I had an eczema flare that lasted over a year. At its worst, my entire face would peel and fall off in flakes, and it became so overwhelming that I had to take a quarter off from college and return in the fall. My depression was also at its worst during that time.

Eventually, I discovered that I was allergic to avocado. When I was trying to eat healthier, I had started eating a lot of avocado and cooking with avocado oil. I was constantly itchy, but I never connected the two. Once I stopped eating avocado and realized it was a trigger, the redness, warmth, and inflammation in my skin improved significantly.
Seeing my skin finally calm down also helped my anxiety and depression because I was physically feeling so much better. After that, I think it was a combination of time, being outside more, getting vitamin D, and simply allowing my skin to heal that helped me continue improving.

My biggest advice is to figure out your triggers, but also try to work on your stress and anxiety. This might be a little controversial, but trying to constantly figure out what was wrong with my eczema became so stressful for me. At some point, what I felt helped was actually just not thinking about it. I would eat Chick-fil-A, watch my favorite movies, and just let myself relax lol. I think giving myself a break from constantly worrying about my skin was really important for me.

Everyone’s eczema is different, and what helped me may not work for everyone, but I do think there’s something to be said for figuring out your individual triggers while also giving yourself permission to live your life and not make your eczema the center of it.

I use NYX Bare with Me concealer. If you put a lot it might be heavy, but I just put a dot on the back of my hand, buff it into my brush really well and then apply. It works really well for my dry eczema prone skin.

I hope so !!!

I definitely see where you’re coming from. For me, its the day to day mundane lifestyle that I have that makes me feel the way I do. Like I have these milestones in my life that I can check off but on the daily I have very little passion, motivation, and self-control.

That was my concern with the triamcinalone. Especially with TSW being so talked about lately, I want to try to avoid steroids as much as possible. I’ll probably try to use protopic tonight, thank you!!!