Anyone else here with skin troubles?

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I've always had sensitive skin. When I was younger, I had rashes everywhere, especially on my back and behind my knees. I still do, actually. About nine years ago, I developed eczema on my feet. My parents and I tried everything, from salves to herbal remedies to acupuncture. It was only until a few hours ago, when we went to a reknowned dermatologist, that we found out that I had atopic dermatitis.
My question is, is there anyone on here who has similar problems? Atopic dermatitis usually appears in families with long history of allergies, hay fever, and asthma. And the allergen is usually milk, peanuts, fish, and eggs. Not usually food related to autism or aspergers, but still.. I'd appreciate it if people would share their experiences and help me out.

The only skin issue I have is my mild acne and let me tell you it sucks

Ammy, there is alot to suggest. I found say first, look at having a reasonable amount of water. Eliminate all grains and include fruits into your diet. Stay away from all nuts too. Eat organic and go to bed by 10pm. If you need more help just ask.

I have Aspergers and have had very bad chronic eczema since early childhood. Stress seems to be the biggest factor, and with having Aspergers there are addition stresses in the world.

skin problems are usually linked to the gut as most of the immune system is in there. I don't now what your eatting in your diet. So it's hard for me to help you. What's your diet look like?

I had really bad eczema when I was a kid. Used to get slathered in coal tar ointment and wrapped in bandages every night before bed. Used to have to sit in front of a UV lamp for ages too. (Yes, primitive sounding treatments but this was in the 70s remember!) I also had really bad hay fever and allergies to about a million different things, including most animals, most washing powders and soaps, and most trees and flowers. Strangely, I've never really been allergic to any foods, apart from carrots which I always detested and which my parents used to puree and hide in other foods till they realised every time I ate them I projectile vomited everywhere...

By the time I hit my mid 20s my eczema had just about gone away, and my hay fever also calmed down tremendously. My dad says he was the same. I'm now 37 and I haven't had to take daily hay fever medication all through the summer for the last 5 years. And I only get the occasional patches of eczema breaking out round my eyes if I wear too much make up and don't clean it all off at night, and on my hands if I don't wear rubber gloves when washing the dishes.

I also had asthma from when I was about 16, but due to a combination of being very fit and only having very infrequent attacks, it was put down to my allergies and I wasn't properly diagnosed till I was 34 and had the worst attack ever and ended up in hospital one night just about half dead. Once I knew what it was I stopped smoking immediately and now I only have a mild attack maybe every six months or so.

Asthma, eczema, hay fever and allergies usually all go together, cause they're all caused by an over active auto-immune response, and yes, they usually run in families. Both sides of my family have tons of allergies and skin problems and my mum has multiple sclerosis which is the most horrible auto-immune condition of all.

I console myself with the fact that the worse over-active auto immune response a person has, the less likely they are to ever get cancer. This is due to your immune system being much better at 'zapping' cancer while it's still in the single-cell stages. The only person on both sides of my family who has had cancer was my dad's older brother, who smoked 80 a day from the age of 14 and still made it to 72!

I sunburn really easily and have mild acne. It makes me sad face. >.<

I've had acne since I was 11...I am now 31. So tired of it!! !! I also have mild eczema. I recently read that dropping grains from my diet would help. I have been gluten free for one year now and have seen a small difference, but I still eat some GF grains. It would be hard to give up rice.

I have extremely dry skin - no idea what causes this.

I use Oil Cleansing Method (using oil to clean your face - great for preventing acne, healing skin, moisturising and preventing oily/greasy skin) so no soaps or washes to dry-out my face and no sodium laurel sulphate or other chemicals that may dry-out or irritate my skin. I moisturise twice a day, as well as using a serum and oils, plus I get plenty of water - facial skin is still always dry, and flakes a little around my nose and forehead. Skin of my body is okay, but my legs too never seem able to get enough moisture so are always itchy and are not covered in stretch marks too - again, I avoid using soaps or washes as much as possible, use moisturisers and oil heavily, no difference.

It wouldn't surprise me if diet was the key to my skin problems - I strongly suspect some sort of mild food sensitivity.

I get Hayfever from allergies but no skin problems. My friends gets heyfever from allergy but she doesn't have any skin trouble..she gets red eyes..

I have super sensitive skin,plus it's really oily,but also dry in places.I have acne on top of that,but I am on prescription for it which helps a lot.My skin gets red and inflamed and irritated really easily, so I use gentle,organic products when I can.I use Cerave cleanser (not organic,but helps with acne),Differin and Duac topical creams,take Minocycline prescription twice a day,Avalon Organics Lavender Daily moisturizer I have been using for years; it is super gentle,non oily and smells great as well.I use Alba Deep Sea facial mask a few times a week,as well as Aztec Secret Healing Clay (Bentonite clay) as a facial mask a few times a week.Sometimes I use Aubrey Organics Oil Balancing Moisturizer,it's really great for oily skin.It has witch hazel in it too,which helps with acne.
Be patient with your skin! If you stress out and start picking, then your skin will react aversely to it! Make sure you have lots of healthy fats such as nuts and avocado in your diet,papaya really gives you a glow as well.

i have a rare skin disorder called hidradenitis, but in my youth i had an extreme form of acne which formed hard lumps over back shoulders and chest which would explode and drain all over the place, forming deep holes wear they had been, i was in hospital for 3 weeks trying to treat it, and couldnt shower for 14 months due to the pain of the water,now with my current condition is still bad and still get massive holes but more in the sweat areas so i have to wear alot of cotton clothing, and sleeveless shirts to avoid flare ups

Accutane.

It's a freaking godsend.

Eczema combined with a sensitive skin in the face. I just have to see sun and already start burning in my face.

The eczema gets in my hair, face, upper arms, back, toes and itches like hell. I've got some treatments from the doctor. But like ChinaCatSunflower the biggest factor is stress, but also weather (rainy weather is bad and I live in The Netherlands, famous for its rain) and air poisoning (smog is also not helping).