xerotic

Xerotic eczema is common in elderly people, though it is not uncommon for people in their 20s.

One way to treat xerotic eczema is to avoid scratching the affected area and to apply anti-itch or moisturizing lotion frequently.

Xerotic eczema (aka asteatotic e., e. craquele or craquelatum, winter itch, pruritus hiemalis) is dry skin that becomes so serious it turns into eczema.

Olay, for instance, tested its sensitive skin products on people with active atopic dermatitis (itchy inflamed skin) and moderate xerotic eczema (dry skin), and on babies, whose skin is naturally fragile.

In a small clinical study conducted on volunteer subjects with terribly dry (xerotic) hands, lanolin was shown to be superior to petrolatum in reducing the signs and symptoms of dryness and scaling, cracks and abrasions, and pain and itch.