excema on eyelids/face - any recommendations?

[lilacsky89]

No idea where is the correct place to post this but was hoping for some recommendations on products that work will with excema on face?
Currently using aquaphor but it isn't doing much for my excema that I get around my mouth and on my eyelids.

Thank you

Epimax oatmeal cream is fantastic. Really moisturising but lightweight and sinks in nicely.

I have used the child’s farm moisturiser, I bought it in Tesco. It was gentle and I was fed up of using steroids on my face. It cleared up the eczema around my eyelid within a week.

La Roche posay cicaplast Baumé - they do a lighter gel if the cream is too rich for you

Epaderm ointment is the only thing that’s ever worked on my eczema eyelids. https://www.boots.com/epaderm-ointment-125g-10128339?cm_mmc=bmm-buk-google-ppc--PLAs--Health_Pharmacy-_-UK_Smart_Shopping_Health_Pharmacy_Google&gbraid=0AAAAADrIajVQKCOzfg3n_StuEP8C-ZF2R&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnMWkBhDLARIsAHBOftpNxs_t1AlbySPSPOF9h_ECuIxKsdC745ua4EjdXdWjS8zhpgxTZ3UaAn5uEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I’ve noticed I only seem to get it in hay fever season and have started taking anti-histamines, it really seems to help.

Then only thing that works for my son’s eczema, including eyelids, is the original Aveeno cream. Not the lotion or the she’s butter version. The cream with green label

I am dealing with this at the moment. My GP has prescribed a cream to use very sparingly but also recommended La Roche Posay Lipikar, which I am finding better than the Cicaplast recommended above (which I was previously using). I'll let you know how it goes over the next few days.

I wouldn’t use anything at all initially except water (possibly a little salty water) on a cotton pad. Then maybe a little Vaseline. You could be allergic to any one of the products that you’re already using, have been prescribed by the doctor or are recommended by others. The only way to stop further irritation initially will be to withdraw all products.

Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream

Hydrocortisone

Try the La Roche Posay ones, I’ve used them with irritated eyes and it soothes them. Do not use hydrocortisone cream as it thins the skin.

If the LRP ones don’t work find an aromatherapist and get them to make a cream for you.

Do not buy hydrocortisone over the counter and put it on your eyelids.

It thins the skin and should only be used on the eyelids as an absolute last resort, and only as prescribed by a doctor.

https://eczema.org/information-and-advice/types-of-eczema/eczema-around-the-eyes/

You might find this page useful. It says don't use olive oil or aqueous cream on your eyelids.

Yeah. I lie and say it’s for something else. Use it once and the problem goes. 🤷‍♀️

Lifelong eczema sufferer, including on my face.
Many years ago, a nurse we knew told us that rashes on the top lip were linked with things being eaten. I went years with flare-ups on my face, neck and scalp and I could never work out what was causing it. On top of that, I also reacted to every damn cream I tried. Turned out I was allergic to wheat, both ingested and if it touched my skin.
So for now avoid any creams containing wheat derivatives or oats and keep a food diary to see if you can find any relationship with your face and what you are eating. My reactions on my face are not immediate, eg, I might have eaten wheat on a Monday but it's not until Thursday a wall of tiredness hits me and my face feels like it's on fire and the rash starts appearing, red flaking itchy skin that's really sore.
Make sure everything is unperfumed. Another thought is do you have long hair, have you changed shampoo or condition lately?

How's it going, OP?

I was prescribed Locapred cream which seems to have done the trick in three days, and am applying the LRP Lipikar several times a day to my whole face, which is much less dry and sore now. I can wear my contact lenses again!

You should get it prescribed rather than DIY for sure. But it is in fact a very mild steroid, and your GP will probably prescribe it - or if they won’t a Derm will.

I’ve had eczema all my life and for years on eyelids and used a fair few steroid creams, and have good skin even though well into middle age.

If other things don’t work modest prescribed application of a steroid cream is going to do you less damage than years of inflamed skin.

Hydrocortisone. Apply the thinnest amount. It’s what my DDs doctor prescribes for her bad eczema - then regularly apply an emollient. Epaderm has always been our go to. Once you’ve knocked it on the head keep up with the emollient.

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for moisturisers - Bobbi browns extra eye cream was the bomb, but they’ve changed the formula - still good just not as good

Less spendy, tho still not cheap, is Kiehls avocado eye cream. It’s very good.

SVR PALPEBRAL Ultra-Soothing Eye Cream for Dry, Hypersensitive, Itchy, Flaky Eyelids Prone to Irritation, Eczema, Blepharatis, Steroid-Free Formula, 15ml

this is available on Amazon and worked wonders on my horrendous eczema ridden eyelids
even better applied from the fridge

This has been me for about four years, I really feel for you. It all changed last year when I was prescribed antihistamine eyedrops, and fexofenadine antihistamines from my doctor. These are both prescription level, not over the counter.

In my case, what I was thinking was eczema around my eyes and nose and mouth (red, sore, weeping) was actually a reaction to where I was rubbing my skin from my eyes watering and itchiness. I was essentially taking the top layer of my skin off and exposing the underneath.

So, resolving the hayfever stopped the eye watering which stopped the ‘ eczema’. In parallel with that, I was told by an NHS Dermatologist that I had ‘undertreated’ my skin and to use Doublebase moisturiser five or six times a day at a minimum, to restore the long term damaged skin, and hydrocortisone or eumovate or elucon under very specific, escalating conditions to further resolve it. These are strong steroids, but on prescription, and with full instructions on how to use them, my dermatologist was clear that they’re okay to use.

i was also prescribed Balneum cream which soothed the itch enough to get to sleep so I’d have a non-scratch night.

I would strongly recommend trying to see a dermatologist about this.good luck x

Diprobase is a good emollient for around the eyes