Oh goody: eczema and psorasis

[LoobyLoo]

I'm usually pretty good keeping my various skin complaints to heel and have my triggers figured out, but since I got knocked up, my face, neck and torso are turning into a big red flakey mess! My pregnancy 'glow' so far consists of big neon-red patches around my chin and neck, both my ears and eyebrows are peeling, and my neck has a broad band of red/silver scaley bits around it; I'm not feeling pretty. So far all I've done to help is upped my flax oil supplements, taken lukewarm oatmeal baths, and washed the sore bits with oil rather than water, but after a couple of months of this I can tell I'm barely keeping things from getting worse. Have just ordered some organic shea butter in the hope that it'll help.

Anyone else in the red'n'itchy club with me? :irked:

[kdaisy]

Me too! I doesn't sound like I have things as bad as you do. But my face is so red and flakey! My skin all over has been dry and itchy (I thought it was the cold and dry Montana weather). This is my first pregnancy, and I was wondering where that "glow" was too! Though I am not totally complaining. Normally I have very oily skin with regular breakouts. So this change is sort of an interesting reprieve. But definitely strange. Still, I would take this over painful acne any day!

I found oatmeal soap and cold cream helped me. Hope you get some relief!