Update: I have found a cream that clears up my eye eczema and has also helped many others.





My Eczema Background





This is a bit of a different post from me today, and is quite a personal one and something I'm really self-conscious and sensitive about. It's going to be very long, and have some really gross photos towards the end. But I hope you'll continue reading, because I hope that someone out there will be able to help me somehow, or will know someone who can help me.





I've had eczema for as long as I can remember. There isn't a time where I can't remember having it. When I was younger I would always get it under my knees and in the inside of my elbows, and I had to bathe in E45 emollient. It would usually strike during Autumn and Winter when the heating came on and cold weather arrived, and for some reason when I was a child seawater also flared it up (thankfully I seemed to grow out of this!).





Anyway, nothing has ever really worked for it, I've always had to just bear with it and let it run its course until it went down by itself. Although the bath emollient worked, the E45 cream has never worked, and I feel as though I've tried every product out there, from natural to chemical. The only good thing about it being under my knees and in my elbows, was that I could cover it up with clothing, so no one had to see it.





When I was 14 I finally found the perfect solution. I was back in Australia for a holiday and we went down to Albany for a week. We visited the Sandalwood Factory down there and I found Mount Romance Damage Control. At the time I was suffering from eczema really badly, and within a few hours of using the Damage Control oil, it was already going down. I also had a huge patch on my left wrist, it was so sore it looked diseased, it was a huge spread of eczema all across my wrist and was so dry it was cracking and bleeding. After a couple of days of applying Damage Control every hour, it had completely disappeared.





My Eye Eczema Story & Why I Get Eczema On My Eyes





Then disaster struck. I started getting eczema on my eyelids and under-eye . I couldn't hide this with clothing. It was on show for all to see, and it was humiliating. My eyes were bright red and cracked - it looked as though there was something seriously wrong with me. Despite the Damage Control telling me not to use it on eyes, I did, and it worked. It stung like hell, but it worked.





In 2010 I had allergy tests done, and I discovered the reason behind my eczema, I'm allergic to mould. This also explains why my asthma is worse during autumn. Asthma and eczema are connected, and the mould flares them both up. During autumn when the leaves fall off the trees, they decay on the ground and mould spores rise into the air, getting into your lungs and going onto your skin. For those who are allergic, it's a nightmare, and different people have different reactions to it.





Back in August 2012 my eczema on my eyes flared up again, but this time the Damage Control didn't work. My trusty saviour for the past seven years failed me, and I needed something else that would work ASAP. Incredibly painful, itchy and completely unsightly, my eyes were red raw with the skin flaking off, and I was waking up with my eyes completely swollen. I spent ages sitting there with a bag of frozen peas on them before leaving for work, and as you can imagine, my tube journeys to work involved me keeping my head down. I felt myself constantly worrying about what people were thinking when they looked at me.









The eczema caused both my eyes to swell up.

One morning it was so bad I couldn't even see out of my left eye.

Eye Eczema Products That Didn't Work





The skin was so dry it felt like paper, the dry skin flakes were falling onto my eyelashes, and my skin looked weathered and about 50 years old than it is.

E45 Intensive Recovery Works But is Full of Chemicals





So I started using the E45 Intensive Recovery for 'very dry skin', and to be honest, it was amazing. I'd been using it regularly on my eyelids for a few days, and they were back to being smooth. But then I read an article on the chemicals inside it the product, and learnt that some of them are actually very toxic. I was furious that the Doctor told me to put this on my EYES of all places! Not only does E45 contain Sodium Sulphate's, but it also contains Propylparaben, which is an irritant that even has links to causing cancer.





Please excuse this hideously ugly photo and the super thick eyebrows...I was growing them up to have them waxed and re-shaped :/ But I think this photo shows how bad it truly was - I look really ill and my skin all over my face just looks destroyed and dead.





Finding Organic Eye Eczema Products That WORK





So I was back to square one. I stopped using the E45, and once again I had to find something else that was natural and organic. The problem is I didn't know where to start, which brand to trust, and at the time I honestly couldn't afford to keep spending all this money on products I would use a few times before realizing they were not going to work or were making it worse. Not only was my eye eczema horrible and disgusting to look at, but eczema around the eyes is also incredibly painful. The constant pain and itch stresses me out, and when it's particularly bad I can feel my heart racing from the stress and pain.





I also needed to start using completely natural eye make-up, as I discovered all of my normal eye make-up (eyeshadow, eyeliner), are all full of those nasty chemicals that irritate my eczema. But just like with the skincare products, I just couldn't afford to keep buying products unless I know that they'll definitely work. So, I scoured resources online, did A LOT of research, worked with PR companies, and found all of the products that DO work (and those that don't), and I've created lists of them all for you.





How I Found My Perfect Eye and Face Eczema Cream

After testing lots of products, both organic and chemical-based, I found my eye eczema miracle cream. So far it has saved my eyes from eczema, and I have had thousands of messages and comments over the years of other's it has helped with eczema around the eyes and face. I first tried it out shortly after I originally wrote this post in November 2012, and 8 years on, in 2020, I still use it and it still works every time I have an eye eczema flare up.





here if you're in the USA or Canada. I regularly get emails and comments from people thanking me for recommending this cream, so watch the video below to see if it's something you might want to try, and you can purchase it here if you're in the UK , and from

Watch my 2019 video to find out more about my eye eczema journey!













I've also found lots of natural makeup and skincare products over the past year since I first wrote this post that are great for sensitive skin and eczema.

Read my Top 7 Makeup Products for Eczema Prone Skin

Read my Top 5 Natural Eczema Creams for eczema on the body





I hate to think about the amount of money I spent over the course of two months buying and trying new products. I tried every natural remedy in Holland and Barrett, Body Shop, Boots and Superdrug. From Vitamin E to the Body Shop Hemp products, to Caudalie and Aloe Vera gel, and I even went back to trying E45. Eventually I went back to the Doctor and reluctantly agreed to try Hydrocortizone, a steroid that thins the skin. After three days of usage it cleared up. But four days later it was back with a vengeance, and this time the Hydrocortizone didn't work.