Eczema under ankle bone – home remedy?
I have been to the dermatologist 3 times for what they diagnosed as eczema (I do have a smaller patch on my eyelid that I can control). However, after three visits and numerous steroid medications, it will not go away and I do not want to continue to spend money on co-pays without getting results.
They have given me prescriptions for Clobex, Vanos, Desonate, locoid lipocream, elocon – nothing helps. I even tried putting natural honey on it. Does anyone have any good suggestions?
None of the creams that work on my eyelid will touch the patch by my ankle b/c it’s a lower dosage cream due to the fact that the skin on the eyelid is very delicate.
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The main cause of eczema is overreaction of the immune system. Identifying certain foods, chemicals, etc can be very helpful in battling this disease. I try to avoid soy and milk products which trigger my flare-ups.
After using number of prescription drugs I’ve turned to the natural treatments.
Now I use herbal remedies from serenaskin.com, which aim at the root of the disease – the immune system, and are steroid-free.
After about 2 weeks of using ointment and spray my skin has been cleared up and now I just continue with anti-eczema extract, which controls the immune system. My skin has been clear for months now.
It is the only treatment I have found that provides me complete relief when I use it as directed.
For my son’s eczema, I kept the spot clean-alot-and I used Eucerin lotion..it is so thick, that it saturates the eczema..his eczema was gone in a matter of days…Eucerin is my first choice. If for some reason it doesn’t help-sea kelp..they have this in a lotion formula, also..You can also eat sea kelp–kinda like spinach (ewwww!!)..hope this helps.
You’re right, anything they would give you for your face probably is too weak to use anywhere else. I’ve had bad eczema that has responded to Temovate (name brand, but I think the generic is clobetasol propionate). It is one of the super-high-potency steroids. It never fails to get rid of any patches I’ve had, and I have had some pretty bad ones. Maybe you can call the dermatologist’s office and ask them to call in a prescription so you don’t have to go in. You’d still be paying the drug co-pay though. If the drug co-pay and doc co-pay are the same, another idea would be to go ahead and go back in and ask for samples of several different drugs so you can see if one of them works for you. That way you can try one, if it doesn’t work in a week or so, try another, etc., and you’re only out one co-pay for several drugs and you don’t waste your money on drugs that don’t work.