Hi, I've had eczema since birth and managed to get it under control about 18 months ago (thank God) It was a huge challenge! For me the trigger was some foods and other chemicals in cleaning products etc. I went totally natural with cleaning/hair products etc and I got tested for food allergies from a lady who uses an Avatar machine... There are haps of people who do tests like that, basically it's a machine where you hold the handles in your hands and the computer tells you what foods you are allergic to. In the short term just use sorbolene cream , smother it on the area and wet a bandage than wring it out, cover the area in the wet bandage and then put a dry bandage over the top of it, wear during the night and in the morning apply more cream. You can also go to the pharmacy and get come QV bath oil to soak in 1st which really helps and you can start by using dermadrate shampoo and conditioner so that they are gentle on body skin... Oh and you can use the dermadrate shampoo as a body soap instead of regular soap. Hope that helps