AIBU to think 1% hydrocortisone is high dose for six month old to start with?

[Peterbishopssarcasticsmile]

DS has terrible eczema on his face, neck and in creases of arms/elbows. It's flared up terribly in the last week and we had a telephone consult with gp - with pictures - and he was prescribed hydrocortisone cream. It seemed to work at first, it healed up the blistered areas really quickly, but now it's flared up to the worst it's ever been. It's blotchy and red and raw and scaly in places.
I've just realised after reading online that most people get 0.5% for babies - especially on their face - and I've been using 2%
We've now got a 1% hydrocortisone and 2% fusidic acid cream because gp thinks it's infected, but I've used it twice and it's made it redder than before and DS has screamed the whole time I applied it and for an hour afterwards
I'm tearing my hair out, I don't know what to do for the best. Could the 1% be too strong and have caused this awful flare up? I feel terrible that something I've put on him could have done it

@Peterbishopssarcasticsmile

Thanks so much for your messages. Could I create a kind of mini oat bath to dab gently on his face when it's bothering him do you think?

Feels like we have a long road ahead potentially :-/

Very good idea! 💡

Just remembered what REALLY helped- Vaseline with Aloe Vera! Those little round tins.

We made a kind of oat teabags for the bath with a sock! Basically, fill an old sock with oats, tie up the end, and then put the sock/bag in a warm bath. The oaty goodness seeps into the water, but doesn't clog up your drain. You will be sacrificing the sock though! It did seem to help when the kids were really itchy and sore. Agree that the heat may be making it worse just now, but conversely, we always found it improved in summer with the sunlight and UV, and is always worse in winter, so who knows? It's such a minefield.

PLEASE take notice of @2020nymph’s posts. TSW is very real.
Please consider Dermol 500 cream which is anti microbial and not steroid based

As others have said, please go to see a paediatric dermatologist. I persevered with the GP’s fucidin/fucibet/betnovate for ages. Dermatologist sorted it in a few weeks. She said antibiotic cream is often useless as the infection is resistant to it. We had oral penicillin which helped hugely at the outset and she also gave a steroid cream that is absorbed much less into the skin. Please push for a referral, GPs do their best but anything but a simple mild case needs a specialist really. My son barely gets any now.

I've stopped the steroid cream, it's not making any difference. It seems to be making it worse actually