Advice on eczema cream for one year old!

[Wednesdayafternoon]

Just that really!
We've tried children's farm and oilatum have not helped.
I wondered if I could use Manuka honey cream but not sure if I can for this age (he's 22 months!).

Sorry should say we've tried aveeno too!

Have your tried Aveeno? The one with the dark blue band (skin relief I think) is the one that I have always used for my dc with very eczema prone skin. If I stop using it for even a few days they have a flare up.

I have tried aveeno, and I also swear by that as I have terrible eczema but I just felt it was very sticky in his skin!

What did the doctor prescribe?

Have you tried Cetraben Cream? Aveeno (in bath) irritated his skin so we had to switch to Aveeno sensitive.

Sorry posted too soon.
Have you met with a dietician to see if eliminating any food could possibly help?

Cetaphil restoraderm body moisturiser was the only thing that helped my DS’s eczema. I tried literally everything before that, including all the stuff prescribed by the GP.

I found it myself and recommended it to DS’s dermatologist who was so impressed with the results she started recommending it to her other patients.

The doctor has prescribed hydrocortisone cream in the past, however, been a long-term sufferer of eczema myself I really want to try and avoid steroid based creams. I do think that if I can get on top of it with daily moisturises then there shouldn't be a need for anything stronger. I just haven't quite found the right moisturiser for us yet.

Thank you for all the suggestions so far though. I'm going to have a good read and look up of them when I get home.

@Wednesdayafternoon sticky on his skin is what you are aiming for. Hopefully as a long term eczema sufferer yourself, you are aware they are lots of different types of moisturisers- but the heavier/ greasier ones are the most moisturising. The light lotions that fast absorb don’t really do much. You need one that leaves a greasy film and use it 4-6 x day every day before considering steroids.

The vast majority of eczema sufferers massively UNDER moisturise. You need to paste it on multiple times a day. Careful with baths, wash powders etc as well.

I think the dark blue aveeno is also excellent.

@Cinnabomb yes I swear by that aveeno for my face, it's literally the only cream which I can tolerate! Although that being said, I've always found that the sticky creams made me itchy and uncomfortable but I suppose it's always about finding the correct cream for you. Atm I know I'm under moisturise my son because I haven't found one which suits him yet, but I'm hoping once we get in a better routine I can avoid steroids. I've been using dermovate for years now, I don't want my son to go down this route!

Can you ask your GP for something daily? We have steroid cream for flare ups but also have a daily moisturiser.

We did have 50:50 which is like a runny vasaline but I asked for something a bit easier to absorb as it was getting everywhere and we now have epiderm.

Epaderm is good, very thick and greasy though. Cream with ceramides helped DD when she had eczema as a baby:

Aveeno Skin Relief big tub
Aveeno Baby Dermexa
Dermalex

I find Cetraben good for my son (does nothing for me though).

Why are you so keen to avoid steroids? If he's just dry and itchy that's fair enough, slather on the cream, but if he's red, crusty or weepy he really needs steroids to get on top of it. You don't have to use them all the time, just when he flares up.

The only thing that works for my son is dermol500 bath lotion and zeroveen both prescribed from the doctors.

There are a few different Aveeno products.

In the baby Aveeno range, the lotion is useless with eczema but the cream is quite good.

Have you taken other measures to try to avoid irritating his skin like:

a change of washing powder,
giving his clothes an extra rinse to get detergent out
make sure central heating isn't keeping house too warm/dry
make sure his skin can breathe - so don't put too many layers on if indoors

He may just need a course of steroid cream to get it under control and then whatever emollient will hopefully keep it in check after that.