I've had Excema for a grand total of 34 years, it's a long time in terms of suffering from an illness (still classed as an illness?) but lets be honest, it's nothing in terms of the daily pain, physical, mental and sometimes emotional burdens that some people old and young bear.
Having said that, I have to say my personal struggle with this skin disorder has been pretty tough because it's been on my face. As I child I had Excema mostly on my arms and legs which was kept hidden and no one knew. Where it became public knowledge was when it was on the sides of my lips which was very visible and attracted a lot of unwanted attention. In my early twenties I had it on my chin and mouth, again it was unsightly, prompting one friends brother to say "it looks like someones punched you up", there was that much discolouration and bruising.
At the moment its in 3 patches on my face and they are mild, but the scary thing is that they could get worse. They are very dry and soak up moisturizer like crazy.
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I must say I'm a guy and I enjoy your blog :). I use the Diprobase cream on my face as a generally moisturiser. I have a little bit of eczema on my face so I tried using the diprobase, It works a charm!
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