Best Eczema Cream?

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DD is 12 months and has mild eczema, we have oilatum bath additive and diprobase. We bath her every other day.

I find that the diprobase doesn't really do much I know its more of a barrier cream. Can anyone recommend something that will actually moisturise the skin rather than just protect it?

The eczema is only mild, it just feels a bit bumpy and dry, but the diprobase doesn't seem to be helping.

TIA

Hi, I found that we just had to work our way through them all until we found one that 'worked'. I still have a cupboard full of half used tubs and bottles as we tried to find something. Aveeno worked well for DS, but does nothing for DD. The one that worked for her was some own brand thing the Health Visitor gave us, it was like E45 cream in texture. Have you spoken to your health visitor and see if she can give you some samples to try?

We use still aveeno cream twice daily and soft white paraffin (base ingredient for many emollients) in times of a patch being dry or needing protecting eg arou d waist bad. Aveeno is prescribed. We tried many but this really turned out the best for DS

Lush Dream cream? It's the only thing Ive found that doesn't sting on me, so I use it on DD too.

Also have you tried oats in the bath? (Put them inside a pair of tights or you will end up with bath full of porridge)

Eucerin Lotion 10% Urea worked well on my son's skin. We used everyday after bath time and safed the stronger cream for the occasional flare ups.

We use Epaderm for DS, which is an emollient and skin cleanser. We also use Dermol for the bath. Sudo cream is also quite effective for patches that come up, or if it gets worse, 0.5% Hydrocortisone.

HTH. :)

It's trial and error unfortunately. For DS, I use oats in the bath, then put on moisturising cream while his skin is still wet/damp. I use Weleda, it's pricey but not so full of nasties and a little goes a long way. I've heard good things about Aveeno, and our GP prescribed the bath oil, but DS is drinking the bath water so I couldn't use it.

Unfortunately, when he flares up only the steroid creams will do, but it's much less frequent now, maybe once every 2-3 weeks.

I use Epaderm on DD, it's a prescription one.

It's not just which cream but how you apply it. My DS has more severe eczema (now under control) and our dermatologist recommended 50/50 liquid paraffin in soft paraffin which is only about £5 for a big pot in the chemist. It's like gloopy Vaseline and locks moisture into the skin while also creating a barrier. The trick is to cover them in it while still damp from the bath. If you don't bath everyday dampen the bits where baby had flare ups and apply.
Don't use anything but plain water in the bath and if you need to wash their hair do it at the end of bathtime so they don't sit in suds.

Have you tried a natural cream or salve? DS has small patches of eczema on his arms and leg and the doctor prescribed cetaban (or whatever it was called) but I took one look at the nasty ingredients and binned it. I use a pot of Organic Calendula Soothing Salve by I Am Natural, which is expensive but DS responds well to it and a little goes a long way.

We have 1% hydrocortisone to put on the bumpy flare ups, and Dermol 500 moisturiser to slap on all dry skin on prescription from the doctors. All of the natural products I tried didn't do anything

We were on Hydromol for skin and bath, changed to Cetraben for skin and Oilatum for bath. Skin worse. Aveeno and several others had no effect at all. Gone back to Hydromol as the best of a mediocre bunch. Oilatum seems the best for us in the bath.

GP wouldn't prescribe Hydrocortisone the second time it became necessary, so I bought some instead. I don't bother the doc now, just get on with it.

Oh, my gp gave me 4 tubes of the stuff on prescription!

Johnsons Soothing Naturals Intense Moisturising Lotion is completely and utterly amazing. We tried steroid creams, e45, oats, everything but found this to be just incredible. I use the bubble bath too as it smells yummy. You can get it in most boots/supermarkets in a green bottle. Please try it - it really is fab.

Hi my son has suffered for 7 years now. After a variety of creams hydromol works best for us. He has a special liquid soap too for all over which has really helped called dermol 500 too. For first time his skin is not bleeding anymore ! Good luck !

I can second the suggestion of Lush Dream Cream. We also use the lush dream wash instead of soap etc in the bath, plus king of skin moisturiser bars. They seem to work very well in combination. They work out really pricey though.

Highly recommend aveeno!