Oilatum making eczema more red

[Blossom789]

DS was prescribed oilatum bath and the cream, only used the cream once but it's made his dry skin that wasn't red red.

Health visitor said this is normal and give it a couple more days- just wanted some opinions as heard not great things about oilatum, is she right?

Oilatum made both mine and DS'S eczema much worse, and we also had the advice to give it a while as it makes it worse before getting better. Absolute rubbish as it cleared up in days after stopping the oilatum and moving to aveeno. We use cetreben now and have no issues.

Oilatum was great for ds2 but it doesn't suit all children. I'd stop using it if I were you and try something non petroleum based. Aveeno maybe?