Jocelyn's Eczema Journal 2011
8/19/11
Okay, so the creases of my elbows and my wrists have been breaking out. UGH. I am trying so hard not to scratch too. I have been using my Curel lotion. I also began taking my allergy pills again and my arms stopped breaking out so much. Allergy pills really do help!!! If you don't take one, you should try. If you have a doctor with good health insurance, ask about Xyzal. They also have a cheaper brand too, but I don't know what that name is. But a great over the counter allergy pill that is just like Xyzal is Zyrtec. Xyzal is a bit stronger but Zyrtec works just as good. It really helps and it is A LOT cheaper.
08/07/11
My skin is doing relatively great. A lot of it has to do with my doctor prescribing me to take 5 days of prednisone. It has been about a month since taking it and my skin is still doing great. Usually my eczema comes back very quickly. All that I have been using is Curel Defense Moisturizing lotion. I was using it before I got the prednisone and I have been using it afterwards too. It is really swell and I will be writing a review on it in about a week.
6/16/11
I love neosporin 
I love how it helps with all my open sores and stuff. After I put neosporin on my hands I kept applying the lotion Sarna, that I will be writing a review on soon. It give a nice cool feeling that relieves the heat of my skin.
6/15/11
My hands and wrists have been breaking out more than ever before. I applied neosporin to all the open sores.
6/05/11
I just woke up from a good nights sleep and my skin feels so much better! The Blue Emu really helped my legs. Especially the large patches on the backs of my legs. I can't even feel them anymore =) That is why I love Blue Emu for eczema. Since is a pain reliever (for muscles) I feel like it gets rid of my surface pain when it gets too bad–and it is a nice cool down for my skin.
(will continue later tonight)
6/04/11
Yesterday my skin began to get worse and last night I was unable to sleep because it itched so bad. It made me upset because I have been working hard to keep it leveled out and it doesn't seem to be working. My whole forearms broke out, as well as the crease between my elbows and patches everywhere on my legs and behind me knees and on the knuckles and wrists of my hands.
Since I had a long car drive today (drove to Delaware, from Virginia), I slabbed lots of Eucerin Calming Creme on and put a 100% cotton jacket on and kept my skin out of reach of my hands. I applied lotion again throughout the ride. At about 5:30 that night after we returned, I went swimming. I have been trying to swim more because 1) the sun is suppose to help eczema, 2) I heard that chlorine may help eczema, and 3) swimming is just a good workout =P
After swimming and drying off, I went home and took a shower and the whole time my skin stung =( especially on the backs of my legs. I had all these large hot patches of eczema forming and I did my best not to scratch. The thought that ran through my head was to cool it down, and that is when Blue Emu comes into play. I rubbed it all over my patches and on my knees and it instantly cooled it and made it feel better. I then applied Vaseline Hypoallergenic Moisturizing Lotion onto my arms and upper body.
6/03/11
All winter long my eczema had been okay. I am use to breakouts every day, all the time, 24/7. But this past winter I was able to keep my eczema under control–Mainly due to my dermatologist giving me new prescriptions of Prednisone every two months.
However, this summer, my skin is just breaking out all over. It almost makes me want to go insane! Usually I don't have one better season than the other. My eczema just breaks out all year round. The cold makes it dry and itchy and the heat makes it sweaty and itchy; So it's a lose/lose all year round for me.
I am going to try to stay off Prednisone for as long as I can because one of the side effects of it is stretch marks and that is one side effect that I endured. I literally have stretch marks now in the oddest places–And I am not a large person to where I should be getting stretch marks.
Take care of your eczema