BlueSoul Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I have a question for all women on this forum. What are your views of a man with exzma on his face? Unconfident? Ugly? Unattractive? Sick? Etc? Link to post Share on other sites
GPFan Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 How severe is it? Link to post Share on other sites
Lizzie60 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 It depends... if his face is full of eczema.. I would find it gross... Link to post Share on other sites
annieo Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 It really depends ... If you are attractive (warm, humorous eyes, decent body, funny, smart, friendly and reasonably confident, despite the skin thing), I would say that it would not be a problem. Not for me, anyways. Might even make you extra-sexy. If you can get past it and just be yourself, it shows a lot of character. I'd rather be with someone with exzema than someone with perfect skin, but a flaky, blotched soul. For me, a little imperfection is actually preferable. Men who are "perfect" (if such a thing exists!) tend to be egotistical and remote. Flaws make us more human, more approachable. And I'm going to go out on a limb here, but be glad you're a guy. Most women tend to be a lot more forgiving about physical imperfections than most men. Link to post Share on other sites
Jilly Bean Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Years ago, when living in NYC, I had a hot fling with a very prominent older gentleman. He had eczema on his body and would sometimes bleed on my sheets when we screwed. As my sheets have ALWAYS been white, this was disturbing. Not to mention feeling his scaly patches... Link to post Share on other sites
Author BlueSoul Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 What about redness on the man's face? How do you see them? Link to post Share on other sites
annieo Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I see it as redness. So what? I'm a blusher, and I get super-red when I work out or am embarrassed or upset. And I do not have even, airbrushed - looking facial skin, at other times. Sometimes it bugs me, but most of the time, I don't care. I give up. I'm not perfect - I repeat, so what? Blue Soul, stop obsessing. Go see a doctor (if you haven't already) to try to modify your symptoms, and then, LET IT GO. A man who is preoccupied with his "afflictions" is not attractive. And in the scheme of things, this is minor, it's not cancer, or not like that guy in Indonesia with the warty growths all over his body, dubbed "tree bark" man. Count your blessings. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean-Blue Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 If I were to meet him for the first time and I saw that, I might be a bit turned off (depending on the severity, whether he is frenziedly scratching away, etc). However, if someone I was already attracted to developed it, I'd adjust to it and look past it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tyra Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 If his face is full of eczema, then I would find it to be extremely unattractive. But if it's not severe, I could get pass it. Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Confidence in men is far more important than looks, IMO. If it really does bother you though, there are medications, mainly steroid creams and antihistamines, that can allay most of the symptoms. They do wonders.. have you consulted a doctor? Link to post Share on other sites
paddington bear Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I have a cousin with eczema on his face - he's young, good looking and no girls have turned him down because of that - however he did do a course of treatments to lesson the severity of it. But has not put the girls off. Also know a guy in his thirties with severe eczema on his face and head - I was amazed to see that he had this stunning looking fiancee - not because of the eczema but because he was mentally unstable and I wondered how could such a nice woman go out with a personality like that. Go to doc. Stop obsessing over it - if you act like it's no big deal and not a deterrent for members of the opposite sex it will be so Link to post Share on other sites
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