r/Dyshidrosis

I have DE on my hands and I use either Protopic or clobetasol when it flares up.

A couple of months ago, I had athlete's foot and treated it with Loprox. About a week ago, I thought I had it again (flakes between toes) and I started using some Lamisil.

About three days after starting Lamisil, the tops and sides of my toes broke out in intensely itchy bumps. They get much itchier when I am in the shower, much like the DE on my hands.

Does this look like DE to you? Is it contact dermatitis from the Lamisil? Could it be DE snd athlete's foot?

I don't know how to proceed at this point. Both clobetasol and Protopic will make a fungal infection worse, so I am kind of afraid to use either.

Hoping to see a doctor tomorrow for some advice, but I wanted to see if anyone here has been in a similar situation.

Often times, my patches become so intensely itchy that it's almost painful to not itch it. The torture of such a pervasive itchy sensation is worse than any rash or bug bite I've ever gotten. Rubbing the patch ultimately results in raw patches like these that weep, are extremely tender, and, of course, are itchy. The joints on my afflicted toes feel very achy and sore as well.

Bandaids tend to come off quickly. They don't stick whatsoever if I apply ointment first.

I tried those finger cots but they cut off the circulation and make my toes sore. I tried the silicone toe covers but they're so thick that they they squeeze my toes in my shoes and make my toes and feet sore.

I hope I don't have to stress how ineffective "don't itch" is for advice.

How can I stop it from itching to begin with? How do I manage these raw weeping patches after?

I have it on my fingers and palms as well but aside from my palms splitting open, my ridiculously thick, dry, flaking, red skin all over my hands and fingers, and occasional itchiness, my hands are doing better.

Right now my toes are the main issue. Though I'm sure that once they start to heal, my hands will flare up again.

I have a family history of excema but it’s not something I’ve been bothered with till the last 2/3 years. I keep getting these lumps on my fingers and sometimes toes. They’re very itchy and painful when I move my hands.

I have a dyshidrotic eczema flare up currently. I got my prescription steroid cream today.

But out pure curiosity, I needed to see what the liquid is. I'm sure it's some sort of lymph fluid or something, but anyways I took a sterile syringe from work, and drained as many blisters as I could. This is the liquid- clear, sticky. Hopefully someone finds this as fascinating as I did

It’s been about a month of torture. The first time I broke out, it was several parts of my body - stomach, ankles, hands, arms. It started on my hands and progressed from there. I stumbled upon dyshidrosis because the bumps in my hand matched the description perfectly - tiny, clear, super itchy blisters. The ones on my arms and wrist also matched the description - at first - but eventually devolved into what is demonstrated in the photos. It’s as if one small clear blister appears, is itchy as hell, then another small bump appears right next to it - then sometimes even more clump next to it. Eventually they get very red and look more like a typical rash.

Right now I’m dealing with it exclusively on my hands/wrist/lower forearm. The ones on my hand typically stay clear in color and go away after about five days if I don’t touch it. Of course as soon as one goes away, another pops up. The wrist and arms though - it eventually gets all red and spreads into a patch.

When I first got it on multiple parts of my body, I went to the derm and they were stumped. They said it looked like scabies, but no evidence of mites and no external factors made sense - I hadn’t traveled and nobody else in my home had a rash. I got a biopsy that was inconclusive. I used permethrin anyway because I was paranoid.

It’s come back - just on my hands and wrists/forearms. Like I said, the ones on my hand so closely match the description of dyshydrosis. Can the blisters morph into a more ‘typical’ looking rash like these pictures? I’m seriously losing my mind here. I’m going to try my PCP since the derm clearly could not help me.

it's been itching nonstop and i can't help but to scratch my hands even when i'm half asleep. currently taking levocetirizine and topical clobetasol, as well as putting enough moisturizer (aveeno and petroleum jelly). these seem to be temporary solutions because the itchiness comes by every now and then. i also shower with cold water regularly and use unscented dove soap. i also take multivitamins daily just to make sure but it has also gone towards other parts of my body (in the arms, chest, underarms, and legs).

will check with the derm soon but i need testimonial advice/opinions for now. thanks.

