DD is 17 and really suffering with hot dry eczema over 80% of her body. Obviously we are moisturising like crazy and telling her not to scratch (obvs so difficult for her especially when asleep). We have an appointment coming up with a dermatologist she is under the care of at the end of the month. She had had all the usual steroids (kept it a little bit at bay but not cleared it totally) and light therapy which was stopped as it wasn’t helping. She’s reluctant to use steroids again as she is scared she has toxic steroid withdrawl (I’ve googled symptoms and I’m not convinced). She is stressed because of the eczema but also because of college work etc. Her skin has been worse since term started in September. We’ve been trying to help her reduce her stress too but it is on a cycle relating to her skin and each is making the other worse.
I haven’t seen her this low for a very long time and never over her skin. To complicate matters she was using Aveeno to moisturise but we swapped as she thought it was making it worse and she said eating oats made her tummy hurt. As we have allergies in the family I thought it best to avoid. She also avoids anything with coconut.
It’s hard not to go down every miracle cure rabbit hole on the internet but I would love to find something to give her some relief from the itching and pain if anyone has any ideas?
Edited to say title is wrong and DD is definitely 17!