Baby Eczema

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My baby is 11 weeks and really struggling with eczema.

GP pescribed hydrocortisone for his body and Emovate for his face (where it was very bad) for 7 days. The Emovate worked a treat but the hydrocortisone not so much.

The GP suggested after the 7 days to use Aveeno a few times a day which we are doing but it seems to make no difference.

It's now spread to his eyes so he will rub them which just makes it worse but obviously the steriod creams are not allowed anywhere near the eye area.

I'm not sure what else to do? I was thinking a cold flannel on an eye at a time to help with the itching but I dont know if that just dries it out further in the long run?

My DS had awful eczema as a baby. I used PurePotions Skin Salvation on him. He did grow out of it eventually.

I had same. I'm really sorry to say but it is very much trial and error. Hydrocortisone is usually most effective but you can't use it long term as it can thin the skin on some people. If it's not shifting it then a hydrocortisone with anti-fungal treatment usually works eg Fucidin.

Aveeno made my DS eczema WORSE. If I use it then it makes my skin sting too. If anything you try seems to make it worse then get rid of it immediately, it won't change. Even if it's highly recommended or works for everyone else or cost a bomb.

A good relief is to put a handful of porridge oats in a sock (one made out of tights-type nylon best but anything will do) and put that in a bath. Squeeze it all over the affected area and let your DC sit in it. It's very soothing and can reduce the inflammation a lot.

Another over counter brand to try is Dermalex, this seems quite effective.

Oilatum is ok, not that impressed but might work for you.

My son suffered terribly as a baby, Oilatum was the only thing that worked. He also grew out of it

My son has terrible excema, steroid takes it out but struggled to find a cream to keep it under control without steroid, aveeno helps it stay moist so it doesn't crack but doesn't take the redness out, we tried loads from the GP and eventually our gp recommended salcura bioskin junior, he said that's what he uses on his baby, there's two creams, an outbreak cream and a spray for daily use. It's not cheap but it worked really well for us and we didn't have to use steroids for weeks, although it's flared back up again after his latest set of jabs. If your breastfeeding you can put some breastmilk in the bath water, sounds weird but water really aggravates my son's skin and that helps. I really feel for you, it's awful seeing their skin flare up.

Hi,
I had exactly the same problem with my baby boy. His whole body and face were covered. His eczema would bleed and the skin under his arms would split and bleed just from being lifted up. I tried everything and was often in tears for him. He was exclusively breastfed and in the end in desperation after doing a lot of reading I started talking 2000iu of vitamin D per day and continued breastfeeding as normal. Within four days his eczema was completely gone and has never come back and this had been after months and months of terrible discomfort. I saw a couple a few years ago whose babies eczema looked so similar to my sons and I really wanted to tell them what I had tried with the Vit D but I was too shy to say anything and didn’t want them to think I was drawing attention to their babies appearance in any negative way but afterwards I wished so much I had because it was genuinely like a miracle for my little boy. We had months and months of creams, special baths, different fabric baby grows and also i had tried every dietary change I could think of and none of these things made any difference.
Please try the Vit D and I hope so much it helps

My daughter had really bad eczema which covered her body but I was determined to avoid steroid cream if I could. I found the oilatum bath additive really good and AproDerm emollient a lifesaver. When it's bad I slather her whole body in it at every nappy change and it makes such a difference. I found other more mainstream creams like child's farm and aveeno to be not as good. I do think it's trial and error though, and what works for one won't necessarily work for another.

Might be your washing powder/fabric softener - try using surcare or sensitive only and giving the washing an extra rinse.Avoid Comfort and scented fabric softeners. Try adding evening primrose oil to the emollient cream. Also do you have a dog or cat? Might be an allergic reaction. Too hot/too cold can aggravate it. Are you from an allergic family? You can get all sort of stuff for the bath - there are lots of eczema websites out there. you need to experiment with creams to find the one that works best, and then sometimes they stop working and you have to change. Go back to the doctor and get some different creams or perhaps a referral for some more expert advice. How are you feeding baby? Might be a reaction to formula or something you are eating. You need to look at everything.

We use diprobase on DD - every morning & night on areas where she's prone to it then eumovate if it flares up. I had a phase where my eyes were horrendous a few years back, after treating with hydrocortisone I was then given antibiotic cream in case it was an infection. It took a long time to settle down and every now and again my eyelids start to dry up so I slap on some of DD's diprobase which does seem to help.

This is the information I found about the Vit D supplementation for anyone interested
A 2012 study in Australia looked at mothers with their newborns. The vitamin D levels in both were studied and researchers discovered that those who developed eczema in the first year were also those who had the lowest vitamin D levels at birth.

Another experiment published in 2008 gave eleven children 1000 IU of vitamin D for 1 month. At the end of the period they found that the symptoms and severity of eczema improved in 80% of children taking vitamin D.