interesting read! I can relate to this all to well,
my eczema riddled hands go through a cycle of
cracking and healing over a period of about a week. I've noticed that when washing my hands in very warm almost scolding water, produces an extremely pleasant sensation. although its difficult to get the exact temperature right, to maintain the high. pretty sure it's not an effective treatment ha ha. i blame giving up smoking for my onset of eczema, at least i get some pleasure out of it.