I just got my ear pierced saturday and it started to scab up noticeably inside sunday night/mon morning so i was assuming the healing process was going smoothly. Today at school my fran said that it looked really red and i noticed that my ears were really hot, and that my face was hot. Later i had others say that my ears looked fine. I got home and took a nice shower and washed them with Dial soap twice during the shower (beginning and end). And twice more after that later in the day. The only places i have had eczema appear is on my legs, upper arm, and stomach. It was a really bad skin rash that spread even when left alone. I used clobetasol propionate cream to clear it all up, but this was over a year ago. And yes, i have surgical steel captives in my ears, 14gauge (contains nickel). So right now ears look fine, feel hot, and face feels hot. Is it the nickel and dial reacting badly that is making me feel this way or what?

I have a big itch on my stomach, chest, and nipple areas and it won’t go away. Now it’s getting worse, with red pimple like spots on my skin. Could this be the result of poor sleeping patterns? I just recently got a 1st shift job and my sleeping time has gone from 8 hours to 5 hours. Still though, why should that cause eczema? I never had this problem until I started my new job. BTW, it’s a driving job.
Nope, didn’t change anything.

Is there any home remedies? I have had eczema all my life and lately have been having really bad breakouts all over my stomach and sides. I just want to know if there is anything I can do at home to cure it before I go to a doctor so they can say, "yep you have eczema…" and then bill me on the way out. hahaha please help!