skin
So at the recommendation of fellow eczema sufferer, gavagirl, I purchased some Epilyt Oil off of amazon.com.
It works GREAT on my hands, arms, and legs. Definitely less itchy and it's starting to actually go away and not return. However, not so much for my face, which is where I actually care about how my skin looks. See, I have terrible eczema on my face, but it shows up as flaky, dry skin. All over my mouth, a patch on my jaw, a patch on my cheek, under and around both of my eyes, and there's a good half dollar sized patch on my forehead.
It helps a bit for my lips, but it doesn't have the same INSTANT SOFT effect that it does on the rest of my body. In fact, when I put it around my eyes, it BURNS like a motherfucker and my eyes get all puffy. This, strangely enough, also happened when I'd put vaseline on my eyes. I could use a corticosteroid on my eyes without issue, but doing that can cause cataracts. The only thing that has seemed to work for an all-over solution has been to take prednezone, which in turn makes me fucking crazy. Roid rage = teh sux!
So I'm not entirely sure how to proceed. I'm staying diligent with the oil on my face, because it does help, but only as a temporary fix. The skin on my face is usually flaked up again within three hours. Weirdly, it's only on my mouth and my eyes that it's so stubborn. The rest of my face has responded well to the oil.
In the end, I don't feel it was a waste of $12, since the rest of my body is finally getting some relief at least, and I like how soft it's making my hands.
There's two options left for me that I haven't tried yet: Licorice gel, which is TOUGH to find, and completely altering my diet. No fasting, as I've done enough research to know it's complete crap to "detoxify" your liver/kidneys, but I do believe it is possible to heal through food. Colorful food is particularly good, so eat your fruits and veggies! As far as your liver goes, it's a healing organ just like any other part of the body, so as long as you don't drink like a fish or smoke like a chimney or do any other poisonous substances on a regular basis, you should be fine.
Speaking of taking care of my liver, I probably am going to drink like a fish tonight (as my boss gave me two bottles of very nice wine today since he's cool like that), watch porn on the projector, and pass out with a bed full of boyfriend and kitties. It's shaping up to be a faaaabulous evening! I'm even going to attempt to cook a two bean rice veggie beef stew! We'll see how that one turns out, as I don't cook often. I'm not a terrible cook, but I don't cook enough to be any good at it right now. Hopefully the more wine I drink, the better I'll get (it doesn't make any sense, I know- just go with it).
Right. Time to go spam my resume out.
It works GREAT on my hands, arms, and legs. Definitely less itchy and it's starting to actually go away and not return. However, not so much for my face, which is where I actually care about how my skin looks. See, I have terrible eczema on my face, but it shows up as flaky, dry skin. All over my mouth, a patch on my jaw, a patch on my cheek, under and around both of my eyes, and there's a good half dollar sized patch on my forehead.
It helps a bit for my lips, but it doesn't have the same INSTANT SOFT effect that it does on the rest of my body. In fact, when I put it around my eyes, it BURNS like a motherfucker and my eyes get all puffy. This, strangely enough, also happened when I'd put vaseline on my eyes. I could use a corticosteroid on my eyes without issue, but doing that can cause cataracts. The only thing that has seemed to work for an all-over solution has been to take prednezone, which in turn makes me fucking crazy. Roid rage = teh sux!
So I'm not entirely sure how to proceed. I'm staying diligent with the oil on my face, because it does help, but only as a temporary fix. The skin on my face is usually flaked up again within three hours. Weirdly, it's only on my mouth and my eyes that it's so stubborn. The rest of my face has responded well to the oil.
In the end, I don't feel it was a waste of $12, since the rest of my body is finally getting some relief at least, and I like how soft it's making my hands.
There's two options left for me that I haven't tried yet: Licorice gel, which is TOUGH to find, and completely altering my diet. No fasting, as I've done enough research to know it's complete crap to "detoxify" your liver/kidneys, but I do believe it is possible to heal through food. Colorful food is particularly good, so eat your fruits and veggies! As far as your liver goes, it's a healing organ just like any other part of the body, so as long as you don't drink like a fish or smoke like a chimney or do any other poisonous substances on a regular basis, you should be fine.
Speaking of taking care of my liver, I probably am going to drink like a fish tonight (as my boss gave me two bottles of very nice wine today since he's cool like that), watch porn on the projector, and pass out with a bed full of boyfriend and kitties. It's shaping up to be a faaaabulous evening! I'm even going to attempt to cook a two bean rice veggie beef stew! We'll see how that one turns out, as I don't cook often. I'm not a terrible cook, but I don't cook enough to be any good at it right now. Hopefully the more wine I drink, the better I'll get (it doesn't make any sense, I know- just go with it).
Right. Time to go spam my resume out.