Dry Skin - Norco, CA

My daughter has ecxema. Which is what it sounds like your son has. I used Gentle Naturals Baby Eczema Cream. Aquafor and Eucerin did not work on my daughter. Gentle Naturals did. We also used Gentle Naturals Baby Eczema Soap. Try it. Good Luck.

Hi! My son (4 yrs) has mild eczema (sp?) in the crooks of his elbows. We use a heavy, creamy lotion like Vaseline Deep Moisture Creamy Formula. We just put it on when it flares up and after baths. You should call your Dr. or advice nurse, though. Sometimes we use Hydrocortisone cream, but I don't know age limits for it. Good luck.

C.

My son had very similar skin problems when he was young. The doctor told me it was baby eczema and to use aquaphor, but I didn't like the results either. Another Dr told me to use the aquaphor is more of a protectant. So if you are going outside when it is cold or windy put it on the dry patchy areas (face, etc) and it should help protct those areas from getting worse. I found that Weleda Calendula Baby Oil (not sure I am spelling it correctly) worked wonders to get rid of the rough skin. I think I got it a Mother's market. I would also used the oil in his bath and then put more on after he got out. The other lotion that I liked a lot was Burt's Bees baby buttermilk or milk and honey lotion. Burts Bees lotions don't do very in the beginning; however, once you have the dry skin under control they work well to keep the skin soft. Make sure that once you have the dry ares under control you use the aquaphor outside to protect the skin, otherwise the dry patchy areas will come right back.

Hi L.

My first daughter has dry skin as well... and has had it since she was an infant. It could be ezcema which is a reaction to some kind of allergin. We use Cetaphil liquid soap on her in the bath and Cetaphil lotion within 5 minutes of getting out of the bath. Her skin looks great. My pediatrician told me that plain old water is better for some babies than lathering them up in the tub as it dries their skin. And, my aesthetician just told me that the more a product foams the more drying it is to the skin... so, less foam = more soothing.

i have ezsama and my baby has dry patchy skin sometimes too lotion works for my child and if not i use cortizon 10 or bath him in mosture bath stuff and try butter cream lotions there kindda sticky but when my daughter gets bad it relieves the ich

Cetaphyl. Sensitive cream works best. If it doesn't get better in a week or so, see your doctor. We used this stuff on both our boys everytime we looked at them, especially after washing, getting up in the morning and before going to bed. This stuff is amazing! Also Dove sensitive moisturizing bar soap, the liquid is not as sensitive.

My pediatrician recommended Hydrocortisone lotion, followed by Cetaphil lotion. It worked wonders and the excema cleared within a week or so!

when my 4 1/2 month old was around 2 months she developed eczema the doctor recommended Aveeno baby soothing relief moisture cream and wash. It has done wonders it's a little expensive but very worth it, and you really don't have to use that much. The hydration lasts a long time especially when applied after her bath with the wash.

My son who is almost 8 months old had the same dry patches you talk about when he was around 3-4 months (he still gets them at times). I started using Aveeno Soothing Cream (every other day) and body wash and it works great. I also started giving him a bath every 3 days instead of every other.

hi L. my daughter had very dry skin when she was that old as well around both of her ears...the best thing that you can do is take him to the doctor. My daughter's doctor gave me something for that and went away. hope i can help.

I.

I agree, putting the lotion on within 3 minutes of getting out of the bathtub will make the skin more receptive to the lotion. My 1-year-old boy has this same type of thing. It's important to only use cortisone cream 3 times a week or less. Start with 0.5%, especially on the face if there is any on his cheeks. We ended up getting an RX for the dry patches near his elbow and part of his calf. Some foods cause or aggravate this condition; I've noticed mostly anything with protein makes my son's eczema flair up, especially any type of meat. He is going in for allergy testing tomorrow. It's not something I want to put him through, but I agree with the doc, if we find out what the source of this is, I can stop giving it to him. He's had it since he was about 3 months old. Changing the laundry soap is crucial. Not just for the baby's clothes, but for yours too (since you hold him all the time.) Some baby products have too many perfumes and soaps in them. My doctor told me to only use Dove sensitive skin bar or liquid soap (but keep in mind, it's not a tear-free soap so you have to be extra careful around the eyes and maybe wash the baby's hair with something else that is tear-free.) When I use the cortisone or the RX, I put the cortisone on my finger, put aquaphor or eucerin on the cortisone and rub it together 1st, then apply it on the baby's skin, and only in the spots that need it. The rest of his body gets just the lotion. My baby never scratches any of his dry patches, but the older the kids get, the worse they will scratch the areas, so I read to make sure the child's nails are clean and trimmed. If they do it at night, put socks on their hands after they fall asleep.

