I’ve been dealing with this for about 5 years now. Started out of nowhere, we could not identify any triggers. Doctors do not have a diagnosis for me. I’ve done PUVA treatments and topical steroids. It’s been mentally very draining and painful. At this point I just wanna know what this could possibly be. Any tips are also welcome.
just wanted to share my gnarly thumb after getting fucked from repeated dyshidrosis flares around my cuticle/under my nail bed. it gets damaged at the cuticle and then grows out all wonky.
luckily, with enough time and care, it can grow back normally! i’ve been a fellow sufferer since 2019 with no end in sight! all over my fingers/hands.
triggers include but are not limited to: stress, illness, my luteal phase, things i touch, etc.
oh i’m also the person who got cellulitis/lymphangitis as a result of my dyshidrosis and almost went septic 😭! see post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dyshidrosis/s/OsW5p1Y948
does my hand give male or female vibes ?
Has this ever happened to anyone? Some spots on both of my hands are healing, some are still fresh, and then there’s those two spots.
28F | 5’4” 135lbs, Wellbutrin for anxiety, non smoker, no known health conditions, generally healthy, no allergies, balanced diet, exercise 3-4 days/week
On both my ring fingers I have these tiny blisters almost all the time. Sometimes they go away on their own. They don’t start hurting until I’m cutting acidic or spicy foods like onions or jalapeños. They burn and nothing makes it feel better. I run cool water on them and put Vaseline on them. Currently have Vaseline on them right now and they have been burning for about an hour.
2 days ago I noticed these blisters on all of my fingers. They don’t itch and are just sore when I touch them. Going to the doctor tomorrow, just wondering whether it’s dyshidrosis. I have no known allergies, do my nails myself and never had this reaction. I’m a chemistry student and my hands are always very dry due to wearing gloves. What’s going on?
Honestly giving myself Trypophobia
I’ve noticed that “moisturize more” is often treated as the default advice for eczema. But my experience with dyshidrotic eczema has been a lot more complicated. I have dyshidrotic eczema in several areas and tried a lot of different moisturizers. Applying thick creams 2–3 times a day helped my eyelids and some typical eczema areas, but my feet seemed to react differently. The more moisturizer I applied, the more damp and occluded the skin became, and I sometimes developed more blisters. When they broke and started weeping, the itching seemed to get even worse. I eventually changed my routine to focus more on keeping the area clean and protected, using Epsom salt soaks, mometasone furoate(0.1%) as prescribed, and Dimora dressings(4"x4"). Since then, I’ve personally noticed fewer flare-ups and faster recovery. Dyshidrotic seems very different than other forms of eczema, so this is just my experience, and I’m not suggesting this approach is appropriate for everyone. But I hope this helps at least a couple of other people! Have you ever come across an eczema care method that "everyone says works," but turned out not to be right for you?
I've gone to UC, ER, and a dermatologist in one week, yet nothing has gotten my hand to stop outbreaking in these enormous blisters. It's gotten so bad, it's started spreading to the other hand and partially down my arms. I haven't been able to do anything productive for days and feel so disgusting with myself.
Hi guys, I’m wondering if it’s ok to wear gloves while the cream sets in. I need to get ready in the mornings and find it difficult to not smear this cream on all my things and even stain my clothes with oil marks. I wanted to use a glove but scared that it will make things worse? What are your thoughts? I was just prescribed Clobetasol 0.05% Ointment
Prescription after getting this eczema for the first time in my life (F, 25)
I started getting it around 12/13 and now I'm 33. It has come and gone for the past 20 years, seemingly at random. I've run the gamut trying to find the triggers. Over the years I've had it during the summer heat and also during the dead of winter, and every other season in between. I've gotten it when I've been super stressed, and also when I've been completely stress-free.
Every time I think of a possible trigger and start avoiding it, it proves me wrong and comes back. Eggs, flour, coffee, nickel, cleaning products, milk, I've tried so many things. It makes me feel crazy and I get paranoid about every possible thing being a potential trigger. Once I even thought my trigger could be old people lol.
