Eczema lotions and potions

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I finally took dd to the gp today about her eczema which has been progressing on her wrists (aside: it's a pimply variety - very strange. I had concerns that it might be the gluten skin dermatitis, but apparently not).

Anyways, she sent me off with two scripts, one messy one for night time and one for using during the day and as soap. I came out of the pharmacy with three things, and none of the labels bear much resemblance to what I was advised. Any experienced hands welcome to help me?

We have:
A tub of white soft paraffin. I'm thinking this is the messy night time stuff?
A dispenser of epaderm cream
A dispenser of doublebase

Both of the dispensers mention regular and liberal use, plus as a soap. So what is the difference between them?

I think they are all moisturisers.
I can see the white paraffin being messier than the others.

We've never used soap (or emollient as soap) with our two. Soap on hands when bigger, but literally oil in bath (special stuff) to help with hydration, bath every other night, and emollient as often as poss - every nappy change is a good reminder. We had wider spread dry patches tho. This might not be necessary if very localised.

If it were me, I'd try one of th bottles for a week or two. If no improvement, try the next bottle. We have much more success with some creams than others. And after 6-12 mths of success with something, we need to change brand.

Thank you. The soap thing is quite important because of where is it, so she needs to wash hands often after the toilet, etc. we will try and see what works for us. TBH she doesn't complain about it much, but we had a big flare up over Christmas. She was intolerant to a whole raft of things as a toot, so I think dairy must be the main culprit here given the amount of chocolate and ice cream consumed over the holidays.