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Mike, that's very interesting.  I will try anything! I have tried E45 and also E45 for itchy skin but have experienced inflammation flare-ups at some point with both of them.  What seems to help one day is no use the next.

My latest purchases arrived today - nettle cream and nettle soap.  If they work I think I will replace my lawn with a patch of nettles and make my own!

I need to reapply cream twice during the day as my skin feels so tight.  Where my facial skin creases/wrinkles I get little splits in the crease which I treat with Timodine (on prescrip from doctor).  It's all such a fiddle especially when I know that it isn't a cure, just keeping on top of the problems.

Tomorrow I will be having my Autumn Booster jab which I hope will be straightforward without any after-effects.  Watch this space......

Tilly

https://www.yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk/i-think-i-have-long-covid/effects-on-your-body/skin-problems/

The NHS has now acknowledged that long covid symptoms include skin disorders.  I too have had terrible itching, inflammation and tingling sensitive skin that comes and goes, each day I have a different pattern on my face, neck and chest.  It is very debilitating and gets me down when I look in the mirror each morning to see what has developed.  The skin on my face around my eyes, mouth and chin all flakes off, it is like having bad dandruff on my face.  I have tried so many different creams and lotions, some over-the-counter and some prescribed and nothing will make it go away, only soothe it sometimes.  Many of my usual skin creams made my skin sting so much I had to wash it all off (with cold water) and try something else.  The only one that does help a little is Aveeno and a thick emollient called Zerobase.  Piriton tablets haven't helped with the itching at all.  Hydrocortisone creams do very little for me either.  I can wake in the night and find that I've been scratching in my sleep!

My problems began in February after skin on and around my ears became infected.  The inflammation spread to my eyelids and scalp and then worsened.  I was not ill in any other way all through the months until September and had no idea I could have been asymptomatic with Covid earlier in the year.  The NHS pages on skin disorders only appeared in my Google searches when I did test positive in late September and had been feeling very unwell.  The redness and inflammation which was beginning to recede has become more pronounced since I had Covid and I feel I am stuck with it.  I am awaiting an appointment with a dermatologist to see if anything else can be done.

So, BushInn1746/Mark, I have much sympathy for you with a similar skin condition, it sounds very like mine.  I would be interested to find out if you have had any improvement, as your last post on this thread was nearly two years ago.

This is posted with my apologies to anyone if they are offended by the "medical" details but if any readers have similar skin disorders post-Covid, I would be interested to hear of their remedies. 

Tilly

I have a similarly described marriage record in my tree and believe that it is not Mrs = married woman, but Mistress = a well-to-do/well-bred woman of means, a spinster nevertheless. Hoping that someone will confirm this.

Here's a similar discussion from 2019:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=812623.msg6731022#msg6731022