help! nappy rash while on hols in Japan and no cream...

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I am posting this on a few threads to see if anyone can help.
We?re on hols in Japan with our LO (4 months) and she has the worst nappy rash.　I have managed to leave the Bepanthen at home so we are using something an American friend has given us called Dispatin (?) or something similar but it is having no effect. Can anyone recommend a brand name of nappy cream which I could find in a chemist in Japan?? Also on a previous occasion I have used Canesten which has worked wonderfully - does anyone know if this is available over the counter in Japan? or something similar?
Thanks so much for any advice - she looks so uncomfortable and I am feeling very "bad mummy" and a long way from home

No recommendations for products for you - but try and leave her nappy off for as long as possible to give it a chance to "air" - that will help it heal quicker too

Pigeon brand stuff is all excellent. We use Pigeon nappy cream on DD. Here in China it tends to be sold in the baby section of department stores and expat supermarkets rather than chemists. It may be the same there - I'd head for the nearest department store.

Hi novicemama
Ask for "Muhi(mu-hee) baby" cream at the chemist. That is the cream we have used for all sorts of skin problems (heat rash, insect bites, nappy rash).

Nappy rash is "o-mutsu kabure (ka-bu-ray)" - the chemist might be able to recommend a good cream.
Hope you can find something to ease the rash.

Where are you staying? Hope you are having a nice hols!
(I am just south of Tokyo, on the Shonan coast - near Kamakura)

If you cant get anything clean her bottom off with water and leave it to air for a bit then put some vasalean (sp) on it. This has worked in similar situations with ds before hope you have a nice holiday!

If you get desperate I know tou can use egg white, but I have never tried it myself.

wow! thank you so much ladies of mumsnet! yesterday I managed to explain what was wrong to a helpful pharmacist who gave me some cream but its not doing much yet so I will definitely　take up your suggestions if it doesnt improve in the next day or so. I have some vaseline with me.

ROTO - we are having a wondeful holiday thanks - currently in Kyoto but heading to Nara tomorrow and then up to the mountains (Tsumago) before heading home　via Tokyo. My LO has blue eyes and so is proving a big hit with the middle aged ladies of Japan!