Started having this problem about a year or so ago - it's really quite irritating! Finally got it looked at about 2-3 months ago and was prescribed stronger hydrocortizone cream (since the OTC stuff was too weak) and told to apply it every day. A few months on and it's still no better. After a few days of application it seems to calm down, but after 2-3 days of not using the cream it flares up again!
Just wondering if it's one of those things which will eventually go away, or am I going to have to swab white goo in my ears every day for the rest of my life to keep it under control?!
I get a bit of dry skin on my elbows but that's easily remedied with a body scrub and moisturiser and I don't suffer with ecszma anywhere on my body - just seems to be in my ears and it's driving me nuts!
Itchy flaky skin in my ears?
This is quite a common problem, and can be difficult to eradicate. Sometimes it is related to psoriasis, rather than eczema, and using creams directed more for psoriasis - not steroid creams - can sometimes help.
However, funnily as it may sound, it may be related to your digestion.
Many of us build up the wrong sort of bacteria in the bowel, and it can help by redressing the balance. These popular bio-yoghurts can help, but they may also hinder as they contain sugar and fruit that encourages the wrong bacteria to grow. The best option is either live natural yoghurt, or go for a supplement containing Acidophilus (the good bacteria) together with other elements to help the good bacteria thrive.
You have nothing to lose if you try, and it would be great to hear that your ears clear up by this change in diet - let us know!
Reply:Try changing shampoos and having showers instead of baths. Worked for me!!
Reply:it might have to do with the sun also like your getting sun burned on your ears. try putting on an spf and then your cream.
Reply:throughout my life, my eczema has localized itself in different places. when i was 5, it was only atop my scalp. there was a time when it was only inside and around my ears, too. right now, it's only around my elbows and lower legs. there was a time when it was all over my body.
it has come and gone; in fact i went 4 solid years without it being noticeable and i had basically no irritation whatsoever.
ive found that it becomes less severe if i keep steady sleeping and eating habits, strangely enough. i think that it is because it stabilizes my immune system (eczema is classified as an autoimmune disease.) i hope this helps somewhat.
Reply:Sorry to hear that you are suffering in this way. Just use as little of the ointment as you have to and search the web - you may come across a 'cure!'
I have suffered exactly the same way for 15 years! Having to wear a hearing aid adds to the problem. Just--- grin and bear it --- you could be suffering from much worse things!!!
Reply:I have this problem too! It's horrible. And my ears get really full of wax and it can hurt sometimes too.
I think that having a good diet helps and also I don't think that the steroid creams you get given are a good thing because they are not dealing with the root of the problem, the cause of the problem, they only try to cure it once the problem is there, and you become immune to them over time I think.
I am afraid I dont know a really way to treat or prevent it - I wish I did but otherwise it might be something you just have to live with, like I do :(
Good luck x
Reply:did you ever have your ears flushed out with one of those bulb looking things "Ear Syringe Ball" maybe the condition is caused by something further in your ear and needs to be flushed out once in a while.
and if the ear stuff is from the same fungus that causes dandruff, maybe pouring a cap full of hydrogen peroxide in the ear and letting it loosen any gunk built up in the ear cavity
Then use the ear ball thing to flush out whatever is in there
I am obviously not a physician, so my suggestions should be discussed with an actual medically trained individual
good luck
daphne
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