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cokolatcoco
I've had eczema for as for as long as I can remember. Sigh! :(
It's so frustrating most of the time as I'm not able to wear shorts and so on. Sometimes when I think my skin is getting better, it gets worse again... It's irritating to...
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Written on March 8th, 2013
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gritzngretyl
I've had eczema for years now, and it's always made me depressed, but recently it's gotten worse. I'm writing this at 4am, because it has kept me up itching. I feel embarrassed to start relationships now because I don't want to get...
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Written on June 16th, 2013
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fien
I scratch.
Whenever I'm tense, I feel like scratching.
And then I start scratching in sleep.
Sometimes, my wrist is itchy and I scratch when I sleep.
And then I start to bleed.
And my father advise me to cover it with bandage and...
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Written on March 17th, 2013
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internalarts
After my daughter was born with eczema, I was strongly motivated to help her avoid harsh medicines if at all possible. I know eczema and other skin conditions can be extremely difficult to deal with and experience and I did not want her...
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Written on February 19th, 2008
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LikeAPrayer
I get bumps and rashes that come for a while, go away and come back. They are itchy, red and ugly! I even get it on my eyes sometimes :(.
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Written on April 28th, 2013
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cargocatch
I am 46 and started getting eczema about 10 years ago. I'm sure it was a combination of stress, diet, lack of exercise, not enough water, or bad water, etc...
When it's on my stomach, behind my knees or on my arms at the elbow area, I...
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Written on April 21st, 2013
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BambiPie
Finally my skin is healing, no more itchiness no more dry rough skin no more sleepless nights. The world seems like a better place now that Im not busy scratching myself lol.
With the eczema gone I can see that I actually have...
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Written on March 8th, 2012
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accomplice
I had a miserable childhood. I never, until now, associated that misery with the itchy bumps that were all over my feet. They were on the side of my foot, sometimes, on the soles, on the tops of my toes, between my toes, and to some...
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Written on June 11th, 2011
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WunderWoman
I hate my eczema. I dont know what in the world has happened lately but my ezcema has gotten soooo bad right above my upper lip and on my cheeks and lower forehead.. Nothing is helping... I am unsure as waht to do...
I am going...
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Written on January 10th, 2007
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anonymous429
I've had eczema since I was around 4 or 5( I am 18 going on 19 now). It was pretty hard for me to understand why I had it. It started getting worse around the time I was 8. That was when I needed to change my lifestyle, watch what I eat...
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Written on April 5th, 2013
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Life96
I have Eczema which is atopic dermatitis. It is everywhere on my body and I hate it. I am a sophomore in high school and I'm on the cheerleading team, and the tennis team. I hate wearing the uniform because it shows my ugly skin. I...
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Written on March 24th, 2013
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vikkie1993
When I was 6 months old I was diagnosed woth eczema, as a baby and toddler it was really bad pretty much head to toe. In primary school I had to miss outPE lessons because I couldnt run as it was under my arms and legs and often I had...
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Written on April 21st, 2010
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Eowyn1984
Hello everyone,
This is my first post here. Well anyways, I was diagnosed with eczema about 2 years ago, although now that I think back I think I started developing it years ago. When I was a teenager, I would often wake up with my...
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Written on April 3rd, 2013
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worriedforbro
I just developed dyshidrotic eczema. From what I know so far this is a type of eczema that affects the hands and feet. At first I thought it was just a couple really small callouses on my fingers, I didn't notice any on my...
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Written on December 14th, 2007
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blackpepperfox
Okay I have Eczema. My mom told me I had it when I was a baby all over my body. But I didn't know the whole time.
So this been happening for like a year now. And I think it's my fault. Okay I don't really know how it all started. I...
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Written on May 13th, 2013
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pearlscale
I do not care if anyone reads this but I am just going to post this. I had atopic eczema since I was a child. By then, I was so young and carefree, that I did not realise the consequences of my own skin. I was covered in scabs from head...
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Written on October 15th, 2011
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txgeekgirl
My son suffers from severe eczema. He has open patches on his arms, legs, back, face, hips and chest. I often liken his legs to "molten lava" because its patches on patches, hard, read, swollen, open, and just...
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Written on December 30th, 2008
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anonymous429
I've had eczema since I was around 4 or 5( I am 18 going on 19 now). It was pretty hard for me to understand why I had it. It started getting worse around the time I was 8. That was when I needed to change my lifestyle, watch what I eat...
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Written on April 5th, 2013
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bublina
I post this story because I see that many people joining this group have been irriated by eczema for many years. I am almost healed after 10 years of continuous flare ups. So I hope this advice will help other persons, as well. I cured...
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Written on August 7th, 2011
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avataress
I have had eczema ever since I was a child. I understand that eczema, like many of the other ailments I suffer, are often caused by psychological disturbances, or at least these disturbances play a part in the causation and cure of...
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Written on April 5th, 2006
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