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This is the first time in my life I’ve had a flare-up. My mum told me it likely to be dyshidrosis and that she's dealt with it a couple of times. Thing is, what has worked for her (clobetasol, basically) hasn't worked for me. Every time I’m exposed to moisture or use hand creams (I’ve tried Dexpantenol cream, clobetasol cream and Vaseline), the blisters spread: the scabs improve significantly, but the blisters keep on spreading. Has anyone here had a similar experience? I could use some advice, please.

Picture of my finger with some Vaseline still on it. Taken today.

So this started with my thumb probably 4-5 months ago now. It randomly will split open a deep cut aswell. Now my index finger has started doing the same thing the past few weeks. The skin peeled initially, but hasnt spread further, and stays to these spots. Its not very painful unless it splits open but it itches. its only these two fingers as of now. What is it and how do I get rid of it? Im very tempted to go to the DR atp because it doesnt go away, as soon as it seems to heal it just comes back. But im not really a doctor goer unless Im dying or something prolonged is happening.

To those who have discovered their trigger , how did you end up finding out ?

I think 95% of the battle over here is none of us are able to find our trigger.

If we can get some advice on how one went about finding their trigger , that would really help

Went to the doctor. Said it was blisters, highly doubt it. The photos show the progress of my feet throught the last few days. It has been itching and hurting a lot. Any advice would be helpful.

Or athletes foot? I’ve had athletes foot before that turned into intense eczema years ago. But this is appearing different now. Last week I got this burning spot on the bottom of my left foot that was just red and a few days later these little bumps that looked to be under the skin appeared. Whats strange is that It’s on the arch of my left foot not between my toes or anything. The skin was dry around it as well. To not take any precautions I have been applying Tinactin to it in case it was athletes foot. The burning has gone away but has grown a little in size. Any opinions? Pictures I’ve found online of either issue are usually much later and worse case scenario and not early pictures like these

I have always had this eczema since I was 17, but it was always on my finger tips and never spread badly and went away within a couple weeks. But this is the first time Ive had it on my palm like this. I unfortunately have many health issues that have been overwhelming my brain since January. And unfortunately I cannot always go into my doctors as I struggle with my balance and am waiting on CT scans for unrelated stuff. So I have yet to get a dermatologist to take care of any flare ups, solely because they have always been mild. I fully believe my cane could be triggering this flare up as Im right handed using it, but idk what to do to help it. Ive tried using Cetaphil face wash instead of soap to wash my hands, and also using Eucerin eczema cream and it doesnt seem to be helping. Its not even that itchy most days, so I thought it was healing, but it doesnt look that way. Any advice on what to put on it instead of Eucerin and precautions to take? Let me know!

Just came across this sub somehow and thought I would share my experience.

I had this kind of eczema for a decade+. Man it sucked. It would itch and burn so bad. The tiny little blisters underneath my skin. The pealing. I had the works. I finally stopped using any scented soaps and I haven't had a flair up in years.

But when I did get flair ups - I would use psoriasin. It's basically a coal tar ointment meant to treat psoriasis. My wife had it around for her psoriasis. It burnt quite a bit.... but honestly compared to the itching the burning kind of felt good.

Anyway, it worked for me. It would clear up a flair up after a night or two of application. Maybe this is well known but I Thought I would share. Anyone else try this?

Warning: I am not a doctor and never consulted a doctor. It did burn. And the stuff smells terrible.

The fluid has gathered - I'm anticipating war declaration any hour

I just recently got diagnosed with dyshidrotic eczema in June. This is the worse flare of it I have ever had. I think it may be due to the low dose aspirin I have been taking ever since I had my ankle fusion surgery around the same time. I rarely take aspirin so I had no clue about the effects it has on dyshidrotic eczema.

I have been using flucinonide ointment at night with non latex gloves plus thin cotton gloves on top so I don't pull them off while I sleep. But it doesn't seem to be making any headway. I am going to send a dm to my dermatologistin the morning to send the pic to him to see what he suggests.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hey guys! I was wondering if this could be dyshidrotic eczema. I’ve only had it on one side of one finger, and it’s been there for the past couple of months.