Started a few days ago and is getting worse

Got prescribed steroid cream, arriving to pharmacy soon. But I just feel gross and itchy. I'm curious as to everyone's triggers because I feel like mine might be just stress alone

I had something similar when I was a teen and it eventually went away with steroids. But. WHAT THE HELL. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NEXT LEVEL. it started with a couple bumps on my wrists and it’s now really badly all over my feet and a bit on my legs too. Has anyone experienced something similar?

Just venting because my skin is betraying me and my fingers look like they have been grated with a cheese grater and I just want new mother fucking skin. Did a course of prednisone which was a nice little vacation but ultimately not worth it because now it’s back with anger and coming off prednisone is horrendous. Or has been for me at least. Does anyone else have a horrible time coming off of it? Anxiety, impending doom, migraines.

It’s been a year long flare and I don’t know what to do anymore!

I’ve been having the worst flare ever. Every day i wake up hoping for it to be better but it’s never better, it keeps getting worse. Idk what I’m doing wrong I’m allergic to a lot of foods I’ve avoided eating my allergens for weeks now but my hands are still so painful.
I have tiny blisters and cuts all over my palms which makes daily functioning so difficult.

You can barely tell there's anything wrong, but when it gets really bad small blisters form. The skin on my toe is rough and discolored from all the times i scratched it until it bled. It also gets worse when i'm stressed. I thought it was neuropathic but maybe not?

i always panic that this is something OTHER than dyshidrosis (like scabies, because i’m paranoid) BUT i’ve had it off and on for years? this is the worst it’s been, and i think it’s caused by switching face washes & that being where i put it in my hand. i can’t afford to buy anything else currently, but i don’t put it in my hand there anymore and it feels like it’s spreading. i don’t know what to do and i feel so gross and i hate that people can see it. i’ve been using cerave eczema lotion, i just need help 😭 is this dyshidrosis & if it is, what can i do 😭

picture 1: palm of my left hand, i think my fingers on this hand are cleared up

picture 2: right side of hand/wrist. my finger on this hand is rough and scaly now, but it’s not very visible. the blisters have mostly dried out.

I know it isn’t as extreme as others, but it’s slowly getting worse and worse.

After having blisters this stage happens where there is dry, shedding skin all over my hands. Parts where the skin had shed off are sore, and the crumbling of skin is embarrassingly and inconvenient.

I’ve tried ointment and also e24 hydrating hand cream. It barely makes a difference.

Please don’t doom on my post, I asked for advice before and I know I may never find treatment that works for me, but I am going to try suggestions because I have to. This crap is painful.

Basically title. A couple months ago I noticed the “Tapioca Blisters” and popped them thinking nothing of it. They went away, came back, and went away for a month or so. Now they’re back.

My dyshidrosis often affects the outer portion of the palms of my hands, but this is a difficult place to keep a bandaid on while I’m at work.

I just discovered these partial gloves that are designed for artists using drawing tablets.

I’m really hoping they’ll stop me from picking at my skin, and look at bit better than my skin often does when I’m in the office. I might cut the ends of the two fingers off at some point.

I bought mine on Amazon and there are a bunch of different listings under ‘artist drawing gloves’

Hope this is of use to some of you!

If you didn’t see it I posted my hand last week that everyone was suitably horrified at (https://www.reddit.com/r/Dyshidrosis/s/YZD8a8twSL) a lot of people suggested steroids, which unfortunately I can’t use lol so that does really limit me. Someone commented about zinc oxide bandages which reminded me I had nappy cream which has zinc oxide as its active ingredient, so essentially every day/night I have been lathering my hands in it and wearing cotton gloves almost always. Also have done multiple salt water soaks too. It’s not 100% there but it’s so much better I can’t believe it! The key was drying those blisters as much as possible.

I also figured out what likely triggered it so avoiding that helped too. Turned out there’s citrus peel oil in my shower gel which can be really irritable to sensitive skin! even though my shower gel is for sensitive skin!!

Thank you all for your help!!