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To ask for your eczema cream recommendations please
eczemahelpplease · 31/10/2018 21:13
Sorry about posting here for traffic.
I need eczema cream recommendations please for my daughter who is 18 months old. Aveeno was working but it seems to have stopped now. I have some prescription cream from the doctors for when it is really bad but I need a better everyday cream to try please. I've googled but there are so many I don't know where to start.
Thanks in advance
Marmite27 · 31/10/2018 21:59
We use cetraben and child’s farm here.
Bath every other night (ALWAYS after swimming), and have childs farm body washes & shampoos. I da care bubble bath for everyday, E45 bath milk for bad days and Oilatum bath stuff for really bad days.
No break outs for 18 months, give or take 
Letshopeitsallok · 31/10/2018 22:01
Oilatum junior in the bath (it is fragrance free). Water not too hot, then out and put on emollient cream (my preferred is Diprobase) within 3 minutes so as to look in bath additive.
If you’re using steroid cream from doctor, then put them on after a few minutes once emollient has sunk in. Don’t put steroid cream directly onto unmoisturised skin.
When I’m not using emollient I like anything with Shea butter in.
When alive run out of stuff I have also been known to stick a load of olive oil in bath, it that makes bath very greasy.
If the eczema is wet and weepy it will probably respond well to stuff with oats in, but if it is hot and dry I find oats don’t work so well.
Abneyandteal19 · 31/10/2018 22:07
Dermol is what you need for the bath- amazing and both my sons feel much softer when they've had a good soak in it.
One son Epaderm ointment (like grease!!) worked brilliantly
Other son Epaderm cream works - much easier to apply!!
Elocon steroid cream for flare ups but use sparingly.
ilovebagpuss · 31/10/2018 22:07
My DD had a terrible time when she was about 3 months old. It’s controlled now but one thing I did that seemed to really help was to put a big blob of double base cream in a bowl with a small squirt of the 1% steroid cream from Gp so watering it down further.
Mixed it up and slapped it on all over. I often wondered if it was treating the whole of the skin that helped but it really did bring it down the nurse was amazed. I also advise using the steroid cream on its own for the worse bits.
Sparklybanana · 31/10/2018 22:08
Bleach baths work best for my son. I put a capful of Milton when it’s looking red and then cover with epiderm. Clears him right up. Then aveeno for every day use.
Tried childs farm and it didn’t do anything. Dream cream was better but the above is the best (salt baths help with itching and bleach baths kill the bacteria that makes the patches so red). There’s a Facebook group on eczema in babies which is great for sharing tips.
Bleach baths are a bit scary sounding but no more concentrated than a swimming pool.
EspressoButler · 31/10/2018 22:24
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loubielou31 · 31/10/2018 22:27
Epaderm ointment is the product that worked best for DD. We'd slather it on the scaly bit after her bath whilst her skin was still a little damp. She also loved bath time but I only washed her hair and didn't use soap of any kind on her skin except maybe to wash her bum. The stuff is really thick and greasy, a similar consistency to vaseline, but it worked for us. We used a steroid cream occasionally if a flare up was really bad. She does now seem to have grown out of her excema and only get little patches if she has used a really strongly scented bath product.
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