It's 1am, you're wide awake and you're trying your best not to scratch that dry patch on your arm. You start to wonder why does your eczema itch worst at night?
Your body’s levels of cortisol peak in the middle of the night. This hormone helps control inflammation and itch, so that’s why you feel naturally less itchy first thing in the morning. When cortisol levels are lower in the evening before bedtime, you can feel itching more intensely.

Here are some tips to keep your eczema itch at a minimum.

1. ​Shower at night and moisture before bed: Bathing in the evening will give you a full night in bed to rehydrate with the proper moisturizer. Moisturizing should happen within three minutes after showering, and at least 20 minutes before crawling into bed for the night.

2. Try cotton gloves and plastic wrap: After you slather on Restore Skin Repair Lotion, Eczema Body Oil, Restore Skin Repair Body Butter, and then vaseline, wrap your hands in plastic wrap and slip on some gloves. This will help lock in that hydration while you snooze. Those gloves serve another great purpose: preventing you from scratching and causing rashes or bleeding throughout the night.

3. Keep temps cool: Your bedroom shouldn’t be too hot; this can promote dryness.

4. Choose cotton sheets or other light, natural fibers. You want them to be breathable.

5. Consider taking an antihistamines: Don’t make this a habit, but for tough nights, you can use these intermittently.
Hopefully these tips bring you some relief form your eczema at night.