Eczema is a chronic disease, chronic diseases need to be “three parts treatment, seven parts nourishment”, eczema patients need to take good care of the skin. The actual fact is that you will be able to get a good deal on your own. I’ve talked a lot about moisturizing in previous articles, but in fact, a good bath can sometimes have an unexpected effect on improving eczema.
What are the benefits of taking a bath? Dry skin is caused by the skin’s inability to retain moisture, so the most effective way to treat dry skin is to replenish it with the moisture it needs. Bathing and moisturizing are important ways to replenish and preserve skin moisture. If your skin has eczema, the best way to replenish moisture is to soak in a tub, or shower, and then immediately apply moisturizer.
Bathing precautions.
1. Take a bath (either a soak or a shower) at least once a day.
2.Use lukewarm water (no more than 37 degrees) in a bath or shower for no more than 10-15 minutes.
3. avoid scrubbing the skin with towels or rough scrubbing towels or loofahs.
4.Use mild bath soap, not crude alkaline soap.
5, eczema acute episodes, you can reduce the use of bathing lotion, etc., to avoid further stimulation of the skin.
Eczema patients should take more or less baths?
About the frequency of bathing, different regions and different cultures will have different statements. In the cold and dry winter in the north, many people may take a bath at most 1-2 times a week; in the warm south, even if the winter will be dry, many people will still maintain the habit of bathing every day, some even twice a day. In fact, the number of baths does not necessarily have an impact on eczema, the most important thing is to apply moisturizer to protect the skin in time after the bath.
How many times is it appropriate? For eczema patients, it is recommended to take a bath once a day. Bathing is good for cleaning off the scabs and flakes on the surface of eczema skin on the one hand, and allowing the skin to absorb enough moisture on the other. When the skin is in a moist state, it will be more conducive to the absorption of moisturizing creams and the efficacy of topical medication will be better. It is just important to note that the moisturizer must be applied immediately after each bath.
Bath (soak) or shower?
Soak bath is the whole body skin is immersed in water, can let the skin fully absorb moisture, at the same time can be added to the soaking water with some therapeutic effect or emollient effect of the product, these products in addition to clean skin to replenish moisture, but also has a certain auxiliary treatment and emollient effect, so if possible, you can try to choose soak bath soak.
Some special bath immersion methods.
1, bleach bath: add diluted bleach water (sodium hypochlorite solution) to the bath water to help reduce bacteria on the skin and improve eczema with skin infections, the general bath time of 5-10 minutes, and then rinse off, 2-3 times a week.
2, the use of bath oil: in the bath water to add bath oil (bath oil) can be in the bath at the same time to moisturize and nourish the skin, be sure to choose no fragrance, will not produce bubbles of the product. Use need to pay attention to the bath oil will make the bathtub and floor is very slippery, to pay attention to anti-slip.
3, the use of oatmeal bath powder: the colloidal oatmeal powder into the bath water or directly apply oatmeal powder paste directly to the skin, can help relieve the itching symptoms of eczema, and has a certain moisturizing effect.
4, starch bath: add corn starch to the bath water, the bath water will be creamy and milky, and oatmeal powder, corn starch bath can also relieve itching and make the skin smooth and moist.
5, baking soda bath: the use of baking baking soda (baking soda) added to the bath water or apply it directly to the skin in the form of a paste, can help relieve itching.
6, sea salt bath: the idea of sea salt bath comes from the Dead Sea in the salt and magnesium ion-rich seawater bath is conducive to the treatment of psoriasis and eczema. If the bath water can even irritate the skin causing skin tingling symptoms during an acute attack of eczema, try adding sea salt to the bath water to help relieve such symptoms.