My Journey Beating Eczema – From Childhood Mess to Almost Clear Skin (What Actually Helped)
Hey brahs, first thread here after lurking a bit. Wanted to drop this because eczema fucked me up for years and I know its become a common problem nowadays that a lot of people struggle with. Red, flaky skin makes you look tired, inflamed, low energy – straight up tanks your looks, especially when it's hitting the face or eyelids hard.
Had it since I was a kid, but puberty turned it into a nightmare – constant itchy patches on arms, neck, face/eyelids. Flares every week until around 17-18. Now it's like 90% gone. Not 100% cured (it's chronic), but barely flares and skin stays clear most days. Massive glow-up in how I look and feel.
No cope or hype, just the routines that actually moved the needle for me after years of trying garbage. Hope this helps some people clear their skin and ascend a bit.
The biggest realization: it all starts in your gut. Modern diet is absolute trash and that's literally the root cause for most people's eczema these days. Processed foods, sugar, seed oils, dairy, gluten – all that shit wrecks your gut lining, causes inflammation, and leaks into your skin. Fixing what you eat was the foundation that made everything else work way better. Cut out dairy completely (biggest trigger for a lot of people, including me – milk proteins inflame the gut bad).
I dropped processed junk, sugar, fast food. Went cleaner: meat, eggs, veggies, some fruit.
Added gut-healing stuff: bone broth, fermented foods (sauerkraut, kimchi if you can handle), omega-3 from fish.
Avoided seed oils (canola, soy, sunflower) – cook with butter, olive oil (high quality only you do your research)
Not saying go full carnivore or anything extreme, but cleaning up diet reduced my baseline inflammation so much that flares became rare even before topicals.
Daily basics – this fixed 90% of my problems
Moisturize heavy as fuck. fragrance-free creams only: I like "Eczema Honey" brand a lot and honestly any of the "National Eczema Association approved creams should be good, but a lot of peoples skin is different so its honestly a trial and error until you find the holy grail for yourself. Slather it on multiple times a day, especially right after shower when skin is still damp (locks it in way better). Short lukewarm showers, nothing hot or long. No hard scrubbing. Switch everything to high quality fragrance-free detergent, shampoo, body wash, all of it. Don't scratch no matter what – it just makes the cycle worse. Keep nails short, hit it with a cold pack when the itch hits.
Stick to this even when your skin is good – it's what stops new flares and keeps everything smooth.
I stayed away from strong steroids long-term on face – not worth the damage just dont put the wrong shit in your mouth and youll be fine, if you cant then your problem not mine.
Track your triggers easy: I just noted on my phone what I ate, products I used, stress levels when it flared. Spotted patterns fast. Some Extras: Use air purifier, humidifiers, sleep in a cool environment, try avoiding chlorine pools it dried out my skin like crazy.
Real talk, you probably won't erase it forever, but you can get it to barely show and stay clear long-term. Took me consistency and time, but the skin improvement is huge – better tone, smoother texture, no more constant redness dragging you down. Hit up a derm if you can, don't just guess forever. Lmk if you got any questions, thanks for reading this low quality shit ig.
Hey brahs, first thread here after lurking a bit. Wanted to drop this because eczema fucked me up for years and I know its become a common problem nowadays that a lot of people struggle with. Red, flaky skin makes you look tired, inflamed, low energy – straight up tanks your looks, especially when it's hitting the face or eyelids hard.
Had it since I was a kid, but puberty turned it into a nightmare – constant itchy patches on arms, neck, face/eyelids. Flares every week until around 17-18. Now it's like 90% gone. Not 100% cured (it's chronic), but barely flares and skin stays clear most days. Massive glow-up in how I look and feel.
No cope or hype, just the routines that actually moved the needle for me after years of trying garbage. Hope this helps some people clear their skin and ascend a bit.
The biggest realization: it all starts in your gut. Modern diet is absolute trash and that's literally the root cause for most people's eczema these days. Processed foods, sugar, seed oils, dairy, gluten – all that shit wrecks your gut lining, causes inflammation, and leaks into your skin. Fixing what you eat was the foundation that made everything else work way better. Cut out dairy completely (biggest trigger for a lot of people, including me – milk proteins inflame the gut bad).
I dropped processed junk, sugar, fast food. Went cleaner: meat, eggs, veggies, some fruit.
Added gut-healing stuff: bone broth, fermented foods (sauerkraut, kimchi if you can handle), omega-3 from fish.
Avoided seed oils (canola, soy, sunflower) – cook with butter, olive oil (high quality only you do your research)
Not saying go full carnivore or anything extreme, but cleaning up diet reduced my baseline inflammation so much that flares became rare even before topicals.
Daily basics – this fixed 90% of my problems
Moisturize heavy as fuck. fragrance-free creams only: I like "Eczema Honey" brand a lot and honestly any of the "National Eczema Association approved creams should be good, but a lot of peoples skin is different so its honestly a trial and error until you find the holy grail for yourself. Slather it on multiple times a day, especially right after shower when skin is still damp (locks it in way better). Short lukewarm showers, nothing hot or long. No hard scrubbing. Switch everything to high quality fragrance-free detergent, shampoo, body wash, all of it. Don't scratch no matter what – it just makes the cycle worse. Keep nails short, hit it with a cold pack when the itch hits.
Stick to this even when your skin is good – it's what stops new flares and keeps everything smooth.
I stayed away from strong steroids long-term on face – not worth the damage just dont put the wrong shit in your mouth and youll be fine, if you cant then your problem not mine.
Track your triggers easy: I just noted on my phone what I ate, products I used, stress levels when it flared. Spotted patterns fast. Some Extras: Use air purifier, humidifiers, sleep in a cool environment, try avoiding chlorine pools it dried out my skin like crazy.
Real talk, you probably won't erase it forever, but you can get it to barely show and stay clear long-term. Took me consistency and time, but the skin improvement is huge – better tone, smoother texture, no more constant redness dragging you down. Hit up a derm if you can, don't just guess forever. Lmk if you got any questions, thanks for reading this low quality shit ig.
