eczema and cradle cap

[Eartha20]

Hello. My gorgeous three month old daughter has eczema AND cradle cap - the combination is making her scrabble desperately at her head. Both dr and homeopath recommended almond oil but it doesn't make much difference. Would it help her if we tried to get rid of the cradle cap with medicated shampoo? How would that affect the eczema on the rest of her little body and face?

it sounds as if she may have seborrheic eczema which has spread to her face. This happens quite alot.
Use olive oil on the scalp as often as you want to soften up the plaque.
I would be wary of E45 as alot of customers have said it can sting and i personally have found it sting on broken skin.

Just gently massage the scalp and dont pick the scaly bits. It loooks alot worse than it really is and given time i am sure it will improve.if this doesnt work doc can give you ketoconazole shampoo to kill off some of the organisms that can grow on the scalp. Babies normally grow out of this by about 8 months

My DD had severe eczema and cradle cap until she was about 1. I really sympathise cos it can be upsetting. We have lots of pictures of her as a baby with scratch mits and a hat on (with lots of cream underneath - I can't remember what it was called, but it was basically like a tub of oily grease, petroleum based - it was the simplest cream and worked a treat in the bath as well - I had really soft hands from applying it all the time!)We saw a specialist eczema nurse at the GP surgey who was lovely, and I was quite tearful about it at the time (passers by would comment on my daughters sore face etc which upset me). She perscribed a mild hyrdocortisone cream and I think sometimes that is what is needed as it got rid of it, combined with the petroleum cream - it might not be natural but it really worked and she grew out of it and has beautiful skin now. The winter months make a difference I think, DD was a December baby and her skin started to clear up once the weather was warmer too, so probably a comination of all of the above helped. She also hated having baths, I think because her skin hurt, so we just didn't bath her very often!

you can use emulsifying ointment which is just a moisuruser as a soap substitute. Alot of docs and derms use this instead of soap.