Washing clothes and eczema.

[StuckUpTheFarawayTree]

While we are on the topic of clothes washing, can I ask what brands people find good for eczema?

I have tried loads of non bios and nothing helps.

Ecoballs are the best (from Lakeland).

Really? Do you not use detergent OR conditioner then?

Nope, and it saves loads of money! Much better for the environment too. I think you can buy some perfume to go with them if you want a nice smell. You get a stain remover stick with the balls, which you do need. I'd def recommend them (don't work for Lakeland, honest!) :)

I have quite sensitive skin (through not excema) and I use Surcare. And for fabric conditioner Comfort Pure

Another vote for Surcare here - not specifically for eczema but more general sensitive skin issues. I haven't tried the ecoballs though....

We get away with Persil non-bio and Comfort Pure as my daughter's eczema is mild. But my mother uses Surcare and my sister uses Filetti.

Ds has severe eczema. We tried lots, including balls and soap pods etc (these were no good as were not getting the greasy emollients out of his clothes). Now we just use a non bio, then do an extra rinse and spin so no excess residues left on clothes. Has definitely helped.

ecover bio and an extra rinse.
sometimes ecover softener or the fairy almond one.

Fairy Non Bio. We used to use Ecover, but the GP recommended this and DS's eczema got much better when we changed to it.

I use half the recommended amount of whatever non bio i have bought. I also use a set of the dolly washer balls from lakeland.

We use Ecover, but that's interesting about Fairy non bio Rhian82 as my DS's patches are still pretty bad.

I may try it for a change.

I use fairly and I never react to it. I still remember the pain when my mam tried daz once

The most important thing is to get a washing machine that rinses properly! Then whatever soap you are using gets rinsed out poperly. Which? grades them on rinsing ability, so worth having a look.

I use soapnuts - I think lakeland used to sell them but that was a while ago and they only had tiny bags - I'm not in the UK but you can buy them in bulk on ebay and they are ridiculously cheap and work really well - and it doesn't irritate my skin at all (I can tell the difference straight away if I have to wear something that hasn't been washed in them)..... did I mention they are ridiculously cheap? (like less than £20 for enough for about 6 months in my experience).

What are soap nuts?

Surecare and an extra rinse. DS (11 months) had eczema, but luckily he seems to be growing out of it. He never reacted to Surecare. I don't use conditioners, they do smell nice but are actually a cocktail of chemicals. They tend to stick to the clothes as well because they are added to the rinsing water, so I steer clear.

We use Method non-bio detergent and Ecover conditioner

Do you know what? We've done the ecoballs, soap nuts, surcare, Eco earth friendly stuff odd the Internet.,.and the thing I find works for us is...

drum roll please

fairy non bio!!

Wouldn't have believed it myself!

Hmm.. could it be a case of horses for courses? Or is fairy the best?

We've found the water softener helps a lot. Also use Persil non-bio though some people say it's just an old wives' tale.

Fairy non bio is the worst thing for my little one. Liquid soap flakes (Waitrose/Tescos definitely) bit pricey though. Eczema all gone! Think the rinse thing is important too though - used to get heaps of bubbles with Fairy non Bio which no amount of rinses seemed to shift (serves us right for getting an 'efficient machine' which uses less water etc etc.).

Fairy non bio is the worst thing for my little one. Liquid soap flakes (Waitrose/Tescos definitely) bit pricey though. Eczema all gone! Think the rinse thing is important too though - used to get heaps of bubbles with Fairy non Bio which no amount of rinses seemed to shift (serves us right for getting an 'efficient machine' which uses less water etc etc.).

Just 1 tablespoon of powder, Surf works for us with a dash of white vinegar. Everyone laughed but our clothes are clean and DS doesn't have any allergies any more.

I am now convinced that it was me using too much powder.

Persil non-bio. Recently tried Fairy non-bio and it does not clean as well.