please recomend a cream or eczema specialist having problems with everything tried

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any thing i put on 2yrold son's eczema seems to make it worse. tried double base, dipro base, E45, Aveno, Epaderm and loads more. all causing problems, noticably red and inflamed after use and gets better when stop using. Using eumovate ointement (cream version caused more irritation) daily which also irritates but steriods seem to benifit.

anyone else had this problem? health proffessionals treat me as neurotic mother. I think its the parrifin causing problems but also preservatives in creams.Can anyone recomend anything?

Also i think i need to see someone a bit more knowledgeable than local hospital dermatoligists. Can anyone recomend anybody?

Hi i suffer too and have tried diprobase, doublebase etc but the one that works best for me is eumocream. When I went to doctors he said he didnt know why it worked best cos its basically just gylcerol (?) hardly anything in it. But it seems to not make me itch and clears me up in a couple of days of a flare up. The worst one for me was eumovate made me 10 times worse!!! had to stop after 2 days.

My DS has bad eczema - any kind of man made fibre makes him flare, plus watch the stuff you use on you - perfume/handcream/makeup etc.

I found Manuka honey was very effective, particularly on his face, and although lots of people recommended Lush Dream Cream, I found their Cocolotion was better (I know you've said coconut oil makes him worse but this is really mild) also grated King of skin in the bath is good.

US dermatologist recommended Vanicream, worked for dd 3 mts, but was also coincident with cutting out food allergens.

Homeopathy worked for my son, too, and also sudocrem. We kept a food diary and eliminated dairy and tomatoes as these seemed to cause a reaction. He's fine with both, now.
Homeopathy isn't a placebo and doesn't rely on a belief in homeopathy to work

There are so many types of eczema, it's just trial and error to find what works with your child.

My DD is 19 months old and has developed eczema so we're back with the homeopath, who is also a qualified nutritionalist and has suggested a number of diet changes that may help.
We have been recommended SOS rescue cream from www.barefoot-botanicals.com and that's working very well. The site has some good advice on treating eczema. Other creams to try are hypercal cream, aloe Vera gel and dilute witch Hazel.

If your child needs scratch mitts, try www.scratchsleeves.co.uk as they go up to toddler size and are very difficult to remove.

I know that you are specifically looking for creams but I found with my DS that approaching the problem as a whole worked better. By this I mean that I looked at washing powder, made sure he was sticking to clothing made from 100% natural materials that aggravated his eczema less. He also had Chlorphenamine regularly which helped with the itching especially at night.

It sounds a bit crazy but I also looked at his diet. He started eating more avocados which I swear still seems to help his skin now. Even oily fish seemed to make a difference.

Zombie thread. Resurrected by someone who wants to flog their product.

Saw a thing somewhere about a little boy who had some sort of disorder where his body was texting more to the cream than The eczema in the first place.

Was called something something eczema.

Am searching but the dad stopped all treatment and it got worse, a lot worse, then amazingly better.

Cetaphil on the regular and urea cream at night x

You have lots of good advice on here. My dd also suffered allergies and bad eczema when young and although reacted to some creams we generally found Diprabase best. I notice it does not work for your ds. Dd washed with Dermol 500 lotion which is great as has antimicrobials in it. But I'm not much help regarding avoiding certain tricky ingredients. Good clothing helped wonders for my dd from www.eczemaclothing.com/eczema-nightwear/baby-child
She also ended up with a dustmite allergy so removing carpets, soft furnishings, curtains and replacing with blinds did wonders. Anti allergy bedding and freezing teddies and storing in freezer bags became a way of life 60 degree washes. Allergy dyson too.
After a life threatening peanut reaction they did some skin prick tests which helped for us but it is more for immediate reactions not so much eczema. But this gave us help with identifying the dustmite/pollen environmental ones and some foods to avoid. I felt it helped. Your gp could arrange for skin pricks to see if it turns up environmental allergies or even pets.
We did wet wrapping for a time too with epaderm. It is truly a tough time going through it, and I remember back and feel for anyone having to go through the same.
Prior to the special clothing I would sit sewing socks to the bottom of her pj's in desperation.
We once had dd's nose swabbed for Staphylococcus aureus. Has anyone else had this done? Also was offered to any of us in family who delt with her creaming. Article mentions it here, first one I came across

www.irishhealth.com/eczema/infected.html?m=1
Dd was then treated with nose drops as she carried it in her nose, dp and nannie too. It was like a family outing Really funny.
Yes most importantly like others have said, no scented washing powders (we use surecare too), no conditioners at all.

I have had success with oilatum too, also sudocrem and bio oil, which I love.
You've probably considered this, but my eczema improved when I stopped using biological washing powder!

My son had awful eczema. Diprobase kept it slightly under control but wouldn't clear it. He had intolerance muscle testing which revealed a few intolerances (cows milk mainly) so cut that out. However the most dramatic result I saw was from a homeopath. Someone recommended one to me who's baby had the same problem, I kid you not it was gone in 3 days and we haven't had a flare up since (even when he's eaten cows milk products accidentally). I know how MN feels about homeopathy and I was dubious too! But I am so thankful as I was at my wits end with the all night scratching and really didn't want to use the steroid cream (he is only 10months).

Ah zombie thread!