Does anyone know if creams such as Diprobase or Epaderm sting when applied to eczema?

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My 2 year old dd has very dry eczema - no broken skin, weeping or infections thankfully. Lately when I try to apply cream she gets very upset and starts crying thst it is 'too stingy'. I believed her about the Diprobase and we are now using Epaderm. I use the Epaderm in the bath and she has no problem with it then even when I rub it directly on her but at any other time she gets really upset.

diprobase stings dds mostly only on face and crackes in folds of skin,

oil atum bath lotion is very very good.

I tend to find the pertolium jelly or similar clear barrier is better for dd when its stingy. not sure how this is recomened though from people more recently experienced with eczema and babies.

I had to stop using Diprobase on my DS as it made my hands red raw.The only cream that doesn't sting or hurt my DS when I apply it is Kamillosan and the only thing he can bath in is camomile tea.
Everything else either makes his eczema worse or stings when it is applied.

We always thought the stinging of moisturising products was just something you have to put up with, until we discovered a number of them contain sodium laureth sulphate - a "surfactant" that is also present in the vast majority of soaps, shampoos, shower gels etc. It is a foaming agent which basically strips your skin of oil and is apparently used so widely because it is cheap. Amazingly, it's also used in aqueous cream and kids' suncream! We've thrown away all our SLS-containing products and are using products which do not contain it. They don't foam up so much - but they don't dry your skin out. If you check labels you can find non-SLS products in supermarkets as well as health stores. Sainsbury's does a very inexpensive vegetable oil everyday soap. And Waitrose Baby Bottom Butter is basically olive oil in a lovely smooth-on form. We use it for more than just bots - it smells lovely too.