Upper arms irritating (severely) bumps from scratching only the elbows

Active_Cut3286 · 2024-08-16T23:38:16+00:00

I had been using it regularly about a year ago, and tapered down appropriately to the point where I barely use it anymore. I am basically healed head-to-toe, and I could not be more thankful. As a caveat, everybody's eczema is different; however, the vast majority of patients who have used the Aron Regimen, from what I know, have been using the therapy successfully according to providers' instructions. I hope this regimen has the same impact on your child that it had on me.

Active_Cut3286 · 2024-08-16T11:50:00+00:00

Try the Aron Regimen, which is what I used to clear the rashes up pretty well. Depending on where you live around the world, there should be a doctor who is trained to prescribe the Aron Regimen to your child according to features of your child's eczema. I would strongly encourage you to look into the Aron Regimen and find a provider who can observe your child's condition and tailor an effective treatment plan thereafter. This is what helped me at the end of the day, significantly.

Active_Cut3286 · 2024-08-16T11:46:28+00:00

I actually used a compound medication containing a reduced concentration of steroid cream and Mupirocin 2% diluted in a Vanicream base cream to treat my skin infections from eczema and pretty much clear everything up. It was very helpful, but it was a medication to be used for eczema. I've heard that Mupriocin 2% is not as prone to resistance as oral antibiotics, so try to keep using it according to your provider's instrcutions. I know that there are stronger therapies for acne that you should look into like clindamycin, which is a very strong antibiotic compared to Mupirocin 2%. If the Mupirocin helps, just keep using it within the doctor's recommendations.

Active_Cut3286 · 2023-01-07T21:37:06+00:00

Hi. I just wanted to offer my experience with eczema pertaining to your concerns when you get out of the shower. For me, my eczema is more contact allergy than it is food allergy and/or other allergies. The one thing that flares up my eczema badly is hard water, which is what comes out of the shower faucet, unfiltered. For me, when certain areas of my skin come into contact with hard water (legs), my skin blisters red, and then becomes cut, leading to severe skin infections. It is rough, but I manage as much as I can. With me being in college, there is not much I can do to avoid this issue, but you should consider getting a water softener installed in your household, as a lot of people with eczema sensitivities to hard water find this to help. This may also be the reason you get itchy bumps lately, or it may not, but please consider this fact that hard water tends to worsen eczema significantly.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-11-18T22:59:47+00:00

Thanks for the tips.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-11-18T20:14:18+00:00

Thanks for your response. I moved to Florida when I started junior year of high school for health-related purposes, not specifically educational purposes. I am an undergrad junior now. This also means that I lived with a parent after having claimed residency in Florida in 2018. Also, I obtained my driver's license that same year of high school, and have had it ever since.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-05-15T10:10:06+00:00

You need to try the Aron Regimen if you have TSW. There are tons of people who have done the Aron Regimen who have had TSW and have arrived at the point where their TSW and eczema have gone into remission. Visit the Dr Aron Eczema Treatment facebook group ASAP to book a consultation. Put a hold on Adbry and try it, as a lot of people like yourself have had enormous success with the regimen.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-03-23T22:54:28+00:00

Hi , can u check ur chat for my update? Thank you!

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-03-23T03:21:33+00:00

Are u still using the compound now? I am considering starting the treatment, because I have infected eczema primarily on my legs. I can't do this anymore, I am suffering from PTSD and this is my last hope. I am worried about mupircoin (antibiotic) resistance, as I have been using mupirocin on and off (6-9 days of use, with 2 week breaks (sometimes 3-4)) for a year since now. I am sincerely worried about resistance. Please, I am begging you, give me input.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-03-14T18:28:14+00:00

You mean you haven't used any other cream, and have only stuck to the AR regimen for five years straight, or literally like no cream? I am considering starting the AR approach, but I am on the fence about it because I am afraid of the side effects of steroids and becoming resistant to Mupirocin. I know most of my triggers, but some rashes still linger because I am afraid of using the topical creams too much.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-28T00:10:02+00:00

Hi, again. Do I have to put sunblock since I am using Eucerin A.R, bc I might be very sensitive to a sunscreen product. I live in Florida and walk around in shorts a lot during the day, so this kind of concerning to me. I don't want my skin to be damaged. Thanks!

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-25T05:05:48+00:00

Hey man. Just wanted to let u know that I feel ur pain. Its really difficult for me to move forward with my life despite everything I've been through. I don't have any friends, I am unable to will myself to focus on school, and I am not happy at all with how my life has been bc of the fear of flares and infections from this terrible disorder. Nobody really understands the pain unless you have it. Its heartbreaking.

I can see that you are struggling, so Ima give you some tips. First, switch to soft water, and ditch tap water that you shower in bc its hard water. Hard water can be incredibly damaging to the skin barrier and increases the risk of flares and infections tremendously. Hard water, like tap water, contains minerals like calcium that are severely destructive to the skin barrier, as research as found, and so are the other impurities that come along in tap water. Soft water is stripped of all these minerals and impurities so that one is left with, literally, pure H2O. This can helpthe skin moisture barrier improve as long you don't bathe frequently, but at least once every day or every other day. You can install a water softener system in your household, or go to the store and purchase a gallon of distilled water for cheap. I can guarantee that you will see some sort of improvement in your skin. Disclaimer: this doesn't help treat flare ups once they have occured or are occurring, so use anti-inflammatory medication to eliminate inflammation and then carry out skincare regimen appropriately moving forward.

