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I first wrote this blog post about my struggle with sensitive skin and eye eczema on Lux Life back in 2012. I have always had dry, sensitive skin and had been struggling with extreme eye eczema that caused the area around my eyes to flare-up in the most horrific red, swollen, dry mess. It was so bad that flakes of skin from my eyelid would fall onto my eyelashes and I would wake up every day with my eyes so swollen that they were frequently swollen shut.
This blog post and the products I tried and tested after it, is what sparked my love and passion for natural skincare and beauty, because one of those products became my miracle cream, and led to over ten years of testing and trying other creams to find what works and what doesn't work on eye eczema and eczema on the face.
The Creams That Changed My Life
That very first cream that got rid of my eye eczema was the Dr Organics Manuka Honey Rescue Cream . And since then, other creams I have added to my 'fixes my eczema' list are the Balmonds Skin Salvation, MooGoo MSM Cream, Shea Butter, and Caudalie SOS Vinosource Serum.
My Eczema History
I've had eczema for as long as I can remember. There isn't a time where I can't remember having it. When I was younger I would always get it under my knees and in the inside of my elbows, and I had to bathe in E45 emollient.
It would usually strike during Autumn and Winter when the heating came on and cold weather arrived, and for some reason when I was a child seawater also flared it up.
Nothing had ever really worked for treating my eczema, I'd always had to just bear with it and let it run its course until it went down by itself. Although the bath emollient worked, the E45 cream has never worked, and I feel as though I've tried every product out there, from natural to chemical. The only good thing about it being under my knees and in my elbows, was that I could cover it up with clothing, so no one had to see it.
When I was 14 I finally found the perfect solution. I was back in Australia for a holiday and we went down to Albany for a week. We visited the Sandalwood Factory down there and I found Mount Romance Damage Control. At the time I was suffering from eczema really badly, and within a few hours of using the Damage Control ointment, it was already going down.
I also had a huge patch on my left wrist, it was so sore it looked diseased, it was a huge spread of eczema rash all across my wrist and was so dry it was cracking and bleeding. After a couple of days of applying Damage Control every hour, it had completely disappeared.
My Eye Eczema Story & Why I Get Eczema Around Eyes
Then disaster struck. I started getting eczema on my eyelids and under-eye. I couldn't hide the eczema around my eyes with clothing. It was on show for all to see, and it was humiliating. My eyes were bright red and cracked – it looked as though there was something seriously wrong with me, and although eczema is not contagious, it looked like it was. Despite the Damage Control telling me not to use it on eyes, I did, and it worked. It stung like hell, but it worked.
Allergy Tests & Mould Allergy
In 2010 I had allergy tests done, and I discovered the reason behind my eczema and eye eczema: I'm allergic to mould. This also explains why my asthma is worse during autumn. Asthma and eczema are connected, and the mould flares them both up.
During autumn when the leaves fall off the trees, they decay on the ground and mould spores rise into the air, getting into your lungs and going onto your skin. For those who are allergic, it's a nightmare, and different people have different reactions to it.
My Worst Eye Eczema Flare-Up
In August 2012 the eczema around eyes flared up again, but this time the Damage Control didn't work. My trusty saviour for the past seven years failed me, and I needed something else that would work ASAP to get rid of my eye eczema.
Incredibly painful, itchy and completely unsightly, my eyes were red raw with the skin flaking off, and I was waking up with my eyes completely swollen and with wrinkles underneath.
I spent ages sitting there with a bag of frozen peas on them before leaving for work, and as you can imagine, my tube journeys to work involved me keeping my head down so no one could see the eczema around my eyes. I felt myself constantly worrying about what people were thinking when they looked at me.
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| The eczema caused both my eyes to swell up. One morning it was so bad I couldn't even see out of my left eye. |
Eye Eczema Products That Didn't Work
I hate to think about the amount of money I spent over the course of two months buying and trying new products to get rid of my eye eczema.
I tried every natural remedy in Holland and Barrett, Body Shop, Boots and Superdrug. From Vitamin E to the Body Shop Hemp products, Aloe Vera gel, and I even went back to trying E45.
Eventually I went back to the Doctor and reluctantly agreed to try Hydrocortizone, a steroid that thins the skin. After three days of usage the eczema around eyes cleared up. But four days later it was back with a vengeance, and this time the Hydrocortizone didn't work.
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| The skin was so dry it felt like paper, the dry skin flakes were falling onto my eyelashes, and my skin looked weathered and about 50 years old than it is. |
E45 Intensive Recovery Worked But is Full of Chemicals
So I started using the E45 Intensive Recovery for 'very dry skin', and to be honest, it was amazing. I'd been using it regularly on my eyelids for a few days, and they were back to being smooth and the eye eczema cleared up.
But then I read an article on the chemicals inside it the product, and learnt that some of them are actually very toxic. I was furious that the Doctor told me to put this on my EYES of all places! Not only does E45 contain Sodium Sulphate's, but it also contains Propylparaben, which is an irritant that even has links to causing cancer.
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| Please excuse this hideously ugly photo and the super thick eyebrows…I was growing them up to have them waxed and re-shaped :/ But I think this photo shows how bad it truly was – I look really ill and my skin all over my face just looks destroyed and dead. |
Finding Organic Eye Eczema Products That WORK
So I was back to square one. I stopped using the E45, and once again I had to find something else to fix my eye eczema that was natural and organic.
The problem is I didn't know where to start, which brand to trust to help my eye eczema, and at the time I honestly couldn't afford to keep spending all this money on products I would use a few times before realizing they were not going to work or were making it worse.
Not only was my eye eczema horrible and disgusting to look at, but having eczema around eyes is also incredibly painful. The constant pain and itch stresses me out, and when it's particularly bad I can feel my heart racing from the stress and pain of having eye eczema.
Switching to Organic Make-up
I also needed to start using completely natural eye make-up, as I discovered all of my normal eye make-up (eyeshadow, eyeliner), are all full of those nasty chemicals that irritate my eye eczema. But just like with the skincare products, I just couldn't afford to keep buying products unless I know that they'll definitely work.
So, I scoured resources online, did A LOT of research, worked with PR companies, and found all of the products that DO work (and those that don't), and I've created lists of them all for you.
How I Found My Perfect Eye Eczema Cream
After testing lots of products, both organic and chemical-based, I found my eye eczema miracle cream. Over the past decade it has saved my eyes from eczema, and I have had thousands of messages and comments over the years from others it has helped with eczema around the eyes and face.
I first tried it out shortly after I originally wrote this post in November 2012, and 10 years on, in 2022, I still use it and it still works every time I have an eye eczema flare up.
I regularly get emails and comments from people thanking me for recommending this cream as it worked so great for their eye eczema and eczema around eyes, so watch the video below to see if it's something you might want to try, and you can purchase it here if you're in the UK , and from here if you're in the USA or Canada.
Watch my video to find out more about my eye eczema journey!
I've also found lots of natural makeup and skincare products over the past year since I first wrote this post that are great for sensitive skin and eczema.
Read my Top 7 Makeup Products for Eczema Prone Skin
Read: How to create a skincare routine for sensitive skin
Read my Top 5 Natural Eczema Creams for eczema on the body
Source: https://luxlifelondon.com/my-struggle-with-eye-eczema/
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