Ds has very dry skin - any recommendations for creams?

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Title says it all really! Ds has very dry skin (takes after me!) and was wondering if anyone can recommend any cream or bath stuff to help it?

I've tried a couple of things (Simple's Moisturing Bath Wash & Boots Little Me Cream) but one seemed to leave his skin drier and the other left almost a greasy residue on his skin but didn't actually do anything.

Would appreciate any other thoughts!

yes, aveeno is very good

doc prescribed diprobase cream for my dd - worked well.

Aveeno products are great. Have used them since dd was tiny. Not sure how easy they are to get in the UK as we get them from US relatives, but am happy to source them for you if you want.

Epaderm is wonderful! You can buy it but its quite expensive, so is best to get it on prescription, can get a prescription from your health visitor for it.

Not prescription but organic sunflower oil with a drop of lavender oil in it massaged into skin after bath time often helps my DS.

'course, he's then greased up like a bar o' soap in the bath and is a bugger to catch hold of again.

Another vote for Aveeno here too.

Lush Dream Cream is good too.

Chickweed cream (form Healthfood shop) is great for dry skin and eczema.

Our gp prescribed Oilatum bath oil and diprobase cream - both emollients. also said never to use soap as it dries/irritates skin (DS1 is 8wks old, so no real need for soap yet), and only bath max. once a day.

we also use neal's yard organic baby massage oil and it's great - DS1 gets a full body massage after his bath, which he loves, and it's also sorted out his nappy rash. not cheap but lasts ages and not full of chemicals!

It may sound odd but we recently found a tip on line saying that oats help. It reccommends putting a handful of Porridge oats into a muslin. Secure with an elastic band and drop into bath water (not too warm as that dires the skin too). use the "bag" as a sponge to wash them with. The liquid that comes out is so soft and not greasy. Also it said to stop using fabric softeners.

Being desperate we did both at once and something has definately helped! 2 weeks now and her skin actually feels like a Babies Although my underwear itches with no fabric softner

second the oats.also johnsons baby soothing naturals is really good .it's great for chapped lips too.

Um, why not start with the cheapest? Aqueaous cream is about £2 in Sainsburys for a big tub and is fabulous. Also good to apply just before a bath for cleansing so you don't get any soap/bubble irritation.
Also, dry skin should not be bathed everyday - daily bath & bed routines create more problems than they solve!

disagree with above -
put junior oilatum (OR OILY TUM as we call it)in the bath and bath daily with it - baths only dry out if there is no bath emollient added. dermatologists now advocate daily baths if oilatum added. massage with diprobase after and then use as often as needed during the day. aqueous is ok but contains more water than diprobase so not as effective.
aveeno is another good type of emollient but only needed if there is an allergy to diprobase/cetraben/aqueous - which is rare. also don't use anything with perfumes/SLS eg johnsons and use non bio washng powder. the oats is a great tip!
sorry if that sounds a bit bossy!

We use epaderm cream + oilatum in the bath on ds (also call it oily-tum in our house!)
The hv prescribed it for us, it has worked well so far.

Yes the oats thing in the bath works a treat.

My cleaner thought it was wierd though- couldn't work out why there was a bag of porridge in the bathroom!

hee hee - it certainly does give an oily tum (i've put it in my bath occasionly and is LOVELY!)
epaderm similar to diprobase - better than aqueous. you can get all these things on prescription if you've got a nice gp (say he's scratching)

Haven't read the whole thread so don't know if someone has already suggested this: Doublebase is lovely, but also Olive oil works well on my dd - I just get the cheapest bottle I can find and it lasts a long time.

Tried tons of stuff for DD's excema. Aveeno by far the best.

Aveeno is v.cheap in Costco

Thanks very much for all the replies. Been busy so first chance I've had to check the thread!

Guess I've got loads to try now