There have even been whole years during which it completely disappeared and I almost forgot I ever had it. But it always eventually comes back. Pretty much the same spot, my ring finger and pinky finger on my right hand, sometimes spreading to other fingers or parts of my palm.
The only thing that really helps is steroid creams, but sometimes it flares back up immediately after finishing a course and I feel hopeless, since I can't just use keep using the steroid creams perpetually. So then it's two weeks of suffering and two weeks of relief from the cream, rinse and repeat, hoping it decides to fuck off on its own eventually. And usually it will at some point, after a few months. Just so frustrating.
If you feel like you have tried everything to no avail, give this "Emily Skin Soother" stuff a whirl.
I don't believe there is a holy grail product for us, but I was noticing an incoming flare on my hand while at my acupuncturist's office and she recommended I try this stuff... Stopped it in its tracks! The area still dried out and needs a little more TLC than the rest of my hand but the bubbles were gone by that night/the next morning and it didn't spread. It was wild.
Hope it can help someone else too!
I hate this soo much, is there a fix for these bubbles that I get all over my toes.. And all around my fingers too.. it's so depressing
Nothing worse than getting hot sauce in eczema 🫠🥲
I don’t really post on Reddit but after seeing so many people suffering with this I just wanted to share what got rid of my Dyshidrosis. I used to have it on my hands, no idea what caused it, but after trying many different creams that didn’t work I came across a very old comment on this sub mentioning using bleach in water to soak hands and that’s when I had the idea to use Hypochlorous Acid (HOCL). HOCL is very mild and non-drying but even more effective than bleach for cleaning etc and I remembered I had some at home and thought, if bleach works then this will definitely work too. I had mine in an amber glass spray bottle.
All I did was spray this all over my hands or many times instead of spraying all over my hands (cos it would spray everywhere around them too), I’d just spray a good amount in my palm and then use that to rub all over my hands but only enough to get them wet. The goal is to leave them soaked in it and allow it to dry on its own. I still use the spray daily cos I love what it does for the skin and how it kills bad germs and bacteria.
I haven’t had any more Dyshidrosis since and it’s been several days.
we all respond differently to treatments but I’d really advise anyone with this to try HOCL. It’s super cheap if you buy the cleaning or for baby versions instead of skin specific sprays as this are the same thing but much more expensive. The brand doesn’t matter either. As long as the ingredients are only water and HOCL then you’re safe to go.
Good luck
I have been dealing with dyshidrosis for the past week. This is my first time experiencing this and was using most of the suggestions on this sub like (Aquaphor, La Roche Posay Cicaplast, and diaper rash cream) but none of them seemed to really help that much. This morning I decided to try this goats milk lotion called “Nubian Heritage: Goat’s Milk & Chai” that I had forgotten about under my bathroom sink even though I was skeptical because it has a little bit of fragrance. But OMG. My hands don’t burn anymore! It soothes the heat and itching. My hands feel soft and more “normal”. I’m also noticing healing since I started using it this morning. My hands areless red and inflamed too. I purchased it at Whole Foods a few months ago because I had gotten a Korean scrub and they used goats milk to bathe you and my skin was so soft after. Maybe my skin just likes goats milk but I’m shocked to see that it made my eczema a lot better! Here’s a before and after. The first picture was when I got it all over my hands. Yesterday it was more red and inflamed than the first photo. Today is the last picture. The blisters have really subsided and my hands are soft, moisturized and feel a lot better! Thought I’d share 😃🫶🏽
Not looking for diagnosis just your opinion. Have never asked a dr about this. I only get then occasional so never think to ask. It’s extremely itchy yet excruciatingly painful to itch. This is day three. There are times they form more distinct blisters.
My niece has had this for about two months. She claimed it was a spider bite, and says they do fill up with clear liquid. Started off as two bumps and has spread. She says it’s itchy. Once I saw it I immediately thought of this community. Any recommendations on what to put to relieve some of the itching before she’s seen by her doctor?
I was just going through the cycle of bubbles forming, then healing into yellow peelable scabs, repeat, til they decided to fuck me over and come together to form a big cluster, thank you, I appreciate it, really. My toenail is never recovering