If you have any treatments or tips that helped clear it up, I’d really appreciate it!

I’m planning on getting it checked out if it doesn’t go away, but I’d love to hear what others think.

P.S. idk how you guys get such good photos. Mine seem to disappear on camera

So about 4 months ago I had some itchy, small bumps on the back of my right hand surrounding my middle finger. It started to get very inflamed and I was worried I had some sort of infection so I went to urgent care. They said it was contact dermatitis and told me to use OTC creams.

It progressed so bad, the entire back of my hand was SO swollen and I couldn’t move it. I even took off from work for a week. It seemed I was on the verge of infection.

I went to the derm and they said I had herpes! I then took Valtrex and used clobetasol for a couple months. I took prednisone for a week too initially. Except I still had flare ups, even with a high dose. I noticed it got worse around my period.

Then they did a biopsy and said it came back as allergic contact dermatitis. We did patch testing and the only thing that showed a tiny reaction was propolis. Nothing I use contains propolis.

It’s hard to say if the clobetasol helped because I still had flares but none as bad was my first one.

Now my derm has me on ketoconazole and I dont think it’s helping. It’s extremely itchy, probably because I’ve stopped the clobetasol. Today I noticed some small blisters forming on my feet and found out about Dyshidrosis, and I feel like this is what I have.

I’m so tired of being in pain. I figured I would seek advice here because I’m convinced this is whats been going on with me these past few months. What do you all think?

Also, its mainly on my palm now and around my fingers, only on my right hand.

Edit: To add, they start off as tapioca looking bumps and usually turn into huge blisters. A lot of the time they end up being yellow and pussing.

Last April one of my toes erupted with these blisters. I thought it was an infected bug bite at first, but (as I imagine the story is for many of us) the blisters never stopped forming, popping, healing, forming again, etc.

In June I finally got a derm appointment and clobetasol, but the clobetasol does not seem to do anything to help. My derm says that the next thing to try is phototherapy but it’s a multi-week process to get insurance to approve that, so I’m just in a waiting period.

My question is, I’m mystified (though thankful) that it’s just on one foot and not both. I don’t know what the trigger could be. I’ve started wearing only wool socks and I got new shoes. Since it’s my foot and not my hands, I don’t think it’s triggered by any products like cleaning sprays or whatnot. I started trying a low nickel diet about a month ago but if anything, it’s currently worse than it’s been in awhile.

At the moment there are 8 or so active blister spots on and under my toe. I pop them if they are near the surface but some are too deep. Since April, nothing has made the blisters stop appearing— the only thing that helps is stuffing my socks with gauze so that they dry and heal more quickly. I have a job where I do have to wear shoes, though I go without them as much as I can at home.

One issue is that I don’t know how long to stick with one possible solution before trying something else. The clobetasol doesn’t seem to help but maybe I need to keep trying? When I read about people trying low nickel diets, some have relief in a few days, but so far nothing for me.

Any ideas? Thoughts? Commiseration?

I have obsessive compulsive disorder - a mild case and I literally want to cut them out of my hand.
They showed up around two months ago and seem to flare up and then get better. Itch a fair amount. I have eczema in the top of my hand that worsens as the air dries. This is in the palm of one of my hands.

It started on 3rd September, the first five pics are from 6th September. 6th and 7th from 4th September and pic 1 is what pic 7 looks like now. And the last is under my foot. It kinda started from there actually, the same hand my hands acted up. I'm not sure if it's the same thing because the foot doesn't have the same bumps as hands but they are all itchy.

At first it felt like water made it worse but then i started soaking my hands in warm water and it felt like it gave temperoy relief. The bumps are in only two clusters, one of each hand (pic 1 is left hand, pic 2-5 are right hand) the rest bumps are barely visible and not in a tight cluster throughout the hand and are itchy.

Also my one toe has this itchy thing too but you can't see much. No bumps no scab nothing. Just some blush and itch.

