Help, awful eczema on 4 month DS

[Rinnyx]

Any advise would be much appreciate thanks

My 4 month old DS has very bad eczema on his face, hes had it for a month or 2 now but its gotten worse and worse and has spread to all of his cheeks but was just behind his ears to start with
Its even got to the point were its always weeping and even bleeds if hes gotten at it really bad, we now have scratch gloves on him 24/7

I've been to the GP many times and tried lots of diff creams and even stuff to put in the bath (If anyone wants a list of what we have tried I will post it up)

The GP has finally forwarded a request to the hospital for him to be seen by a specialist in the dermatology department but even tho he listed it as urgent and I have called up the soonest they can see him is May 12th and they only have 1 person working

Can anyone offer any advise on what we could do to help ease this nasty eczema while we wait for what feels like forever to be seen

DP just got back from the hospital (I could not go as I cant drive and we are a guy fitting the new bathroom)
He said they told us to stop using everything the GP gave us and have given us 2 creams we have to mix together and put on his face once aday, the is also something I have to collect from the chemist and wash him with it (will do that today when I collect DD from school)

He is due back in 2 weeks as they hope it will be gone by then as its something that can be easily treated so they said

I guess his diet, washing powder and stuff is not the the reason behind it, DP did not say anymore

Hi

Is he very dribbly with teething. Saliva is a huge irritant on the skin.

My son had bright red raw patches around the lower half of his face. It was down to drool.

I cleared it with a course of 1% hydrocortisone, and then applied oilatum followed by Vaseline in order to protect the skin. You have to do it about 20 times per day. It's not too hard, once I saw the results I know it's worth the hassle.

My sons face is now not reddened at all, it's completely gone.

Rinnyx - really glad you got to see a specialist. My DS was like this and I found the GPs no help at all. Atopic eczema (if that is what he has) is hereditary, although can be made worse by environmental factors, which is probably why the hospital didn't discuss washing powders etc.

The eczema may well have come on at 2 months because up until that point your DS wasn't able to scratch - this would also explain why it is mainly on his face (nappy changing used to be a real race once my DS was able to scratch his stomach - I ended up putting mitts on him when I changed him).

My DS's skin was a complete mess at your DS's age - raw, bleeding, weeping patches of skin on both sides of his face - but once we'd been put on the right track by a specialist he got better very quickly. Now, at 3, we still need to manage the eczema, but there's no scarring etc.

There's a really good leaflet called "living with eczema" that I think is published by the National Eczema Society with lots of sensible advice about weaning etc - their website is pretty good too - www.eczema.org

Just to add that DS is eczema free now and has no scarring at all - the skin is amazing how it heals itself. (just a little positive as when they are bleeding and cracked you can't imagine it not scarring can you?). Hope things improve soon.

That's the thing with eczema creams, it's a case of hit and miss to find the right combination.

Hope it gets better soon.