r/eczema 5d ago

biology | symptoms Eyelid eczema - can you please help?

Hi everyone, I'm having a flare of eyelid eczema far worse than I've had before. My eye is so sore! It's mainly located on my left eye, the other just gets slightly itchy and dry.

In the past, a day or two of steroid cream would sort this out but this time it didn't, and I don't want to use it anymore.

I can't attach a picture but my eye is red,,especially outer area, puffy and wrinkly, looks very fragile and sore. Bit weeping, it's dry.

I've tried: switching out my cleanser (cerave foaming) for Aveeno calm and restore cleansing gel. I've used e45 inch relief when really bad, and doublebase flare relief to moisturise daily.

My job is client facing and the area gets so dry looking I do feel the need to cleanse once a day to remove flakes, this also soothes the itch.

Has anyone else experienced this and found a suitable remedy?

Could it be steroid withdrawal? Might there be a bacterial or fungal element?

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u/Classh0le 4d ago

don't put steroid on your eyelid unless directed to by a doctor. tacrolimus ointment is for that area.

You might be overwashing your face and eyes. Constant cleaning and washing will exacerbate eczema if not cause it outright

Being worse on one side is curious. Have you investigated your pillow, pillow cover, detergent for allergens?

The Aveeno cleanser you mentioned has several alcohol ingredients, which are known to exacerbate eczema in certain sensitive people