Something Under Your Skin

Some say Eczema is due to something getting under your skin.

I defo have a number of issues / concerns getting under my skin

Am so glad to have finally got one of those issues to the surface and passed it on.

Skin already feels psychologically better :)

Dead Skin On the Bed

.... am sure that should feature in a hard rock song.....

Many look at the skin on their body

I look at the skin on the bed and am amazed

Everyday, since December, I have scratched off an amount of skin every night. In the morning I awaken to small puddles "puddles" of skin.

I air my bedding out every day, shaking out the skin and imagine it is a feast for the bugs waiting on the lawn.

Even when it rains, I go outside to shake out my sheets.

I look forward to the day when my skin is smooth and I can find very little dead skin on my bed

Foods That Make Me Hot

For the last couple of nights I've been hot. Maybe woman issues or maybe things am eating.

Notably on the Friday night had a lot of cheese and rich food; on Saturday night had a lot of foods high in fat: corn on the cob dripped in butter; greasy fried noodles; greasy eggs; chips with lots of butter. My liver was having a hard time and I oozed heat at night.....sweat.... and itchy skin.

So no more fatty foods and cheese for me!

You Scratching? Don't Touch It

You wanna scratch cos you felt your skin and it feels rough?

You wanna scratch cos your skin feels a little bit itchy?

You scratching cos you ain't felt your skin for a wee while?

You scratching cos you feeling a little bit clammy?

Then it's time to rap?

My Eyes and Catch Up

 In 2020, my mother suggested I try Lutein. 

This appears to have worked to reduce the eye irritation and hence me scratching the surrounding skin and causing poor skin health. The skin around my eyes are now great :)

At the end of 2020, the skin on my back decided to ..... well I have no idea how that happened...

...then it went back to the arms, front, groin, now legs and neck.... oh and parts of my scalp.It is end of August and I have let things get a wee bit out of control. So much has been happening despite Covid.

At least I can appreciate that the skin around my eyes is great :)

So what is happening. I have noted that am clammy in the night and appears due to when I have creamed myself. Just before bed and my body is sweating. Never used to happen so I combine this with being a certain age and hormones going awol. Haven't killed the other person in my life, so at least the mood swings are not sooo bad.

What else is helping?

1. Sunlight & Hydration are my top 

2. Sleep (if I can get it but the itching is keeping me up). 

3. STOP touching the bad skin and focus on the lovely good skin. Everytime I touch the bad skin, I want to scratch it off. So have to find things for my hands.

4. Try to have a a good proper exercise sweat every now and then. It feels totally cleansing. A spin class helped calm my skin.

5. Take a cold shower / or end with cold water at the end of a shower

Though I did do a naughty thing and ate loads of dorito chips at my Aunt's. I ripped my neck up and dug holes into my back. Oh well sometimes have to be stupid to become wiser!

Taking Oil of Evening Primrose and Starflower Oil and this certainly again seems to be calming things.

So where ever you are, who ever you are, it may seem bad but keep your mind focused on what has healed and the nice parts.  Let's do it :)

What Is Happening to My Eyes?

My eyes have been red and irritated for so long. An itchiness below the left eye has now been around for sooo many years. It goes away when am in the sun.

Watching something and looks like what I have - periorbital dermatitis
https://www.facebook.com/kerwinrae/videos/572651766905444/

Maybe it goes away when am in the right place and it returns when am out of place.... hm

Making Environments Less Conducive to Eczema Outbreaks and Itching

House Dust 

House dust aggrevates my eczema and can only think this might be due to the dust mites. Of course the obvious solution is to ensure the environment is as dust free as possible. Seems am okay with other types of dust. Perhaps house dust has too much human skin circulating with it.

Dampness 

Many sufferers will tell you sunlight, sand and sea have been helpful in reducing eczema symptoms and thus the skin begins to heal.  Of course there will also be the exceptions. My cousin has recently found sunlight makes her skin erupt in rashes.....

However I now wonder about that.

I had a eureka moment. Had been in an environment that was damp and cold. My skin is great in the cold without the heating, so I continued living in this place for a week without the heating on. Unfortunately I was breaking out in rash spots and thought it was due too diet.

Back in my own home, the outbreak of eczema that I had in the other place worsened. It was always itchiest after a hot shower and getting into a cold bed during winter.

As I reflected, one thing I had noticed was the dampness of my skin and this was before digging into the epidermal layer.

Solutions

1. Make sure the room is dry. Have invested in a dehumidifier and this makes a difference to the room environment.

2. Make sure have had a wash way ahead of bed time. Previously a warm body getting into a cold bed would mean there is a certain amount of condensation being formed (that's what I think). Hence having a wash ahead of time means the body has had time to cool down.

3. Make sure the sheets have been warmed on a radiator before getting into bed. I sleep on the floor so it's pretty easy to warm up the bedding on a radiator without too much work.  Again as in the previous point - my body + warmed up bedding makes it easier to create a non-condensing environment in bed.

So now I wonder if my cousin's sudden allergy to sunlight could also be due to dampness on her skin and perhaps talcum powder might help her.