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Excema (?) on eye?

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user1465146157 · 30/08/2021 13:59

I had a sore, itchy, sort of scaly/dry patch on my eye lid - not only looked awful but was just annoying and itchy and getting irritated.
A GP didn't see it but over the phone prescribed a hydrocortisone cream- after about 5 days it worked and the patch went

Around a month later it's back and I think I have another patch under my eye now, it's more on my face but a similar irritated itch - although looks a different shape and it more raised and red.

I've tried the cream on that now as well as the original patch and hope it works like last time

My concern is what is this and why is it returning? And are both patches the same issue? I thought maybe excema but I don't know

Any thoughts appreciated!

OP posts:
Lentil63 · 30/08/2021 14:35

Hydrocortisone is a mild steroid, steroids thin your skin. If it is eczema you have (and that sounds likely) please ask about Protopic. Only a Dr can diagnose you.

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