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Nia1992 said on 13 January 2025

I'm a 17 year old girl who's suffered with eczema for 2 years badly, my brother (who's 23) has suffered with it so badly since he was born he is severely depressed and can't work or do anything, because he basically has no skin.when my skin got bad i refused to go to the doctors, because i didn't think they could do anything, after all my brother had been going for 23 years and he still suffers.it got worse and worse, i couldn't sleep, i used to wake up screaming in pain cause i'd ripped my skin off and i just didn't know what to do, i'd miss school cause i'd be in so much pain i just wanted to sit in my pyjamas and cry, so eventually i dropped out of 6th form because my head of year thought i was over reacting, and told me to just use some e45. i tried e45 of course and it didn't do anything so i just kept getting worse and worse, arguing with my mum, i didn't do anything i found it hard to get out of bed because i could never sleep in the nights i'd sleep through the day. my mum forced me to go to the doctors about it and they referred me to llandough hospital wear i was given light treatment, but that did nothing for me, only dried my skin out. my eczema got worse and worse to the point i used to just wear pyjama bottoms and long sleeved tops everywhere to hide my skin, i could never buy clothes i actually wanted. i was admitted into hospital after going to my light treatment session crying my eyes out and couldn't lift my arms to take my top off because they were so cracked. and to be honest i just regretted not going sooner, because they taught me how to moisturize, put my steroid creams on and everything properly. you wouldn't even know i had eczema within 2 weeks. that was 6 months ago now, and i moisturize 3 times a day, (i should do more but it's hard to find the time in college) and i can wear stuff i want to now, and i'm back in college. i actually cried reading one of these things, HeatherMcWha? just wanted to let you know it will get better :)

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