Eczema/cradle cap - doublebase or epaderm? Can some creams make it worse?

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Ds3 15 weeks has really severe cradle cap - not on his scalp but along his hair line and right down onto his face/cheeks. He also has eczema pretty much all over his body. My GP gave us a prescription for Doublebase, which we tried for about 4 days but it seemed to burn his skin - the scabby cradle cap didn't seem to come off, it just went soggy and the skin underneath went tight and red and very sore.

Different GP has today prescribed Epaderm, but I'm nervous of the same thing happening and it getting worse. He seemed dubious that the Doublebase could've made it worse.

Does anyone have any experience of the two compared? Any advice appreciated.

Thanks SassyFrassy, I'll look out for that.

My ds (almost 2) has eczema which is getting worse - he is bleeding today He seems to be allergic to anything containing paraffin, and I see on some websites that people often are. I went to the doc recently to ask for a different cream to try, explaining that ds was allergic to paraffin...and what did he prescribe? Oilatum bath and Diprobase, both of which contain paraffin! It's just so annoying. He either didn't believe me or just wasn't listening. Has anyone tried food sensitivity testing? We also have 3 cats. Do I really have to get rid of them?!!

HollyOllie, my GP looked a bit sceptical when I said I thought my ds had a reaction to doublebase, and prescribed epaderm - exactly the same reaction, his skin went red and tight within an hour.

I'm trying a cream I got in Boots - extra sensitive moisturising baby cream - and that seems to be suiting him much better. And Sudocrem on the red weepy bits