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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

SergeStorms

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11. I had eczema as a kid....

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2022, 11:18 AM

Apr 2022

the doctor gave us some coal tar with some sort of "flesh" colored cream in it to apply to the affected areas, usually on my legs. It looked like hell, as I remember, didn't blend in with my flesh's colored, but it did stop the itching and scaling.

I grew out of having eczema as I matured. I'll never forget those small, white jars of " flesh" colored coal tar though.

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Coal Tar for dry scaling skin. [View all] multigraincracker Apr 2022 OP

i remember my older sisters using it. mopinko Apr 2022 #1

Don't know why I decided to smell it. multigraincracker Apr 2022 #2

i remember. mopinko Apr 2022 #3

I have been using Kroger brand Coal Tar shampoo for doc03 Apr 2022 #4

I use to work outside in a rail yard all winter. multigraincracker Apr 2022 #6

They changed the bottle now it reads doc03 Apr 2022 #9

Coal tar shampoos are pretty common. Grokenstein Apr 2022 #5

Has been used to treat psoriasis for decades. sinkingfeeling Apr 2022 #7

medicated expensive bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #8

I had a terrible dandruff problem when I was a kid. Coal tar shampoo cleared it right up. Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #10

I had eczema as a kid.... SergeStorms Apr 2022 #11

Used it on patients in the 80s for full body psoriasis Warpy Apr 2022 #12