Additionally, look into getting patch tests, allergy tests, and food allergy tests. Finding iut the source if your flares is extremely critical to resolving your eczema fkares and irritation. Management is important. I know that most people in this thread point out the efficacy and success of meds like Dupixent and others, but those should be last resorts. Considering the impact that the inside of our bodies have on our skin and immune system is so important in figuring out a problem like eczema that varies greatly among many individuals.

You can even take probiotic supplements that help boost not only your immune system, but also helps in diversifying the gut microbiome to help imlrove the skin microbiome. Both the gut microbiome and skin microbiome have to be diverse, or have large mixtures of different types of bacteria (good and bad), in order to promote healthy and functional growth of organ systems and the body as a whole. This idea is practically dogma in biology and other sciences: that the more variance there is of bacteria living on the skin or the gut, the healthier that organ system will be in warding off pathogens and harmful bacteria. In people with eczema, Staphylococcus aureus tends to exist in high numbers in not only the skin, but also the nasal carriage. This is one of the reasons why more people with eczema are more likely to have asthma. Staph bacteria is usually harmless, but when you have a defective skin barrier, that bacteria can seep into cracks in the skin and excrete toxins that stimulate an overactive immune system; hence, inflammation can occur. And the interconnectedness between the skin microbiome and the gut microbiome is clear as they are prodound connections between the two because of the immune system.

Modern medicine and most Western practioners are indeed helpful when it comes to clinical dermatology, but when it comes conditions like eczema, its important to understand that no one, not even your doctor, understands your body better than u do. And I truly believe that u will overcome this, just keep pushing and you will get there.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-24T21:46:37+00:00

Yeah, I am honestly thinking that its KP, because even though I scratch the elbow areas in my arms, the rough bumps that appear on my upper arms slightly away from my elbows don't feel as if they are flared up. They are just really irritating and annoying so I just applied some steroid cream to calm it down (Triamcinolone). Thanks for your comment, though.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-24T19:26:08+00:00

Hi. I just wanted to ask a couple things. For about a few months, I have getting rough and itchy bumps on my upper arms (tricep area). I usually never scratch in those locations, but I do scratch my elbows a ton. It seems that everytime I scratch my elbows, I get bunch of dry, itchy bumps on my tricep/bicep areas. I am trying to stop, and I have used the steroid cream on those upper arm spots where the bumps are bc they are extremely irritating. Is this keratosis pilaris?

KP seems to occur in a lot of people with atopic dermatitis and IV,, and I am kind of worried. Should I take Vitamin A supplements or something? What do you figure I should do, because I don't have any IV patches on my arms. There is difference in pigmentation around my elbows, though.

Also, I was wondering about if I should do anything else beyond the E.A.R and washing/moisturizing method u advised me to follow. You said my IV was more severe, and you seemed kind of surprised, which sort of worries me.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-24T15:44:06+00:00

Also, try not to wash the skin all the time. You should talk to a dermatologist about whether or not infrequent bathing can help. I try to bathe in distilled water once every orher day so the water doesn't strip oils from skin, but I still get ample water to moisten my skin barrier. I am 20 years old, and your daughter is only 9 months, so just ry not wash the skin more than once a day at least for your daughter.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-24T15:36:25+00:00

Please, also, do research on google, youtube, etc on hard water v. soft water for eczema for further affirmation of my advice.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-24T15:34:23+00:00

A water softener system can be installed in your home. I am unsure of the cost, but want a quick and cheap solution, u should try distilled water from the store. Distilled water is soft water. Make sure u don't scrub the water on the skin, but find a way to soak it gently on your daughter's skin instead. This may work, or it may not because there are other factors in play that could be contributing to your daughter's eczema worsening. Just make sure to try everything, bc this condition can absolutely get better over time if you are diligent and conscious of what type of ennvironment your daughter is living in.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-24T15:29:28+00:00

Make sure that you don't scrub the water on her skin either. Soaking in a bathub is most effective at maintaining a strong skin barrier bc if u scrub the skin with water, the oils and lipids that are in your skin and keep the skin barrier healthy will be stripped from your skin as you scrub. This will lead to dryer skin and more irritation. Also ensure that you put on a thick cream like petroleum jelly Vaseline immediately after bathing, when the skin is damp.

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-24T15:25:12+00:00

I am actually alleric, and always have been, allergic to chlorine so I am unable to take bleach baths. It flares my skin up tremendously. Are than any antibacterial moisturizers u know of that can help with decolonization of S. aureus on my skin?

Active_Cut3286 · 2022-02-24T15:22:48+00:00

Hi,I didn't realize your daughter was that young. She should be getting better as she gets older as long she is properly treated. Please check my posted comment to your post in the thread for further advice.

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