Moan about my body and eczema fears

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misseaton
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by misseaton on Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:22 am

Moan about my body and eczema fears

Hey, I've just come across this site in a time wasting activity as I can't sleep from the eczema.
I used to have eczema as a child which went away aged 7 but it's come back since starting uni and gets much much worse at times of stress. I'm sorry to be a moan but does anyone have any tips on how to manage it? I'm having the worst flare up of my life and I hate it, I can't leave the flat unless I'm completely covered up and I hate the way it looks.
I'm scared it will never go away because aside from the physical pain and discomfort I can't bear the emotional side and hatred for the way it looks.
If anyone has any tips on covering up the eczema or getting rid of it that would be amazing.
Thank you!

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Marcie Mom
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by Marcie Mom on Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:02 am

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Sorry to hear of the eczema - stress is a trigger for some, for instance, students studying for exam seem to have eczema flareups more often. Apart from taking measures to control stress, how about exploring eczema clothing (to trap the moisturizer), bathing with chlorhexidine gluconate shower lotion (check out pharmacy) and making sure that the trigger is really stress.. Allergy test..Take care!
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