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If your children get eczema on their faces, what do you use on it?

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foxinsocks · 16/01/2007 10:01

Ds is going through a bad eczema patch at the moment. He's getting nasty patches around his mouth and cheeks. I'm moisturising it every day and after he's had the cream on, it looks much better but by the end of the school day, it's starting to go all crusty and red and sometimes even bleeds.

What do you use on eczema on the face?

(am wondering if I should send some cream in to school)

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TheBlonde · 16/01/2007 10:02

diprobase or 0.5% hydrocortisone

might be worth taking him to the docs to check it's not infected

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foxinsocks · 16/01/2007 10:39

thanks...was wondering whether to use the hydrocortisone on him

thing is, once the diprobase has gone on, it looks ok, it just must wear off during the day I guess

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tinkerbellie · 16/01/2007 11:26

took my ds when he was a couple of weeks old to the docs with eczema on hi face and she gave me diprobase
this made it worse so i took him back and she said it might due tothe alcohol in it and she gave me hydrocoitisone instead and it cleared straight up, also got some emullisifyer for him
he is five now and gets it all over, feel really sorry for him, he gets really itchy on a night and have to apply the emullifyer all the time and the hyrdocortisone when it gets inflamed, sucha shame that they can't find something that would clear it up all togother, poor kids

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foxinsocks · 16/01/2007 11:29

yes it is awful isn't it

we are very lucky in that it seems to only be on his face at the moment (touch wood)

I will put a teeny tiny amount of hydro on his face then and see what happens

if he's itchy at night, have you changed all his bedlinen to cotton and made sure he's not too hot? that can help a bit. Your poor boy.

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Pitchounette · 16/01/2007 11:47

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strawberrydream · 16/01/2007 12:18

i was prescribed trimovate for his face if its bad or loads of cetraben.

Enid · 16/01/2007 12:26

changing to Filetti washing powder has cleared up dd2 and dd3 dermatitis/excema completely

just a thought

strawberrydream · 16/01/2007 12:27

Filetti powder - i have never heard of it. can you buy it in tesco?

Enid · 16/01/2007 12:28

yes in pink packet

expensive but worth it I had tried all creams and cutting out dairy

they stayed at MILs for one night and it all flared up again

tinkerbellie · 16/01/2007 12:50

do you know if you can get that washing powder in sainsburys or asda have been using fairy and persil as the washing powder didn't really seem to make a difference but will try anything
his bed linen is all cotton and i wash it once a week on a 60 degree wash to kill any dust mite, we have ust changed the kids bedroom flooring to laminate and this seems to have made a bit of a differnce to how often it is flaring up too, just got to convince dh to change all theliving room to it too now (lol)

TheBlonde · 16/01/2007 13:25

The other brand to try is surcare - they should have it in sainsburys
Also if you can set your washing machine to do an extra rinse that may help

Enid · 17/01/2007 09:33

I buy filetti in my (tiny) sainsburys

don't know about asda

surcare didnt work either

it could all be a massive coincidence but I bought the powder and the liquid and chucked away all old non-bio and bio (so dh couldnt use it by mistake). It took about 10 days, then her dermatitis completely disappeared. Don't know if it was proper excema but it was horrible - red, pimply rash, cracked skin, occasionally with weepy bits.

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foxinsocks · 17/01/2007 10:01

thanks for that enid - will looks for it

you have described ds's rash to a tee - perhaps it isn't eczema - I just tend to assume it is because of dd (having it) so I'll go and get some of that stuff (and lol at getting rid of all the other stuff so that dh doesn't use it - have a feeling I'll be doing the same!)

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Macdog · 17/01/2007 10:09

medihoney cream from Lloyds chemist, Holland and Barrett, etc is really soothing IMO

Enid · 17/01/2007 10:10

honestly it was like a miracle

i suppose she could have just grown out of it

I had tried all creams and even switching to goats milk formula and no dairy in food

back on the SMA and plenty of dairy now and her skin is luverly

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foxinsocks · 17/01/2007 10:11

I'll keep an eye out for it

I could send him to school with cream but have a feeling I'd be expected to come and put it on him - might send him with one of those lip ice vaseline things

if it gets much worse, I'll drag him to the doc

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foxinsocks · 17/01/2007 10:12

that's a relief enid (not to have to cut out dairy!)

is this your little one? (I remember you posting about that rash!). You'll have to post some photos - bet she's big now!

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Vindaloo · 17/01/2007 10:14

Hi Foxy

My dd 2.10 yrs also goes through phases where the eczema gets really worse. I use Aveeno cream which is oats based and great for the face/body. I also am back on Balneum bath oil and slather lots of double base all over her before bath (can be used as a soap or moisteriser). I try to avoid hydrocortizone on the face. You get get all this stuff on prescription - otherwise its expensive to buy.

good luck

Vindaloo · 17/01/2007 10:15

forgot to say Aveeno does not leave the face feeling greasy as its absoreds brilliantly into the skin.

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foxinsocks · 17/01/2007 10:21

thanks

we have some aveeno somewhere - yes, I don't like using hydrocortisone on his face. I'm going to try the Filetti stuff (I'll wash all our stuff in it because dh has bad eczema too!) and put a bit of steroid cream on just to break the cycle and we'll see what happens!

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Vindaloo · 17/01/2007 10:30

yes filletti is really good too - I forgot about that one. good luck, its awful watching the little ones scratching their skin raw!!

TheBlonde · 17/01/2007 22:23

Interesting to hear about the Filetti
I was put off it as it claimed to contain almond oil and we are nut free here

Ash80 · 18/01/2007 11:54

I would use an aqueous cream (as it contains no lanolin, which is an irritant for ecezema). Good luck xxxx

Anchovy · 18/01/2007 12:17

We had this with DD who had reasonably bad eczema as a baby/toddler. (The sort that needed proper on-going medical attention). We used 0.5% hydrocortisone and it was the only thing that would really clear it up (obviously we were also doing the no detergents/lots of Aveeno and Double Base/ no dairy as well). The doctor said that it WAS safe on her face in those proportions/dosages.

DD is now 3 and her eczema has largely disappeared. Was talking to the doctor about it in passing the other day and he said that the use of the hydrocortisone would have helped enormously. Basically (non-scientific explanation following) the hydro-cortisone makes the skin behave "properly": the more it behaves properly, the more able it is to do so by itself. Therefore judicious use of hydrocortisone is a good idea, he feels - it certainly worked for us and I would not hesitate to do it again.

NannyL · 18/01/2007 19:47

My charge has severe eczma...

his dad is a GP and his mum is also a Dr... we use 0.5% hydrocortisone on his face.... and very occaisionaly when it is really bad 1.0% hydrocortisone...

while a dr would only ever prescribe 0.5% for face, apparently a VERY occasional dose of 1% is ok! according to GP daddy boss!)

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