always sleep late 2-3am.sometime 4am..now already start my sleep at 11.30 and woke up at 7.30..i've learned my lesson 

how worst bro? mine last time at eyebrow also got scalp,around my nose and at back of my ear and also my forehead totally reddish..quite pain and a bit malu to go out to public area... i use this medicine, totally good.just go to pharmacy and ask for silenium sulfide lotion..take the one with most s.sulfide..a bottle cost rm15-rm20.

sorry to hear that bro, enuf to make me sked ..hm, how about the food you eat? are you allergics to any food?

no more peanut butter for me.

when did you start having this eczema? mind started this year, never had this kind of problem before in my 24 years of life. 

Aiyo, U got money to buy ka? Expensive tau. Call Connie 0127003361 to test lah. It is free.
Say I ask you to contact her. (Applies to anyone reading this.). You know hat acid ph2.5 is used for ka? aiyo. lol.

I stopped corticosteroids because of the side effects. i take antihistamines sometimes at night if it's extremely itchy. And yeah, I try not to take them frequently. Never tried aspirin before. Does it reduce the itch also or just the inflammation on the skin?
And, another really important thing is that we NEED to make sure that our nails are SHORT!! It is extremely important as it will reduce greatly the effect of scratching (if you do scratch because of the itch).

I wanted to try aspirin. However my sister (she's a final year medical student) said that, aspirin might give immediate relieve but is not good in the long run for people with eczema. So now, i'm on the fence..... 

My sister doesn't have eczema. I do actually. I have papular eczema, which is a type of atopic dermatitis. She was just advising me. I've been having it for more than 2 years now. Currently i'm not on any medicines. Except if it's too itchy, i take anti-histamines. I'm on a vegetarian diet. I rub olive oil all over to soothe my skin a little. Going to try coconut oil soon.

Any new suggestion?

1. How long you clean your room once?
  once a week

2. Type of fabrics for most of your clothes
    cotton

3. Brand of your shower cream and shampoo
  using oilatum soap, Clairol herbal essence shampoo

4. Temperature/humidity of your living environment(if got working, please list your working place too)
    at home it's normal room temperature, working & studying place is fully air cond

5. What time you sleep and what time you need to get up for work(if any)
  i used to sleep late and wake up early (if i have something to do). but nowadays i'm trying to sleep by 11pm and getting up by 8 am since i read someone saying that sleeping early helps. and it really does help. i do sleep better now.

For atopic type:

1. Antihistamine not effective for your case, it making you drowsy and it wont aid you for better sleep quality.
  Surprisingly, so far, no anti histamines make me drowsy. Even chlorpheniramine doesn't make drowsy 

2. Olive oil is OK, but not so effective, try Vaseline.
    tried vaseline but it's a bit too messy for me. olive is more manageable and lost longer on my skin.

I really understand the sudden itch. I still have it sometimes. It used to be really bad. I used to scratch so much. I hope you get to adjust your sleeping time and that your condition improves. i really hope so.