This is the thread for me. My eczema first popped up when I was 12/13? Normally it's on my arms, particularly around the inner elbow area. One year it got infected somehow, and I had to take pills for a couple weeks to make it go away. My skin was flaky but also oozing pus at the same time, and it was like a living hell because my skin was constantly shedding, like I'd wake up and be surrounded by millions of dry skin flakes in my bed
I would just break down and cry. It also spread to my stomach randomly one winter, but luckily I haven't had that problem since then so IDK what that was about. I got cortisone cream prescribed from the dermatologist that I take (she said it was the worst case she had ever seen
) and I also put vaseline on my dry skin patches right after I get out of the shower. Oh yeah and it's worst for me in the winter because of the extremely dry air. Every winter I pray that it won't be that bad this time around.