What causes eczema?

What causes eczema?

Rebecca Fitzgerald (Dermatologist) gives expert video advice on: What are some of the available treatments for eczema?; How can I prevent eczema flare-ups? and more...

Usually when a patient comes in with bad eczema, there's a couple of things that need to be done. One is to treat the acute flare with inflammation of the skin. The second and probably the more important one is patient education, in order to learn management techniques to keep from having any more acute flares. The mainstead of that chronic management is moisture, because dry skin flares much more easily. This is an inborn condition that you have or you don't. You didn't catch it from anybody, you can't give it to anybody and there's no cure as it's a condition. But if you can keep your skin from being really dry, you can really stack the odds in your favor and keep from flaring.