Hi. Since May of this year (2011) I've suddenly got this persistent itchiness on both my eyelids. It started out itchy then it swelled the next day which lasted for a couple of days with the help of hydrocortisone. Then when the swelling died down, both my eyelids became flaky. The itchiness remained and travelled all over my face. Only my eyelids showed visible flakes while the rest of my face just turned blushed from the scratching. It really feels inflammed. It's been off and on and hydrocortisone helps with the itchiness and the swelling, but it's not getting rid of it. I'm beginning to feel the itchiness on my neck and behind my ear. I feel some minor bumps of my skin but it's so minor that that you can't really see it until you try to look closer or try to feel my skin. When I scratch my face, it doesn't seem like the itchiness is coming from the bumps. I tried benadryl cream before for a day and that didn't really do much with the itching. I even tried an anti-fungal cream for a day but that also did not work. Only hydrocortisone gave me the relief from the itchiness and the swelling of my eyelid. The problem is that this is just a temporary relief and it will flare-up again in a few hours. It would get so itchy that I want to tear my skin out of my face.
I'm 30, female, asian. Had no changes in my diet recently or done any activity that is out of my regular routine. I am not experiencing any major stress nor anxiety. I'm not taking any medication only Mg and Ca supplements from WholeFoods which I started to take a few months after this problem happened.