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dragonlady7Got out of shower and determined that I now have a full-on eczema flare:
It had been going well-- usually soapy water gives me eczema flares between my fingers, but even with all the dishwashing bartenders do the skin on my hands had been entirely under control with judicious moisturizer, and I'd theorized that perhaps the disinfectant we use on glassware at LocalBar was somehow beneficial to my skin.
I think perhaps this flare might be stress-related-- that's usually the final necessary factor. Why it didn't happen during my Week Of Double Shifts, I don't know, except that perhaps I was just tired then, and not so stressed. Towards the end of my time at the software company, I had eczema so bad that the weird, wrinkly skin (the doctor called it 'eczema sign') extended onto some of the pads of my fingers, to the point that my fingerprints were distorted. (This mattered because the company started taking attendance with a fingerprint-activated sign-in device.) And it slowly went away while I was unemployed, to the point that my hands looked like those of a 25-year-old again instead of a 75-year-old.
Anyhow. Hi, itching and pain. I hadn't missed you. Could you go away again?
Please?
Crap.
- on the insides of both elbows
- between eight of my fingers
- on the back of one hand
- on the palm of the other hand
- on both shins
- on my chest of all places, above where my shirt hits so it's visible in my uniform
It had been going well-- usually soapy water gives me eczema flares between my fingers, but even with all the dishwashing bartenders do the skin on my hands had been entirely under control with judicious moisturizer, and I'd theorized that perhaps the disinfectant we use on glassware at LocalBar was somehow beneficial to my skin.
I think perhaps this flare might be stress-related-- that's usually the final necessary factor. Why it didn't happen during my Week Of Double Shifts, I don't know, except that perhaps I was just tired then, and not so stressed. Towards the end of my time at the software company, I had eczema so bad that the weird, wrinkly skin (the doctor called it 'eczema sign') extended onto some of the pads of my fingers, to the point that my fingerprints were distorted. (This mattered because the company started taking attendance with a fingerprint-activated sign-in device.) And it slowly went away while I was unemployed, to the point that my hands looked like those of a 25-year-old again instead of a 75-year-old.
Anyhow. Hi, itching and pain. I hadn't missed you. Could you go away again?
Please?
Crap.
