Ezcema on eyelids

[MrsC2006]

Hi, I use Dermalex on my face and hands as I get very dry and sensitive skin but my eyelids won't tolerate it. Does anyone have any suggestions what else I can use on my eyelids for the dry skin there? I am allergic to Lanolin so can't use E45 and the only other thing I can use is Hydrocortisone 1% but I don't to use this every time I get a patch of dry skin. Any ideas please? Thanks

You have my sympathy - I've had this so badly over the summer, tiredness and hayfever have made it so much worse! I got rid of it using Diprobase around my eyes (which I think is free from lanolin?) and not wearing makeup. I just had to get into the habit of making sure my eyes didn't dry up. It took a while, but it seems to have done the trick.

Thanks I will try that. I hardly wear make up at all it just seems to come and go by itself.
Does anyone else have any suggestions?

I slap Vaseline or any petroleum jelly all over my eyelids at night and it helps soothe my eyelid eczema and keep any major flare ups at bay.

Occasionally get protopic prescribed by the GP for the eyelids when it’s really bad, it’s steroid free so not as dangerous as using hydrocortisone frequently.

I found just leaving the bedroom window open every night helped my eyelids so much.

I used lush dream cream on mine once, and despite it being a cure all for any other part of the body it was so painful when it got in my eyes so no recommendations for cream here.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I'm also a fan of using Vaseline and I have been using Avene skin recovery cream in the day as Vaseline is just too heavy.

Just use the steroid cream. It really won't hurt you at 1%. I've been using strong steroids for 10 years. Doctors just scare people so they don't glob it on every day.

Vaseline would make my skin worse! For general soothing, and if it's not a bad flare-up, I generally use cold-pressed virgin coconut oil. The merest scraping (if it's set) or teeniest dab (if it's liquid). The rule of thumb is if it makes my skin shiny I've used too much.

If the coconut oil doesn't help, or if it's a bad flare-up, I don't hesitate to use hydrocortisone ointment (not cream) and just say "No" when the pharmacist asks if it's for my face. After all, the one I used to get on prescription was double the strength of the OTC one.

Thanks I will try Vaseline and coconut oil. I have been using hydrocortisone for nearly 20 years as needed and I had a bad flare up on my hand recently and the GP gave me a lecture about using the hydrocortisone so much so I thought I would try to use it less. I just can't find something that doesn't cause a reaction but maybe Vaseline or coconut oil will work as they are not creams.

I used use the steroid cream once a day, and vaseline over night.
I've been exzema free for about 10 years now. Interestingly that coincides with DCs dad leaving too. But suggesting you kick your DH/P out if you have one seems a little extreme