Baby’s eczema and wrong prescription

[Dany432]

hello everyone,
I have a 5mo DD who is suffering terribly with eczema since she was around 12weeks old and recently we had to resort to steroid use as she has been covered head to toe and her latest round of vaccinations seem to have flared her up horribly.
We saw a pediatrician who prescribed Eumovate which we have used only for the rash to come back horribly on her face after about a week. Overnight she went from having redness and dry skin to a weepy, angry patch covering her entire forehead and one cheek. Went to gp who prescribed something “less strong than eumovate” and came back with a prescription of Fucibet…used it for three days twice a day as directed (GP told us we could have use it up to ten days, twice a day) only to find out through my own research today that Fucibet is in fact a STRONG steroid which I have applied to my small baby’s face! I am petrified with the idea of rebound and withdrawal and I am at my wits end with the gp surgery which since DD started having eczema have been utterly incompetent and useless. We have a dermatologist referral but that’s not until January.
I guess I would just like some reassurance and maybe some similar stories?
Thanks

You need to use a strong steroid for a short amount of time to get rid of the eczema before it gets infected and becomes worse. Thats why they've given you the fucibet as its antibiotic too as well as steroid - weepy etc means it's infected probably especially if the eumovate isn't clearing it

It won't thin the skin or cause any harm of used as directed. They're formulated more effectively now

Rebound and withdrawal only a worry for long term steroid use, like months/years.

You need to use enough to blast it away/clear it totally up then maintain moisturising and treating any small flare ups with hydrocortisone 1% or scaling up to the eumovate if it doesn't go.

Try a cap full of Milton in bath or oilatum in the bath/on a flannel. Moisturise and then apply vaseline or squalene over the top to lock the moisture in

Have you considered cmpa? Eczema allergies and asthma are the trio
Some vax contain egg which she could be allergic to as well.