I can’t believe I have finally had eczema on my lips. I haven’t felt it since my teens when I was a teenager and was told it was part of growing skin and couldn’t be treated. Now it has been 15 years and I am finally starting to feel it in my lips.
It’s one of those things that was a part of our lives for most of us. It just happened to change when we were teenagers. I hope you’re able to find some relief soon.
I can definitely relate to this. I first got it as a teenager. My dad had eczema on his lips and he was in a lot of pain, so I thought it was just my bad luck. My sister had eczema on her lips and she was in a lot of pain, so I thought it had to be my bad luck. But I still went through it because I thought it was normal, but I still felt like the pain was not normal.
Some people get eczema by accident, but most cases are caused by something happening to the skin. It can be an allergic reaction, or it can be a skin condition like rosacea.
So, what is it? Eczema is a skin inflammation caused by an overactive immune system. The skin is usually red, irritated, and tender. It can also be scaly.
It’s often called rosacea because the body often starts to produce a yellow pigment in the skin called pemphigoid. A dermatologist can diagnose rosacea and prescribe a prescription of steroid creams, anti-inflammatory creams, and sometimes steroid injections. Once the eczema is properly treated, it may go away on its own. But if it persists for longer than a day or two, it can be dangerous.
The skin conditions rosacea and eczema are often difficult to diagnose due to the fact that symptoms are similar but not identical. They are often treated with the same medications, especially when they are severe. In fact, most rosacea and eczema patients have had some type of skin condition prior to the development of their current symptoms.
The problem with eczema is that it can cause swelling that can cause you to lose your lips. Fortunately, you can cure this by removing the excessive fluid that accumulates in your mouth. This is the same thing that I tell my patients to do with skin conditions that they can not treat themselves. Once the fluid has been removed, it will likely go away within four or five days.
According to a recent study out of Johns Hopkins, this same type of treatment is very effective for patients with eczema. It really should be that simple.
One of the best ways to prevent eczema is to avoid exposure to the sun or certain chemicals. The same study mentioned above also suggests that wearing sunscreen can have a significant effect on the risk of eczema. According to the study, the risk of eczema in people who had not been exposed to the sun was more than double what it was in people who were still on the sun.