I am reposting the original article I wrote awhile ago:

"This worked for ME, it may not work for you. I will try to describe my
situation as accurately as possible:

I had eczema as a baby and periodically throughout my childhood. It
disappeared until I was 18, I spontaneously developed very serious
eczema on my hands and feet, I have seen all sorts of pictures on the
internet but my hands looked(and felt) much worse. When my eczema got
bad I had almost no use of my hands, they looked like raw hamburger,
they bled and weeped constantly. It was quite embarrassing in social
situations when I couldn't even shake someones hand. It was also quite
visible, so I became quite self-conscious.

I spoke to several doctors, who just gave me some steroid creams, which
lessened the problem slightly. I then went to see a specialist, I even
asked her if it could be something in my diet, she seemed more
concerned with giving me some more expensive steroid and
immunosuppressant creams. Eventually after doing a bit of research I
put myself on a elimination diet. I found out the cause of my problem
was milk products.

I have spent the years since then avoiding milk products for the most
part, occasionally I would crash(cheesecake on our first anniversary
was an amazing treat at the time but I suffered for weeks after that),
or I would have an accident(who knew they put milk products in dill
pickle chips). I would thoroughly regret it after the incident, but
usually a year later the same thing happens again. It is incredibly
annoying having an allergy, when I go out to a friends or a restaurant
for dinner, I have to pester people constantly about what may have milk
(or caseinates) in it. It also curtailed one of the great loves of my
life: dessert and sweets.

This was the case up until 3 weeks ago, I crashed and burned. I looked
in the fridge for a snack, I had put off grocery shopping for a bit too
long so not much was available. Then I seen my wife's yogurt, it almost
shone. It had been quite awhile since I had had any milk products. I
rationalized to myself "You're on vacation" and "maybe the eczema has
gone away, or maybe yogurt is special and won't cause a problem". This
went against my usual firm dedication to stay away from anything milk
related. Although I rationally know that adult onset eczema going away
is incredibly rare, I gave into my craving.

Usually it takes a couple of days for the suffering to begin, I felt
incredibly guilty after my incident. I also overindulged myself a
smidgen, actually a lot. I ate a whole container of strawberry yogurt,
god was it good. I thought that I was in for a serious outbreaks, I
found my creams and buckled down for the coming scourge. It didn't
come.

I had a almost unnoticeable patch on my ring finger, a couple of really
small fluid bubbles under the skin, although they quickly went away. I
was amazed and ecstatic. Since then I have been eating yogurt like a
machine. I have also experimented with the other great love: pizza. I
only had a bit of cheese but the results are promising. So far my hands
look healthier than they did when I was simply avoiding milk. I will
probably never try drinking milk again, that isn't really a loss since
I have grown accustomed to soy milk. But cheese and desserts: look out.

I have a theory as to why this has happened:
Leaky gut syndrome, undigested milk particles where escaping my
intestinal tract, causing my immune system to go haywire. I discussed
the idea with the specialist but she dimissed it. The Acidophilus and
Bifidobacterium in the yogurt may have corrected an imbalance in my GI
tract and strengthened the mucus blood barrier. I may also have had a
bad bacteria in my GI tract that metabolised milk into something
"poisonous" to my body, the good bacteria may have displaced them.

Before anyone who is similar to me goes on a yogurt binge (or
Acidophilus/Bifidobacterium pills)I would definetly talk to your doctor
first. Although doctors have been useless in my case you may have other
problems altogether.

I hope my experience helps someone else,

Jim C"

As an addendum I would like to add that my eczema has completely
disappeared, and I eat whatever and however much I want now. I take two
Acidophilus/bifidobacterium pill every week. When I forget for awhile I
notice mild eczema starting to reappear. Hope this helps.