I started getting these same symptoms a few years ago (as an adult), and here's what I've found.    1.  The dermatologist said it's eczema.  She gave me triamcinolone cream to put on the insides of my elbows (and I also have it behind my knees).    2.  Since the skin on your face and the front of your neck is so much more delicate than elsewhere on your body, she said using triamcinolone on the face and front of neck -- for long periods of time -- is not recommended.  She said I could use the triamcinolone cream on the front of my neck for 7-10 days but that if the eczema persisted beyond that, I really needed to use Elidel on face and neck instead.    3.  And since neither triamcinolone nor Elidel can be used near the eyes, she gave me a third medicine (thankfully she had a sample of this, and since I use in on such a small part of my body, I haven't yet had to fill a prescription for it).  This medicine is called Protopic.  It sometimes stings a little (it does so more when I don't put it on at the first signs of a flare up and wait until the sensitive skin on my eyelids is already quite irritated).  But, all in all, it's worked great for me.    If you have eczema (do you have any other personal or family history of allergies?  that predisposes you to eczema), the good news is that triamcinolone, Elidel, and Protopic can be very useful!  (The bad news is that they are three different prescriptions, and that, of course, costs some money up front.  The triamcinolone, by the way, is very cheap.  Yea.)    But I think those medications have been well worth the costs and the trip to the dermatologist.   Good luck!