I would first check with his pediatrician. I used olive oil and limited his baths. I also switched to a hypoallergenic laundry soap and bath soap. Hope this helps

hi, this is such a hard thing to deal with! when my little one had a "dry time", i used Cetaphil. A very mild skin cleanser that leaves the skin moisturized. All you do is apply it to the skin with either a cotton ball or a clean washcloth and wipe it off. No water required, leaving a very thin film of moisturizers. Worked for my little guy, hopefully this will work for your little guy as well! best of luck to you and clear skin ahead!

Hi L.,

This sounds like Eczema (Dermatitis) something that me and unfortunately my two children are all too familiar with. This is a common but fortunately easy to treat ailment. The good news is it is temporary, the bad news is it is recurring. See below for more info on Eczema.

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/eczema/article_em.htm#Ecze...

You can start by using Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Creamy Wash, found in your drugstores baby aisle instead of other cleansers that can quickly dry out baby's sensitive skin. Next, I suggest giving your Pediatrician a call and ask him/ her to prescribe Mimyx cream for your little one. This prescription cream works well for quick treatment of Eczema.

Good Luck,
C.

both of my children had something like that it was mild eczema their doctor told us to wash they less often we put them in the tub everyday but only use soap every other day or every other 3 days, and we used a lotion perscribed called eucernin (available at target over the counter I think it's about $8) and aquaphor more greese but keeps them moist. not sure if it's at stores. but we did what the doctor suggested and with in a year it was gone. (plus they usually out grow it with age)

Eucerin worked great for my children at that age. In fact, that is what our pediatrician recommended. It is concentrated, absorbs well and I found it to be not as greasy.

Hope it helps.

My daughter developed a similar thing when she was about the same age. We bought the expensive jar of aquafor and it helped a little. After trying all lotions, creams, cortisones, etc. we took her to a dermatologist. She was prescibed a low dose steroid cream to bring it under control. We also and still to this day, she is 18 months old, only use bath soap that contains oatmeal. We also switched to dreft soap till she was 15 months old. I hope this helps. Having a baby with dry skin is terrible and I really sympathize with you.

vitamin E cream, just plain old vitamin E cream is wonderful

My son did the same thing at 3 months old. I tried all of the lotions and oils and nothing worked. Finally I started to rub him down with regular vaseline after his baths and it worked with in days! Now we just use vaseline and his skin is beautiful!

L.,

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It sounds like it might be eczema. Both my kids have it and I used Califonia Baby's Calendula Cream it worked great. All of the California Baby products are great for not drying out the skin that seems to exacerbate the eczema. I can even bath them every night and their skin does not dry out. Hope that helps.

My son has gotten this every winter since he was born - he's 4 now. We've tried everything! Aquaphor didn't do anything for us either. The things I've found that work best are Mary Kay Extra Emollient Night Cream (I put it on every morning and every evening) or a blend of baby lotion & Vaseline. I put the lotion on first and then the Vaseline over it. Nothing works permanently, but these two things I've found work best for us. I'm a Mary Kay consultant, so if you are interested in trying the night cream I have some free samples I could give you. Just let me know. :)

My son had the same symptoms. i went to the doctor and was told it was "nodular" (whatever that means) Eczema. They will give you a variety of medications, hydrocortisone 2.5% and we are trying another steroid as the hydrocortisone was not strong enough. Also, we have to keep his skin very hydrated. I used johnson's baby oil gel, petroleum jelly, and johnson's shea butter lotion. Most lotions don't work.

It sounds like eczema. My son was like that and occasionally still is. Very rough to the touch, right? Well, I know it sounds crazy, but I used olive oil when it was really bad and it helped. It's natural, try it. Olive oil helped his cradlecap as well, when he had that. In addition, when his eczema acts up now I wash him with the Aveeno sensitive skin, fragrance free hair and body wash, and I still use the Aveeno 24 hour moisturizing lotion/cream. It works the best and clears all that rough stuff up so you can snuggle your soft little baby. I used this on my daughter when she was getting that rough skin on her belly and chest and it worked wonders right away. Congrats on the new one and best wishes.

