Hi, my DS is 16mo and has had eczema virtually since birth. We've been using Cetraben and hydrocortisone on prescription but the doctors were sympathetic but not very helpful and it hadn't been getting any better... until I started using Bioskin Junior last week. It's expensive but totally worth it. His skin now is virtually excema free, he's like a different child. As I understand it, it works in a different way to the emollients, it doesn't sit on the skin. In any case, it does seem to be working!
I just wanted to recommend it as I wish I'd known about it earlier and maybe could have avoided his suffering. He has eczema on his trunk, mainly on his back thankfully as he cant get to it as easily as he would have elsewhere, but I know how awful it can be for the poor things, he'd scratch himself to bleeding given the chance.
I bought the daily spray and the flare up cream- but have barely needed to use it. I never thought I would say it but it seems to calm the skin, it isn't red and angry.
It seems a massive shame that you can't get it on prescription (or can you?) as it seems so unfair that only people who can afford it can buy it.