Baby Eczema Help

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Eczema treatment / management question.

I’m currently applying hydrocortisone to treat my son’s eczema. He is 4 months old. I’m using this on his worst areas (torso and legs) but he has got general wide spread eczema almost everywhere.

The gp yesterday said to moisturise his whole body with doublebase 4 times a day. Is this correct? Or should I only be applying paraffin creams to the affected areas and perhaps try a gentle moisturiser for the whole body? For reference he does not tolerate Aveeno, Nala’s Baby or Child’s Farm.

Also any recommendations what time of day / routine I should use the hydrocortisone? At the moment I’m moisturising first thing in the morning, then hydrocortisone, then 3 more applications of double base after that. My poor boy screams in the bath now so have been ‘top and tailing’ in the evening with Dermol 500 as I prescribed by the paediatrician.

I’m on my 5th different cream now and just want to make sure I’m not making him worse. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Hi op sorry I’m not going to be much help, I was told to apply all creams evenly throughout the day, double base morning, noon and evening. So all creams are being used - sorry to jump on this thread but I’m wondering if you also use oilatum in the bath? If you do, do you use it every night? DC2 is 10 months and has it pretty bad on his torso too. I hope your baby DS is ok x

Double base ( or whatever emollient is currently working for you) 3/4 times a day all over . Use it as soap as well if you are bathing him. At 4 months he probably doesn't need many baths. Use the hydrocortisone on top of the emollient twice a day to red/ sore / bothersome areas for a few days at a time. If the HC isn't effective he may occasionally need a stronger steroid for a short while.