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What are your "go to" items when you are flaring?

Whether it's prescription treatments, over-the-counter treatments, skincare products, homemade remedies, what do you turn to in the middle of an eczema flare-up?

  1. Definitely Eucerin Aquaphor. Also Beeswax and CBD ointment because the flares break your skin barrier and when I have a flare all the moisture creams just vanish into my skin so I go for these ointments just to calm the skin and let it heal first.

  2. Cerave anti-itch lotion

  3. Belmont salvation cream it's the only one I used I bought from amazon it's not cheap but it works

  4. Hi, I use Hypochlorous acid spray when I feel the itch, spray on skin even on a flare and it calms the skin so I don't scratch.

    1. that's great to know! I will have to give it a try again. The one time I used it, I found it to irritate my skin. Because it was in a flaring it was hard for me to tell if that was contributing to the flare or not.

      Here are some of the other things that I do, that I find helpful when my skin is feeling itchy and flaring. https://atopicdermatitis.net/living/tips-to-avoid-scratching
      Chava B. Wald (moderator & contributor)

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