Q&A with La Roche Posay - Ask your questions about eczema in babies and children to our expert Dr Catherine - 3x £100 vouchers to be won

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We're going to have Dr Catherine Borysiewicz, Consultant Dermatologist online on Friday 20th September from 1-2pm to answer your questions on eczema in babies and children. Everyone's experience with eczema is different, and it can be especially difficult if your child suffers with eczema to know how best to help them.
This Q&A will work a little like our Live Webchats if any of you have taken part in one before - just ask a question below for our La Roche Posay expert Dr Catherine Borysiewicz to answer.

Here’s some more information on Dr Catherine Borysiewicz: “Dr Catherine Borysiewicz studied medicine at Cambridge University and clinical medicine at University College London. She carried out medical and surgical training at a number of prestigious central London teaching hospitals. Today, Catherine is an experienced Consultant Dermatologist working within the NHS and consults privately in central London at Imperial and The Cadogan Clinic, where she manages inflammatory skin diseases including eczema, acne and psoriasis and sun damage and skin cancers.”

Here’s what La Roche-Posay has to say: ‘We’re delighted to give MNers the opportunity to ask all their burning questions about eczema to Consultant Dermatologist Dr Catherine during National Eczema Week. As the mother of a little boy who suffers from eczema, Dr Catherine will be able to provide you with expert advice as well as practical tips on how to keep your little one’s skin under control, for the whole family to enjoy a happier life.’

Post your question for Dr Catherine and she will be online to answer them on Friday 20th September.
Everyone who posts a question will be entered into a prize draw where 3 MNers will win a £100 voucher each of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw.

MNHQ

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Webchat guidelines - one question each (follow-ups allowed if there’s time)

What can I use for eczema on the arches of feet and is going barefoot best (stress related in a seven year old)?

DD has a very small patch of eczema behind her ears, DH has a recurring patch on his cheek. Which products would be best for them?

Any advice for a pre-schooler who refuses her cream? I don't persist with it because it doesn't seem to help much. But she does have consistent red marks of irritation on the backs of her legs and in the creases of her arms. She scratches it which makes it worse and I wish there would be a way to get this sorted!

Is discoid eczema common in children? If so how would you recommend we manage a very mild but irritating bout? Thank you

Why is there such a contradiction between the extreme caution shown by GPs/pharmacists to use of steroids compared to my son's paediatrician who advised to use a strong dose of steroids to get the eczema under control?

Also I am wondering why there still seems to be a lack of awareness about the link between food allergies in breastfed babies and eczema. I was laughed at by my son's GP for wondering if his severe eczema could be caused by something in my diet ... A few weeks later when I began weaning my son had an anaphylactic reaction. His eczema improved dramatically once we had identified and excluded all his allergens from my diet and his.

And a final question - any thoughts on the different emollients? I always felt overwhelmed by all the different choices

I have had eczema on and off all my life ever since I was small. What are the chances of my children inheriting the condition?

Hello, my little one started getting eczema on her bottom when she stopped using nappies about 2 months ago, since then I've noticed it creeping up her legs to the usual behind the knee spots. Is this eczema or something else? What do I do to help her?

What product is best to use near the eyes? DC gets eczema under the eyebrows and I am not sure it is okay to apply moisturiser so close to the eyes.

Can eczema be seasonal? DD only has it in the summer months - she doesn't have hay-fever symptoms though, but she actively seems to dislike the heat - and she comes up in an almost instant heat rash from sun exposure.

Is there evidence that bathing products such as bubble bath, body wash etc can make such skin conditions worse? Or even cause them?

DD(10) used to have eczema but seems to have grown out of it. She does still have quite sensitive skin though so can have a reaction when using new products, is there anything we can do to reduce the sensitivity?

Hi Catherine,

My boys' eczema flares up at certain times of the year - how common is this?

Also, we live in a hard water area. Can you comment on whether water softeners have been showed to make a difference?
Apparently they do, but this comes from softening companies and I wasn't sure if it was a selling ploy.

Thanks you and what an interesting subject!

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What can we do to prevent a flare up in winter?

Perioral dermatitis - My GP said to apply balm/petroleum based cream but online says to use emollient, what is best?

My son had eczema on his face as a baby for around 6 months - we tried all sorts of creams and the one that finally worked was an anti fungal cream.

I suffer from dyshidrotic eczema on my hands and feet - is he likely to suffer with this when he is older or is it completely random?

My son’s eczema started suddenly at Nursery. All the children in that room had the same symptoms, and all got a different diagnosis- allergy, virus, eczema.
For 7 years I have been applying eczema cream to a child that protests and thrashes as he hates it.
Could it be something else - or is this a common presentation of eczema?

I’ve tried so many creams since my son was 4 months old(here’s now 8) nothing has worked with him, I even went to skin clinics where he was given wet wraps likes bandages but leggings and tops, and nothing worked. Until a wonderful lady told me to try this cream called abido they sell it on the African/Caribbean hair stall. And omg it worked wonders he’s not had his eczema come back now for 2-3 years I swear by it just wanted to know if you had heard of this????

The spiel you read online when pregnant says that breastfeeding reduces the chance of a child getting eczema. I have 2 x BF babies and 2 x eczema sufferers. What am I doing wrong?

All my children struggle with eczema of varying degrees and not always constant, but there's always creams in the house to treat it. Is there anything you could recommend that I can add to the bath which might help treat/moisturise/hydrate the skin even on good days? Thanks

My son wears hearing aids, and he has very dry, flaky, red, sore skin behind one ear, where the hearing aid sits. We have been told it is atopic eczema, probably caused by/exacerbated by the hearing aid.

What's the best way to help this? We have tried all sorts of creams. He can't not wear the hearing aid for a while, as one pharmacist "helpfully" suggested, as he's completely deaf without it.