How to Treat Facial Eczema [DermTV.com Epi #479]

Eczema can be uncomfortable and unsightly, but more importantly, difficult to treat. In this episode of DermTV, Dr. Schultz discusses one of the most common mistakes people make when treating eczema as well as one of the best ways to treat it. Subscribe to DermTV: www.youtube.com DermTV.com Connect with DermTV www.facebook.com www.twitter.com [TRANSCRIPT] Eczema is uncomfortable and unsightly. But here’s the good news: if moisturizers and cortisone creams aren’t giving you relief, help may be shockingly simple. The name Eczema just sounds uncomfortable… and it is. It’s not exactly an onomatopoeia, but it’s cacaphony tells you it’s not something you want. Eczema’s most immediate impact is discomfort, whether it’s itching or burning or both, and even worse for many people, are the unsightly patches of redness, flaking and even crusting which, when on the face, just don’t cover well with makeup. Eczema is often persistent, but when it does go away, just to make matters a little worse, it tends to be recurrent and come back for no apparent reason. While eczema can be anywhere on the body, it’s the visual impact of the patches of facial eczema that’s usually the deal breaker. Your first reaction is usually to use a moisturizer because of the flakes, because most people think of flaky skin as being caused by dryness. But flaky skin is actually the result of many other skin problems such as inflammation or infection, which together or individually, cause the flaking in eczema <b>…</b>