Love Swimming but Chlorine Is Causing Eczema Flare Up?

The first thought maybe to stop swimming. Well, the good news is you don’t have to stop swimming. It’s good put on a protective barrier for your skin prior to entrance into the water. However, more importantly is what you do to your skin immediately after you get out of the water. In the water, your skin becomes saturated. When that happens, your skin loses water at an even quicker rate. (It has something to do with the water cycle, and condensation process)

Excema skin is dehydrated skin. To rehydrate you need to drink more water and to moisturize your skin with a natural (steroid free) lotion immediately after you shower or get out of the water. Pat dry and moisturize immediately to retain the skin’s moisture. Burt’s Bees Baby Bee Buttermilk Lotion (for sensitive skin of all ages) is the lotion that seems to work wonders for most excema sufferers.

It is a good idea to use vaseline prior to entering the water because of its thickness. But like I said, the most important thing is what you do immediately after you get out of the water. The Burt’s Bees Buttermilk Lotion is a light vitamin enriched lotion that moisturizes the skin and allows the oxygen to flow without clogging the pores.

In summary, instead of giving up swimming, consider giving up the salt instead and increasing your water consumption. Drinking more water will rehydrate the moisture barrier in your skin; thus making you less vulnerable to attack from the harmful allergen.