r/eczema rules, stats, and what to post

This is a support community for people living with eczema. The description says people come here to talk with others about their experiences, treatments, coping methods, and life with eczema. The rules frame it around the biological, psychological, and social sides of eczema, atopic dermatitis, and contact dermatitis. So the room is patients and caregivers swapping lived experience, not shoppers hunting for products. The rules also point people with related conditions to other subreddits like r/SebDerm, r/EczeMEMEs, r/TS_Withdrawal, r/EczemaUK, and r/EczeMABs, which tells you the moderators care about keeping this space tightly focused.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “No marketing”, which bans affiliate marketing, pharmaceutical marketing, supplement and stem cell marketing, influencers, MLM, pharma sponsored forums, and gofundme campaigns. That is about as wide a promotion ban as you will see, so any post that reads like a pitch is gone. “Anecdotes do not equal evidence” matters next, because you can share what worked for you and you alone, but broad claims need credible sources like academic journals. “Only medical professionals can provide diagnosis and emergency help” means you never diagnose anyone or position your product as a treatment answer. “This community has high standards for empathy” sets the tone for every reply you write. “Stay on the topic of eczema” keeps posts on eczema, atopic dermatitis, and contact dermatitis, and it explicitly rules out COVID vaccine discussions.

The only safe play here is to show up as a person, not a brand. If you have a genuine personal or family connection to eczema, share your own story in your own words and keep it framed as your experience, never as advice for everyone. Ask sincere questions about what living with eczema is like, what flares feel like, or how people cope day to day, since the description says coping methods and life with eczema are core topics. If you built something in this space, you can talk about the problem you saw, but do not pitch, link, or hint at a product, because “No marketing” removes all of that. Answer other people with kindness and add your single data point, and back any broader claim with credible academic sources if you must make one.

Do not market anything, because “No marketing” covers affiliate links, pharma, supplements, stem cells, influencers, MLM, sponsored forums, and fundraising. Do not make broad claims like everyone must try a product, because “Anecdotes do not equal evidence” requires credible sources for statements that go beyond your own case. Do not diagnose anyone or handle emergencies, because “Only medical professionals can provide diagnosis and emergency help” says this subreddit is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Do not drift off topic or bring up COVID vaccines, because “Stay on the topic of eczema” limits the discussion to eczema, atopic dermatitis, and contact dermatitis. Do not be cold or dismissive in comments, because “This community has high standards for empathy” expects kindness toward people in pain. And per rule 6, avoid sweeping generalizations about side effects or calls to silence people whose stories make you uncomfortable.

The empathy rule here is not decoration, it is written as a standard, and that tells you exactly what kind of room this is. I also love the line that the adversary is an overactive Th2 response, not the doctors or the other patients, because it sets the tone for how disagreements should go. If you come here to sell anything, you will lose, so come to help first or do not come at all.