The Best Ways To Prevent Eczema

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• Limit your effected skin's contact with excess moisture. Often, after contact with moisture (such as water in a bath) your skin will lose moisture and become dehydrated, red and itchy. Thus, eczema occurs.

• Apply moisturizer to your skin regularly. Moisturizers help to prevent your skin from becoming dry. Not all moisturizers are suitable, however. Some contain ingredients which may irritate sensitive, eczema proned skin. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.

• Use unscented soap to wash your skin, instead of soap that contains added chemicals such as fragrances. These fragrances can often irratate the skin.

• Use eczema shampoo instead of normal shampoo. These types of shampoos are specially formulated for use by people with eczema.

• Using eczema creams daily. Some creams are available over the counter (ask your pharmacist) whereas some cream treatments for eczema, which usually contain stronger drugs to treat mild or severe cases, require a prescription by a doctor.

• Dietary changes. Avoiding certain foods is a good way to prevent irritating the skin. Different people tend to react to different foods. Although, it is most commonly types of dairy and wheat products that can flare an outbreak of eczema. Before making changes to your diet it is best to seek advice from your doctor.

• Reduce your stress and anxiety levels. It is well known that stress and anxiety can have adverse effects on your health. Your skin is one of the first of your body's organs to respond to an increase in stress levels and this means that eczema can flare up.

Using these prevention tips will hopefully lessen the outbreaks of eczema, if not eliminate them altogether. Try these prevention techniques and see how you go.