Full info so I don't drip feed. DSS has severe eczema (to the point that he is scarred and has skin that makes him look like a little old man at 5 years old). He bathes in oiled water moning and night, washed with a cream lotion, has cream applied 4-6 times a day, has stronger steroid creams that he needs every few weeks, and if we get through a whole weekend without needing prescription antihistamines we are doing well. His parents manage his eczema under the direction of a dermatology paediatrician.
My problem - I have been, on occasion, applying his main cream after his bath (if DP is busy with his DD) and I am having really bad reactions to it. I am getting eczema blisters all over my hands, especially over my knuckles - but I have never had eczema!
I have looked up the ingredients in his creams and lotions and all of the main ones (bar the prescription steroids) are mainly mineral oils. I have always stayed away from mineral oil products as I understood they weren't good for your skin, but I guess they are more 'neutral' than natural products for people with allergies?
Has anyone ever heard of a cream specifically aimed at people with eczema making it worse? Or better still, someone who doesn't have eczema developing it because of them?
(I'm not completely allergy free - I am allergic to tomatoes, citrus cordial and if toothpaste dribbles on my hand I can react to it)
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SteppingOnToes · 18/04/2017 00:15
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