Eczema

[Brenda Starrr]

You will not believe this......

I have Eczema. On my wedding ring finger. That's the only place that I have it. It sucks. I would like suggestions on the treatment of it, because I'm not going to stop wearing my wedding rings.

Thanks to all who can give me decent, honest help. And no, I'm not having it amputated.

[JaneDead]

well, there is no "treatment" exactly. if you have it, you have it.

you should go to the dr and get some cream for it and use eucerin too.

[JaneDead]

oh and at least you only have it there! lucky. me and my kids have it in lots of places. sucks.

[Homicidalheathen]

Well, you might be developing a metal allergy......

[Brenda Starrr]

Well, you might be developing a metal allergy......

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But I was wearing it on my other finger for a while, due to the irritation. It didn't bother me there. I can't go without my wedding rings. Besides, they're just so gorgeous that I don't want to go without them.

[kellygrrrrrl]

They say that UV rays help...get some sun...or if not sun, lay in a bed maybe once every few months.

I go every now and then to help keep my skin cleared up.

During the winter I'll get really stubbon acne on my face, and after I go to the booth it clears it right up.

[Brenda Starrr]

They say that UV rays help...get some sun...or if not sun, lay in a bed maybe once every few months.

I go every now and then to help keep my skin cleared up. 

During the winter I'll get really stubbon acne on my face, and after I go to the booth it clears it right up.

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But that requires possibly getting tan.

Dammit.....

[kellygrrrrrl]

Silly Rabbit....

You only gotta go for maybe a few minutes every couple weeks/month or so....

You won't get tan....you might get a "Little" color....which can look very healthy!

Unless you get a crazy super bed then a few minutes can make a big diff!

[Brenda Starrr]

I'm part Italian. It doesn't take much for me to get color. Tanning is sooooooo bad in any amount.

[kellygrrrrrl]

hmmmm....

Maybe some moisturizer? :whistling :whistling :whistling

A friend of mine had it really bad.....

He used to tan for it.

I also saw a program on the health/Discovery etc.. some little girl had it so badly it was so crippling to her that the town came together and bought her a home tanning bed...it was one of those happy ending stories! =)

I love Italians! Sexy Sexy Sexy!

[Brenda Starrr]

Brenda Starrr+German, Irish, and Italian.

I just wish that treatment didn't involve tanning. IF that's even what it is. Once my insurance kicks in this July, I'm going to have it looked at.

[kellygrrrrrl]

At leaste it's ONLY On your finger.....

My friend had it so bad, mostly on his scalp, he had bloody patches all over, and flakey flakes all over....

Poor guy.

=(

They say stress is a cause too......

Not smoking will cause MUCH stress....I'm sure you know. :doh

[honeymustard02]

Hehe maybe you can just stick your hand in the bed. Then you'd only have one little tan part and pale all the rest.

[Head Wreck]

wouldnt that look odd?

i get eczema only with prolonged exposure to what i'm allergic to. try to mimimise contact. take the ring of and put it safe when in house, put it on to go out.

reducing exposure helped me. unf it meant i had to get rid of my very agrophobic cat when i was younger

[Aralis]

I have it on my legs and I sometimes get patches on my arms. It gets the worst in the winter. I try to put lotion on everyday and that seems to help some. I got it so bad one winter on my leg that there is a scar there now. The pigment is messed up or something and the skin has a red mark on it. YAY.

Yes sun exposure and good lotion helps alot.

[pomba gira]

I have a lot of trouble with excema/dermatitis, mostly allergy-related. If you try a moisturizer, make sure it's fragrance-free and preferably doesn't contain mineral oil or petrolatum. Here are some products I've had success with:

Dudu-Osun African Black Soap

Dr. Burt's Res-Q Ointment (Burt's Bees)

Country Comfort Herbal Savvy, Goldenseal-Myrrh

Shea butter (REAL, raw shea butter- NOT some lotion or "body butter" with 2% shea)

Aveeno products, or anything with a decent amount of colloidal oatmeal, are good also. Careful label-reading is in order if it's not Aveeno.

Tea tree oil is best for fungus-related conditions, but works for other skin troubles also

When you get any kind of dermatitis on your hands/fingers, you want to look at what you've been putting them into lately. Maybe a new dish detergent or cleaning product? It could be something like that, with the localization 'cos the ring is exacerbating it.

[LuluVox]

My sister has had it horribly all her life (she was born with it behind her ears), so badly that some of the fingerprints on her fingers go away sometimes. She uses a LOT of Cortizone-10 cream.

[Steven]

you might want to try something that can be foundat a local healthfood store: Oregano Oil (Hissop Oil).

get the stuff that comes in a little dropper bottle with a blue sticker on it.

its stanky. but it kills all kinds of funk.

[Onyx]

My daughter has eczema. There is a lot of confusion about what it actually is. It's not an infection. It's more like an allergic reaction.

Her school thought she was contagious and I had to get a note from her doc. Poor kid. I have been watching her diet more carefully and she hasn't had a flareup in awhile.

It is much worse whenever she's exposed to allergens and worse in winter when the air is dry. Home humidifiers help in winter and lots of moisturizers and occasional steroid cream (but be careful about the steroids - don't overuse them and save them for the worst flareups).

I've tried prescriptions but what seems to work best is shea butter (the pure stuff without the preservatives or perfumes). It's messy but very soothing. It will often clear most of it up overnight.

[Brenda Starrr]

I think (for starters) that I'll go to the health food store and get some pure shea butter. It can't hurt.....

[Head Wreck]

chickweed ointment is the best i find