So fed up of vulval eczema

[Anonymous7890]

Does anyone else have vulval eczema? It’s making me so miserable.

I had it years ago and now it’s come back and seems much worse this time. Last time they gave me a steroid cream, I used it very occasionally for a day whenever it flared up and that sorted it. They’ve prescribed me with hydrocortisone again and I applied it for 3 days and it went. But a month later it’s flared up again, I applied it for two days and it seemed almost gone so I stopped as I’m worried about it thinning the skin down there. But then a day later it came back so I used it for 3 days and it’s still lingering.

I tried a bit of Vaseline yesterday but read conflicting information about that online so don’t think I will again.

I even took an antihistamine this morning as heard that can calm eczema down.

The GP did swabs to check it’s not something else and everything came back
negative.

I’m suffering a recent bereavement and just want to focus on healing from that and this is making everything so much harder 😕

Strongly recommend the dermol emollient cream that you can apply as a cream and use as a soap. I have a similar issue, and in my bum crack too and it does get worse when I am hot and when there is a change in season like hot to cold or cold to hot. It makes sitting so uncomfortable and keeps me up at night.

The dermol soothes it but also using it when you don't have a flare up helps keep it at bay.

I was told for thin skin like around the face and the vulva to not exceed 5 days with hydrocortisone.

I also find a dettol bath helps my flare ups but my GP recommends against it for vulva eczema.

I personally choose to disregard their advice against it as I have found it really helps me, but the OP might want to be cautious as there is a risk it could cause more irritation.

It's not a steroid so it can be used constantly. The main ingredient is called tacrolimus, and there's liquid paraffin in it too. It's very soothing.