Sounds like eczema and my husband and both of my sons have it. There doesn't seem to be anything that actually gets rid of it, just softens the area. We don't give the kids baths every day and that really helps. They sell some baby excema cream at walmart but it is pretty greasy.

Hello! My daughter is 21 months old and she had the same problem when she turned 3 months. Some friends recommended Aveeno soaps and lotions and I have never had a problems since. Good luck.

It sounds like he may have eczema. Two of my three girls have it. You can look it up online to get more info. A few suggestions - don't let him take too many baths especially not hot ones, try some hydrocortisone cream, my doctor also suggested a small dose of benedryl but that was when my girls were a little older so that may not be good. Like I said look it up online for lots more info.

Hi L.!

It sounds like your little guy has eczema. My four bio-kids have eczema with different levels of severity. The eldest has had it the worst and has had it since she was a baby. With her, we tried all the recommended ointments, creams, prescriptions,as well as various oral medications prescribed or recommended by her doctor. She had to have an allergy test when she was two because her eczema was so severe (it was so dry, it would crack and ooze). It turned out that almost everything that was good for her body was bad for her skin. She had skin reactions to peas, carrots, fish, wheat, nuts, citrus, milk, and on and on... Since we obviously couldn't cut off her nutrition, we continued to try out every option of ointment, cream, and medicine offered to us. Turns out, that Aveeno was the one! I swear by this product. The trick was to keep her constantly moisturized. This meant, once out of the shower - lather up. Anytime her skin started to look dry and patchy - lather up. When feeling an itch - lather up. After washing her hands - lather up. Have some down time - lather up. We found that keeping on top of moisturing really helped calm the flare-ups. We also found Aveeno Oatmeal baths were soothing to her especially when she was a baby. Just recently, the nurse practioner that was filling in for her pediatrician recommended taking fish oil. She said that there have been a few studies out there that shows fish oil helps eczema sufferers. So we're trying it for the sake of trying it, but keeping in mind that her skin tests showed allergies to certain fish. Since the test was performed seven years ago we are hopeful that she has grown out of many of her food allergies. (We definiately need to schedule another test with her dermatoligest). In any case, I would talk it over with your pediatrician before offering fish oil or anything oral to your baby. I just wanted to throw that idea out there as something that had been suggested to us. In the meantime, try Aveeno! I love that I don't have to depend on steriods (hydrocortizone) to help alleviate my children's eczema. Remember the key is to lather, lather, lather, and then lather some more! I hope this info was helpful.

:-)
S.

Hi L.,

My son has dry skin too. I used CORTIZONE.10 as prescribe by his pediatrician. You can buy that over the counter at any store. However, after a while it comes back. So to keep skin from getting dry I used the RENEW lotion and other products from my home base business to keep his skin from getting dry. You can check my website at www.bv1712.myopportunity.net

Sounds like excema. Consult your doctor. Good luck.

Cetaphil moisturizing lotion works very well for dry skin after you use it for a while.

My daughter has ecsema and I have found that Aveeno products work really well. They have lotions and body wash especially for that. Regular lotions have alcohol and sting when applied to really dry skin.

My twin daughters have very sensitive skin and eczema. Their godmother is a pediatric dermatologist. She gave us Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Creamy Wash for bath time and Eucerin Calming Creme for lotion. We use 2-in-1 Head & Shoulders for their hair. The trick with dry skin is to keep them moisturized all the time. We happen to bath them every evening and then grease them up like little piggies. In the morning, same greasing. Also, check with pediatrician on your next visit just to be safe. Good luck.

I highly recommend Arbonne's Baby skin care line. The baby lotion was just featured in vegetimes magazine. The associate editor/web editor, Lisa Barley, recommended the lotion for dry itchy skin, caused by eczema.
I have before and after pictures of a little one the baby line was used on as well as a sample of the entire line if you'd like to try it.

S.

My 2 year old has had eczema since she was born. That's what this sounds like. I found a cream made by "Disney" especially for eczema for babies. I've actually found it to work better than "Aveno". I found it at target with all of the baby bath stuff. It works great.