I got excema for the first time in January 2009. It was before I started my Aged Care course, before working in Aged Care... Drs put it down to - working in an environment where I was washing my hands too much... Um, were you listening!?

It's only on my left hand, on the inside of my pinky, both sides of my ring finger and occasionaly on my middle finger.

I have absolutely no idea what causes it, whether it's a food, allergen, environment etc, but I use Elocon cream when it's bad, supposed to use it just as its starting but I never do. Dr also told me to go to Crazy Clarks and get some papillion cream and use that when there's no flare up.

HTH