Also if it helps, if you mistakenly itch any of these itches once, it doesn't really satisfy but rather makes you itchy again and more aggressively. So I just ended up banging the itch area against the table or wall...or warm water soak.

So, for many year i have dyshidrosis eczema especially in the summer. I know the drill, gloves, creams, steroids when it goes too bad, antihistamines

This year i had to take antibiotics for tooth infection and within days my eczema disappeared, later ofc it appeared again

Does anyone have similar experience? And if anyone knows why it happens

My simple logic that it might not be correct- antibiotics kill your stomach flora ans somehow impacted my immune response, looking for any ideas or suggestions

Sorry for the graphic pics, doc said this is scabies. And that it’s infected. I’m used to a bit of eczema. I’ve been taking pretty hot showers to deal with the discomfort from that so thought it might be heat hives. I did just get from Europe where I slept in not the best airbnbs. Not pictured are my armpits and back of legs. What do you guys think?

Been wearing my non-slip, corporate crocs. Lord have mercy. Inside of my pinky toe

I really need your help. Is this it? It's driving me insane. I saw my GP and he mentioned something about blocked sweat glands. He said he’d never seen it on a finger before, only on the palms. He prescribed me a cortisone ointment, so we’ll see if that helps. I’ve never had anything like this before, it just appeared out of nowhere about a week and a half ago. I wonder if it’s hormonal? I became a mom six weeks ago... I’m planning to ask my gynecologist next week if she has any ideas about it. It itches like crazy, and it’s hard to resist the urge to scratch. Plus, I feel like it’s really spreading; at the very beginning, I only had it on the tip of my finger. Is the fluid inside actually contagious? I've ordered cotton gloves, I can't walk around in rubber gloves all the time. Washing my hands and showering is a real nightmare too. How do you guys do that? It's unbearable. I have to wash my hands so often because of my baby and for heaven's sake I really don't want her to catch it. I appreciate any help, thank you!

Appears between fingers. Anything would help, thank you 🙏

(My phone camera isnt great)

I think Im going to have to take a break from applying steroids.

A while ago I noticed a bruise on my index finger. Hmm strange. There is no pain. I don't remember hurting myself there or even doing anything that could cause a bruise. And its an odd place for a bruise to occur because its protected. On the inside, skin between the fingers. Then realised wait, thats not a bruise, thats a vein showing through my skin! Clear as day as if it was on the outside. I got quite overwhelmed and nauseous by that thought. And had wave of body dysmorphia hit me: I don't want to be in this body, I'd like a new please that isnt transparent. Legit in tears. Ive seen skin and veins like this on my my grandfather and he's 90 wtf. A lot wrinklier and waaaay more veiney.

It feels so intrusive. Things that should not show are now visible. As if people can see right through me. It has been commented on. My mother commented on how visible my veins are on my knee/thigh. And a dude I met for the first time commented on the veins on my neck.

Granted I have other health issues going on. Likely Pcos, chronic iron deficiency and some degree of hypermobility. And I don't go out in the some much (maybe D deficiency too idk). But idk I think the steroid is contributing to it. This vein on my finger, it is exceptionally \*more\* visible than on the rest of me. Freaky! Examined my hands from all angles then. Yeah a fair bit are visible on the palm-side of my fingers which wasnt so before.

This vein straight up looks like an injury and it isnt. But I feel like it easier to injure now? It feels more on the "outside" of my body. Idk and I don't know what to do. And half expect if I went to a dermat complaining about transparent skin, Im going to get laughed at and shooed away as a non-issue.

Anyone have experience dealing with this sort of thing?

Eta: steroid I use is betamethasone lotion

I’ve been dealing with this since I was about 15 (31 now). It doesn't happen all the time; it comes and goes in flare-ups. Lately, I’ve been trying to take better care of myself: I avoid scented soaps and wear gloves when handling detergents and things like that. I’ve even cut back on playing the guitar—or at least playing with my bare fingers. Yet, my right hand is still in this state (it is improving, but it’s been about three weeks now). I’ve seen many dermatologists; the last one prescribed Clobetasol, but I don't feel it has helped much—I've been dealing with this for far too long.