Self tan with eczema?

[Mark1988]

I have some bad patches of eczema on my body, not hurrendous, but ya know. I want to use self tan for when i go to cyprus with my girlfriend and i dont wanna be all pale!

Is it safe to use with my eczema?

[chazza]

I dont think you should for several reasons:

1. I have eczema and have to be careful which lotions I use as some can irritate areas that are not already irritated and cause flare ups of eczema

2. If you do have a break out on your skin, the colour will all collect in the dry bit, causing it to look very dark and patchy

3. Some fake tans can react with ordinary sun and turn a really strange and nasty colour! A girl we met on holidays once had done this and she looked like something out of the Simpsons!

[CAJ1]

You're maybe not meant to but my friend has bad eczema and gets the spray on tan and she's ok. If you went somewhere to get it done they may be able to advise you better

[aka.pixi]

why can't you be happy with the colour you're blessed with?

[Mark1988]

I'm thinking of using the 'famous daves' self tan, it has a lower amount of that tanning agent than other ones do that COULD cause a reaction. Like i said my eczema isnt terrible but i do tend to suffer with it over my body quite a bit. And in reply to your comment, a.k.a pixi, I am happy with my colour, even the slight red patches i get on my skin! which is why I don't use self tan at all, just wanted to give it a bash when I go to cyprus.

[xtashurrr]

Hi,

I used the Famous Dave's moitsure tan, I have eczema and have suffered with it for 18 years so far, I find that if I know I want to apply fake tan, I use my emmolient creams for two weeks before morning and night and when I get out the shower to ensure I don't have any break outs - however I had a last minute event I wanted to attend and thought I'd risk it this once as this is a moisturiser I didn't think it would cause too many problems ( I'm prone to getting a dry patch on my right arm at the crease of my elbow that turns white once the dry skin has flaked off! ) - So I moisturised and then applied the fake tan and washed it off the next day, so easy to apply and I didn't feel any irritation at all, the dry patch on my right arm tanned well and didn't leave a white patch or flaky, so I was really really please with that, I've tried a lot of fake tans as well - rimmel wash on wash off, st tropez, st moriz, spray tans, banana boat, no7, 17 - just all sorts, and this was the ONLY one that didn't give me any sort of irritation as it's fragrance free too!

Also on a side note I was looking at this one also - http://www.greenpeople.co.uk/self-tan-lotion-200ml.aspx, it's got A LOT of good reviews, I've also heard of a Vani T spray tan which has naturally derrived DHA which means that it wont collect on our dry patches - YAY for pale eczema sufferers all over!