Today, I discovered that the painful eczema I get every winter was actually being caused by the moisturising cream I use to treat it. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that what I thought was "acne" is actually an allergic reaction to a cream I've been using for years. I thought the cream was helping me with the breakouts but my doctor says the real acne probably went away naturally years ago. FML
Today, I found out that my intense acne is actually an allergic reaction to the "deep clean" product I've been using to reduce it. I've been using this product for the past ten years. Ten years of suffering through "acne" could have been easily avoided. FML
Today, I've got the worst eczema I've had in 25 years. It's spread to the worst possible spot: right where my thighs touch when I walk. FML
Today, I got a new skin cream for my acne. I tested it on a small patch of skin just to make sure I wasn't allergic. I was, and the reaction didn't stay on that small patch of skin. My left arm is now almost entirely covered in a horrible rash. FML
Today, the eczema on my hands is so bad that my phone's touch screen didn't want acknowledge my fingers as human skin. FML
Today, I realized that the tingly feeling on my face when I put a new combination of acne wash, acne medication, and my usual moisturizer on was not, in fact, "it working." It was slowly peeling away the top layer of skin. I look and feel sunburned. I also still have acne and oily skin. FML
Today, I was woken up at 2 in the morning by my wife frantically saying something about her having scabies, and that I had to take her to the ER. It turned out to be eczema. FML
Today, I went to the doctor for what I thought was a persistent bug bite. Turns out it was a mole I'd never noticed. I had been scratching it then applying anti-itch cream for weeks. FML
Today, I discovered that my "life-changing" skincare routine wasn’t working because I’d been using conditioner instead of moisturizer for two weeks. My skin is greasy, and I smell like coconuts. FML
Today, I found out that I am allergic to one of the preservatives that they put in aloe. I found this out after I put some on a severe sunburn I have. Not only am I sunburned, but now I am severely itchy as well. FML
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thejacl 0
So you started using the cream for no reason then?...
DocBastard 40
She's also *15 years old*. It's guys like you that make me want to build a concrete fortress around my house to prevent any sick ***** like you from getting to my daughter.
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Comments (107)
Mand33 0
Ok so i have eczema so i know the pain and creams don't always help and during the winter is the hardest time to fix it.. Iveput up with or since i was six so i understand
bindee2211 2
that makes absoloutly no sense at all you would be using cream to fix nothing first for so reason retard
lola_94 0
ahh sucky, i've had it for 10yrs. I know how you feel :(
snafu63 0
how does the cream that treats it cause it? why would you be using it in in the first place? YDI
bassdredd 2
why the hell did you use the cream in the first place then? this makes no sense
Evan2297 0
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Lauraaa123 0
I have had the same problem all year round, since a few weeks after I was born. It's not as simple as just not using the cream in the first place as so often it is not possible to know what it is which is causing the eczema. I used hydrocortizone cream for years even though it was making my skin itch more, because as a child that is what I was told to do. As I got older they started listening to me and tried different creams, which didn't work either. It's quite possible that OP thought that it was the weather which made the eczema worse, which is completely plausible. To people asking why he used the cream to prevent eczema: in some cases moisturising cream can help prevent the dry skin, which is a sign of eczema.
Linarias 0
I have eczema too. It sucks. Soak for 30 mins in a luke warm "aveeno oatmeal baby bath". Use like 3 packs of the oatmeal. It is cheap and soothes the itching, redness, and pain. I have severe eczema and this helps a lot. Moisturize with aveeno baby lotion. Feel better!
jcub77 0
I have it too....everywhere.
jcub77 0
I have it too....everywhere.