eczema of the lips

I am anti-any kind of steroid. I now am suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after my battle with eczema or atopic dermatitis whichever you want to call it. I had a horrible case that started when I was in high school and lasted until I started my career as a teacher. I finally was seen at Hershey Medical Center where after years of cortizone injections, on again off again with prednisone, and pretty much every medication out there (over the counter and prescribed), we got it under control. Unfortunately, it also tapped out my adrenal glands and now I am unemployed and living at home again with my parents.

Regardless...the answer that we figured out was glycerin. Find something with vaseline in it or something that has a glycerin base. That will help you keep moisturizing your lips or wherever you have eczema. Honestly, not only did it work for me, but also a friend of mine whose little girl was also suffering from it on her legs. We both were going through a really hard time. Luckily hers is now controlled before it got to be like mine (mine covered my arms and legs, oozed, and blistered).

Also, I am not finding out that skin outbreaks come from things in your lungs. This is Eastern Medicine wise. I receive acupuncture for my CFS and it is doing wonders. Check into healthier options that way.

My last bit of advice is be careful of what you put on your face and hands. That thinning phenomena goes on those parts of your body. I forget what Elidel and Protopic are...but I know I had two different things on top of all my pills, one for my hands and one for the rest of my body because of the thinning thing. The Vaseline is a cheap option and a safe one...no thinning there. If you put something on and it burns...chances are it isn't helping you, it's hurting you and you shouldn't be using it. Oatmeal baths and sea salt baths help too.

LOL...I tried it all! Good luck and beware the evil prednisone...yes it helps...but it's long lasting effects are horrible if you are on it for extensive amounts of time.

I hope the poster checks back here. You have good info. Neither Elidel nor Protopic are steroids, but my friend used the vaseline treatment for eczema on her legs, and glycerine is a humectant, it attracts moisture. The post about lysine, and essential fatty acid, is also a good one.

Thanks. It is glycerine that is in Vaseline right? I always get confused. I was actually digging around looking for Cortisol for my dad's bites and found tubes of Elidel, SBR Lipocream (expensive but OTC), Protopic, Diprolene, Temavate, adn several others. I have a tub of Vaseline and a tub of the one prescription we found that worked when Vaseline just doesn't cut it. I can't believe all the crap I used to put on myself. BLECH!

Vaseline is petroleum jelly. It is a petrochemical by product, and has been used forever even on babies. Cheap and effective. Glycerin, actually is a sugar alcohol. It draws moisture from the air to wherever it is applied. It softens. You buy it off the shelf in the drug store or pharmacy,it looks like very clear white corn syrup. Two different items, both cheap and effective, so no one like doctors or drug companies wants you to use them.