The only thing which cleared me up is this homeopathic medicine - powder or pills from this woman i know, plenty of water, no dairy products. I strongly sympathise with you as a 17 year old excema victim... try to stay away from the strongest steroid creams because it weakens the skin - it\'ll be harder for other remedies to work.xxx alix uk.p.s i can send you some of the powder if you want to try it.