Question about applying cream for eczema?
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at
6:29 pm
Okay so i asked this on the UK site and haven’t received any answers. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
My doctor gave me some cream for my eczema and she’s told me to only apply it once a day instead of twice (because hydrocortisone is bad for the face). So what I’m wondering is should i apply it in the morning when i get up or before i go to bed. Which is best or does it not really matter?
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Hey ya, yeah im Irish and notice that the UK and Ireland site can be useless.
Right so, i suffer from Eczema all my life and use steroid cream when i get bad flare ups.
To answer your question put it on at night time is what i’d suggest, reasons:
Ive found that your skin can become quite sensitive to the sun (burn easy) when you have applied hydro.
Sometimes when i put on the cream i can get a bit itcy so i wack it on before i sleep as to reduce scratching.
Once you put on the cream your eczema can get a bit redder, so putting it on at night and then getting up in the morning to go to work etc wont make you so self consious.
This is what I ve found anyway. Hope I ve been helpful.