Post by petrolino on Aug 3, 2019 10:27:22 GMT
Taro Mometasone is the name. It's a topical anti-inflammatory drug from the cortisone family (corticosteroid).
Be warned that while it doesn't create any dependency, it does thin your skin (permanently). My skin did get a slightly thicker (in mm) after I stopped but it didn't came back to what it was before I used it (if compared to skin nearby or similar area on the other side of the body or the other limb). It means that you may be a little red in that area and you may get bruises more easily on that spots.
So you apply it very lightly but man, first application it stopped the itching (and leaking, told you I was far) within minutes. That might be one, or two at most, step away from being considered the nuclear bomb in terms of treatment for eczema.
But it works.
Other stuff to help with eczema are rest/sleep, lowered stress and using soap with nothing added to it (the plain Dover bar works). A for the creams, like Aveeno, those who worked for me are those like the soaps. No perfume and no additive whatsoever.
I used steroid creams a lot as a kid, must have thinned my skin dramatically. Then, I had eczema from head to toe. As an adult, it comes and goes and I tend to control it a lot better. But sometimes it flares up across patches of skin, which might weep, or bleed if I scratch too rigorously (though scratching feels great while you're doing it). Thanks for the tips, most hepful.