Eczema on eyelid - anyone got experience/knowledge please?

[lannistunut]

Hi, I thought maybe someone here might be able to help - my DH has eczema on his eyelid - at least the doctor says it is eczema. Doctor was unwilling to prescribe anything due to where the eczema is, but the eyelid is very itchy.

Does anyone have any suggestions for what to use as a general barrier/relief - would just vaseline be OK?

Chemist was also unable to advise due to it being near the eye. It may just clear up by itself in time, but it looks pretty angry at the moment.

I've used vaseline before when I had excema on my eyelid - little and often through the day. It worked really well and cleared up quite quickly.

I get recurring eczema on one shin and have been using a cream containing manuka, tea tree and neem and it's helping a great deal. Nothing else worked and it drove me mad for ages.

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Thank you both for replying.

I guess everyone has to go through a trial and error process? DH has never used anything on his face fullstop so probably all his skin is quite dry already.

Re trial and error, yes. I tried Vaseline, E45 cream, some stuff by Moo Goo, Burgess Lion Ointment and now this latest one with the neem, manuka and tea tree and it's the only one which has really helped. OH also uses it for one of his troubles and finds it very good.

I used to use a very weak steroid cream when I had eyelid eczema. But that was 20 years ago, and the doctor prescribed it.

The best thing I found other than that (although I never used it on my eye) was bee propolis cream from Forever Living. (Yes it's an MLM but it worked)
Vaseline also helped.

E45 used to burn my fingers so I wouldn't want it near my face!

Hi I get this on my eyelids and it goes from itchy red and swollen to stingy. I've found (only this week) that hydromol or lansinoh (lanolin nipple cream!) really help. Think it's the barrier as much as anything.

E45 used to burn my fingers

That's interesting. Do you know what ingredient caused that?

I'm not sure, but at the time I read something about lanolin and eczema.

My eczema cleared up around the time my ex left. Maybe he was the cause

Try a hydrocortisone cream (not recommended but needs must). I had awful round the eye eczema for so long it was a nightmare, nothing worked. In the end I was prescribed protopic which cleared it up in a matter of days.
Plus make sure he uses a decent emollient, I had some sort of lard type thing (that's what it looked like not actual lard)

Try soaking some oats in tepid water and then soaking a cotton wool pad in the oat milk and have him put it on his closed eyes. It really helps.

Doc told me it could be a fungal thing, and to use a shampoo like nizoral at the front of the hair, then let it wash off over my face with eyes closed. It works very quickly for me.

I was also prescribed a 0.25% hydrocortisone cream to put a tiny tiny amount on the eyelid when it is unbearable.

I use aveeno daily moisture cream, it seems to keep any and all skin issues at bay. When I don't bother I will get flare ups.

Look up blepharitis too

I was advised to do this for DS when he had such bad eczema on his eyelids that they were all crazed like a broken windscreen! They also suggested Aveeno cream which is made with oats.

My eczema cleared up around the time my ex left

Yeah, mine flares up when I'm a bit stressed or run down. I'd imagine an ex could do that.

currently yes. I was supposed to be using protopic (non steroidal) but it was irritating me itself so I emailed the dermatologist again and she said I can use the trimovate she'd already prescribed for very sore wet eczema on chest. it's helping. don't be afraid of actual treatment. Vaseline and E45 aren't that

I used to have this very badly. If I feel the itch starting I use Eucerin face cream before it takes hold - it will sting but only the first time and for a few mins. If it takes hold, I use 1% hydrocortisone, my dermatologist told me it's ok for short periods of time. You'll have to lie to the chemist about where it's for to get it though....

Touch wood I haven't had it for years now. Things I've changed - silk pillowcase and no milk (I still have cheese and occasional cream but no lattes etc

I get this if I wear eye shadow too often. Teeny tiny bit of otc 1% hydrocortisone. All the doctors and pharmacists will say no not on the eyes but it's always been fine. Just don't tell the nice pharmacy person it's for your eyelids when you are buying it

Protopic was a game changer for me. It itches even worse for 48 hours and then the miracles happen!

I used to have this and put cold used teabags on them straight out the fridge cooled it right down

I'm hoping I am not the cause!

Really appreciate all these ideas, I am going to pass them over and he can start working his way through the list in whatever order he likes, I knew there must be loads of people with good ideas.

I get it horrifically on my eyelids & I just use the big tub of epaderm ointment (the lard like stuff)

Odd that the “eczema” is on one eyelid. Usually eczema affects both eyelids at once. I am leaning towards the poster that suggested something fungal. I’d ask for daktorin.

Second this, burns and itches like crazy but really works, I use this with a flare up & then the epaderm ointment day to day. Although I found GP was only willing to prescribe this when instructed by dermatologist

I have had this on and off during the last 7 years. In my case it has always been caused by an allergic reaction to something (hair dye, make up, moisturiser, even my glasses at one point due to a nickel allergy). If it doesn’t clear quickly i would really recommend just paying for a skin allergy test if you can afford it - quicker than waiting for the NHS. You can be allergic to the least obvious things -like nickel on keys/coins - and transfer the allergen from your hands to your eyelids really easily so it doesn’t necessarily have to be something he’s putting directly on his face if that makes sense. Every time I’ve gone cold turkey with a suspected product it’s cleared up. If I didn’t avoid the allergen then no amount of emollients or even low dose hydrocortisone would stop it. Hope it clears up for him soon, it’s a hugely frustrating thing to suffer with!

Fungal is what he/we assumed at first but the GP said not when asked specifically. It is awful now going to a GP for something little, feel bloody guilty! The pharmacist said they couldn't advise.

When I developed eye eczema about 6 or so years ago, Dr Organic Honey Cream cleared it up, but I've seen that recent reviews say the consistency has changed, so it might not have the same results now. It was amazing then; I have no idea why my eyes became affected. That honey cream was something I kept seeing on blogs, and it sorted it out in days, and it never came back.