Dry and flaky skin around the eyes and itchy skin is considered to be contact dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis and other diseases.
1. Contact dermatitis: contact dermatitis may occur if you come into contact with allergenic substances, resulting in dry and flaky skin around the eyes. Patients need to avoid re-exposure to the allergenic substances, and need to use topical glucocorticoid cream such as hydrocortisone butyrate under the guidance of the doctor, and take antihistamine drugs such as loratadine and cetirizine orally for treatment.
2. Eczema: Eczema may also lead to dry and flaky skin around the eyes, as well as erythema, papules, itching and other symptoms. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions for external tacrolimus ointment and other calcium-modulated phosphatase inhibitors, oral loratadine, cetirizine and other antihistamines; when the symptoms are serious, the system can apply glucocorticoid drugs such as prednisone, cyclosporine and other immunosuppressants and other treatments.
3. Psoriasis: patients with psoriasis may also have dry and flaky symptoms around the eyes, and at the same time, scaly red plaques and itching may appear in other parts of the body. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions for external use of glucocorticoid drugs such as tretinoin cream, vitamin D3 derivatives such as carbotriol, but also the systematic application of methotrexate, cyclosporine and other immunosuppressant therapy.
In addition, dry and flaky skin around the eyes with itching may also be caused by other diseases, it is recommended that patients go to the regular hospital in a timely manner, after a clear diagnosis under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment.