Did your child ever outgrow their eczema?

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My 15 month old has eczema all over the except for his hands.

We are currently managing the eczema with protopic and steroids. We also use oilatum bath additive and aveeno dermexa and hydromol for moisturising.

He has a long list of allergies which I have also excluded from my own diet as I am breastfeeding.

We have a food diary and his eczema seems to flare when he consumes fruits.

He wears 100% cotton and scratch sleeves at night.

We wash with surecare and on 60 to kill any dust mites.

He has antihistamine when the itching is too bad.

We are doing everything we can to manage his severe eczema.

I think the Lush cream referred to above is Dream Cream.

My youngest was very similar as a baby, with steroid creams, wet wrapping etc. I was also breastfeeding and when I cut out dairy it improved a bit but when I cut out soya too it improved massively. Lots of babies with CMPA are also allergic to soya, so you could try stopping eating it too if you haven't already? She has no ezcema at all now, though still dry and sensitive skin so we still use lots of creams.

My daughter had it really bad as a baby up until the age 7. She has multiple allergies to many fruits and nuts, but only found this out recently, but around the age it cleared up she began to go off eating fruit and some veg as it made her sick.

Yes, my DS had CMPA as a baby, was was covered top to toe in eczema. Steroid creams from the dermatologist were a god send, our GP just fobbed me off and told me there was nothing he could do.

Anyway, we eventually weaned him back on to dairy when he was a toddler and he hasn’t had eczema since. His skin is beautiful.

My son had it all over his body whilst little- 2 things helped massively and by school age it had completely cleared up. Firstly we nagged GP to see skin consultant at the hospital after trying all GP recommended creams and and steroid cream. He had an infection under his skin from the itching which hospital flagged up. Secondly someone recommended dexeryl cream which has worked AMAZINGLY compared to creams on GP list.

My DS has multiple allergies. He was covered in bad eczema when he was tiny. I excluded a LOT of things after literally years of food diarying ((plus using ecoballs for washing with extra rinse). His skin was perfect with the exclusions. The docs would say 'he doesn't look like an allergy baby'....of course now I'm not sure I'd do the same, depending on the food and how severe the eczema was.. luckily his allergies have improved so he can eat most of those things now and no skin reactions (though still some key allergies)

I had bad eczema as a child but grew out of it in puberty. Now I just keep betnovate for when I have occasional flare ups on my hands. So people do grow out of it sometimes. In my case even without allergy tests/treatments etc because my parents didn’t bother with any of that 🤔

Ds 7 outgrew it around age of four still has his milk/soya/nut allergies tho.
Dd 15 still has terrible eczema

Has he seen a specialist? It must be rotten for him.

My son is also triggered by salicylate, this is present in high levels in many fruits and body products, even sensitive skin ones. Worth looking at OP.

I have had horrific eczema at times (bloody, skin falling off, in agony and off work), and DD had awful eczema as soon as we started weaning. Same issue, she was up all night crying/scratching/had to be top to toe covered at all times even summer/bleeding etc.

We soon realised she had many allergies (foods/pets/hayfever) and since 6-12 months have managed to figure out all of the causes and eliminate/control as best we can.

Eczema can be an itch-scratch cycle. When my skin is healed I'm generally better able to manage it. When it's bad, it's harder to not scratch.

Things that helped DD (and me)

• Moo Goo full cream/udder cream (very gentle and soothing, good ingredients)
• scratch sleeves for sleep and naps, and at nursery if she flares
• understanding her allergies
• thick barrier cream on before meals (so food doesn't touch her skin)
• ensuring good sleep/nap routine
• NOTHING in the bath at all. Lukewarm water. - Only washing her hair with conditioner as shampoo is highly perfumed
• and the biggest thing, as soon as we got it all under control, weaning off steroid creams as they thin the skin and over the years can make your healing more difficult and your skin more fragile
• oat baths with just whole oats in some thin cheap tights. Very silky if you let it sit in the water for a while
• never scrubbing with a towel, dabbing only
• moisture 2/4 times a day

I outgrew mine. I don't think it was as severe as how you've described your son's, but it was uncomfortable and annoying and I'm glad to be rid of it!

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Yes my child outgrew it at around 6.

Ds2 developed severe exzema out of the blue just before his first birthday - first on his legs then it spread rapidly over the next few months. We spent two years battling it then when he was 3 it just cleared up and had never come back.

Yes.
I used Surcare like you do, and made sure that everything touching his skin was cotton.
I kept on top of it with a good routine of Elena’s Nature Collection, and he grew out of it.

Yes dd had it behind her knees when she was two and now doesn’t at four

Yes, my eldest DS really struggled, had eczema all over his face, back, creases of joints. Poor boy was constantly getting infections

Started getting better probably from about 5 onwards, dry skin and odd flare ups with allergic reactions, but no where near as bad as it was.

He's now 18, you can tell he had eczema in the typical areas as he has a bit of scarring (he's mixed race, always seems to scar when most people wouldn't?!). Skin is still very dry which he manages with some aveeno cream

Yes my DS was covered in eczema as baby sometimes red raw all over... sometimes

He's 19 now. And clear. No eczema flare ups since he was about 12

From age 5-9 years it really eased off from flare ups to barely bothering him

The worst years were preschool and baby years

My DD had v bad eczema, improved considerably by 5, all gone by about 8.

Both my children had CMPA as babys, my youngest worst tho on the eczema side of things. His cheeks would bleed everyday, we tried all sorts from the doctors to keep it under control. Dream cream from lush did help quite abit on his body but weirdly not much on his face (but that was his worst area) what actually was a miracle for his face was childs farm moisturiser. I didnt expect much but it was a complete game changer and cleared his face up lovely.

Both my DC grew out of the allergy between age 2-3 and the eczema went with it. Never came back.

Yes. My son had eczema from a few weeks old. Was dreadful, he was on antibiotics several times a year for infections, we wet wrapped for years, tried every cream going and had multiple appointments with dermatologists. He was using steroid cream of varying strengths more often than not and his skin was often cracked and bleeding. But... He's now 16 and apart from a bit of dry skin on his legs he's fine. It seemed to clear up when he was around seven... I have no idea why as nothing changed but am so glad it did.

DD had eczema triggered by cows milk protein. I had to cut dairy out of my diet to BF her.

At about age 7 she outgrew the allergy and the eczema. She went on to develop hay fever so we still have some difficulties but at least we can mostly control the hay fever with antihistamines and it's not all year round.

My DD had horrendous eczema as a baby/child. The only allergy we identified was egg which flared her up but removing it from her diet didn't make a massive difference. We did all the wet wraps, bleach baths, cotton only etc.

She was seeing a dermatologist from 4 months old and when she was 4, they put her on immunosuppressants. Her skin was clear within 2 weeks. She stayed on them for 18 months with regular blood tests etc.

Her skin has never been as bad as it was before although she has the odd flare up and still has Milton baths and uses steroids when needed. Her hands have been bad in the last two years with all the hand gel but we have a great product called Duoderm which allows it to heal.

A decent dermatologist is worth their weight in gold. Most GPs, however well intentioned have no clue.

HTH

My brother did. He outgrew both asthma and excema, but most upsetting for him, retained a low level allergy to dogs which he takes antihistamines for.