Edgar Cayce believed that Eczema is the result of leaky gut. He attributes eczema and psoriasis both to thinned intestinal walls that allow particles out into the blood stream - which then attempt exit through the skin. So since I believe whole heartedly in Edgar Cayce, I'd guess that the cleanses thinned out the walls of your gut.

Here's links that describe the Edgar Cayce protocol. Easy and cheap - 2 teas that don't cost much, in addition to other stuff.

His fixes for leaky gut are slippery elm tea in the morning, and throughout the day if its severe, and american saffron tea in the evening. (american saffron is the cheap stuff, its the italian saffron which is expensive). He also said to get chiro adjustments on t6-9 because these vertebrae put pressure on the small intestine which then continue the thinning.

Here's more info on it -
http://www.meridianinstitute.com/psorias3.html

And another overview -
http://www.edgarcayce.org/health/database/chdata/data/prpsor3a.html

Dr. Pagano, who uses the Cayce protocol, adds more to it...
He adds foods do's and don'ts - no members of the nightshade family; tomato, potato, green/red peppers ...
http://www.psoriasis-healing.com/

Dr. Pagano's book is at
http://www.psoriasis-healing.com/summary.htm

And last but not least, here's 2 links where you can get the teas in case you don't have an herb store nearby - do a search on saffron
http://www.heritagestore.com/
http://www.baar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

There's one other product that i've heard is great... Intestinew by Renew Life.
http://www.renewlife.com/products/detail/intestinew.html

Lisa

As you might have heard I am not a great friend of killings things in the body, including parasites, fungi, bacteria. To do so would leave billions of corpses of organisms behind that often cause more problems than if they were kept alive (to do their job of decomposing waste products and weak or dead cells). In fact, some of the debris may enter the lymph and blood and overtax the liver, kidneys and skin. Cleasing the liver bile ducts and the colon, and adjusting to a more balanced diet and lifestyle, would be a more efficient way to deal with parasitic presence, leaky gut, and skin problems.

Taking vitamins that have been removed from their natural environments (foods) or are synthetically produced can cause considerable harm to the body, often unnoticed because they are rarely suspected as culprits. See my book Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation (ener-chi.com) about details, also on eating a balanced diet according to body type, one that does not favor breeding of parasites. Colosan or oxy-powder would be useful in this situation, ideally in combinaiton with colonics or colemas.

It would also be beneficial for you to identify any resentment, frustration or anger that you may harbor in your body (linked with such skin problems), and take measure to release those.

Andreas