Good luck Claire! I\'ve had excema for about six years now. Nothing has helped. All six years I had this horrible patch of excema on my lower stomach. No hip hugger jeans for me! But, I tried everything, Protopic, Elocon, Plastic Buttons on my jeans, not bathing in hot water, ice, otc lotions... all I can say is that for a short period of about 4 months, it went away. I think it went away because I did not experience any stress during those four months. Relax.