Hello!

Good products for treating Eczema – My little man (5 mths), has Eczema, we’ve tried Hopes remedy, curash moisturiser, dermeze ointment and Aveeno baby moisturizer. The doctor put us on dermaid cortisone cream which helped with cracked skin, can anyone recommend something to help with the red skin?

Posted by anon, 01/10/13

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  • Was going to suggest dermeze but you’ve tried it. Make sure you moisturise within a few min of a bath for a ‘soak and seal’ to keep moisture in. Moisturising regularly in general is good! And don’t wash too often. Hopefully they grow out of it especially as winter ends


  • My sons dermatologist prescribed Advantan Fatty Ointment. You only use a little bit until the excezma is completely gone. If works straight away but is by prescription only.


  • I suffered badly as a child … Mum stopped giving me cows milk and used pure emu oil…straight from the emu farm.


  • we try nyal eczema cream and that works fast and is pretty affordable. i have just found a new product (new to me) that you can get at the pharmacy called physiogel. there is a whole range of cream, lotion and shower gel and is perfect for babies and all type of skin conditions. check it out and ask your pharmacist about it.


  • coconut oil is all natural and soothing, maybe try that. Goats milk soap may also help.


  • aveeno was the best for us.


  • Did you find a product that worked well?


  • what did you end up doing?


  • Some really good recommendations below.


  • I love all of the QV products as they work really well for us


  • What did you end up doing differently?


  • QV is what we use for everything
    QV body wash
    QV moisterising cream
    QV powder
    QV Cream


  • MooGoo. You won’t regret it


  • Consider looking into the Moogoo range from health food stores.


  • The only thing that worked on my son’s eczema was Garden Of Eden Oil from Herbalink (online store). It’s a natural product. Goat’s milk soap is good, so is Moo Goo & QV oil. Unfortunately these are a little expensive.


  • Coconut oil and oats in the bath, my mum used to do that for my sister and Vaseline for when out of the bath


  • dexem repair cream. It works really well


  • I would recommend you try coconut oil its anti bacterial anti fungal its has many properties its great on the skin


  • My 9 month old suffers too. I have found that Moo Goo works well for keeping his body under control but am yet to find something that works well on his face. I tried hopes relief the other night but it made his face red like a reaction so I stopped that one and dermeze and dermaveen don’t work either. Good luck and I hope our babies outgrow it.


  • I feel for your poor little bub. Ive suffered from eczema my whole life and its horrible. I also feel for you as his Mum. My daughter (16months) has eczema. It heart breaking watching her suffer.
    My girl and I have a daily rountine. We only bath/shower every second day as water dries the skin. We only use ego QV Intensive wash and Dermaveen shampoo. Every morning and night we apply dermaid to the bad bits, demalex to the healing bits and a head to toe cover of ego QV intensive mouisteriser if its dry (cool weather) or QV creme if its not dry (hot weather). Its important to keep applying the creme throughout the day if needed.
    A flare up will be hot and needs to be cooled. The dermaid takes the heat of of a flare up but does cause the skin to ‘tighten’ so its important to put a layer of QV over the top after a couple of minutes.
    Make sure he doesnt get hot while sleeping. I find it hard to get my girl to sleep through because if I rug her up too much, she gets itchy but if I dont rug her up enough she wakes up cold. lol. Have to find a happy medium.
    We both have food allergies and make sure we have nothing we are allergic to. Abit hard at your sons age but if he is breatfed, he could be reacting to something in your milk. If he is formula fed, he could be dairy intolerant etc.
    Hopefully he will grow out of it before it causes too much grief. Unfortunatly, there is no cure.
    xxx


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