Excema - Dublin,OH

I know its over the counter but for my son's I use gentle naturals cream from kmart, it works great on my son's eczema

My son had pretty bad eczema the winter he was 2. We wound up taking him to an allergist who suggested having him wear a cotton shirt when he was bathed and then smearing him with crisco. No joke. It seemed to work at keeping the moisture in his skin and helped with the itching and swelling.

Eucerin lotion is also good, but when already flared up it can just make it worse. We saw this with our son also.

We also have a prescription strength benadryl. We use it when he has a bad flare up.

Hi! I'm guessing that other parents may have already told you about this cream, but just in case they haven't, here goes: Elidel. It's a prescription cream and works best if applied only during breakouts, or by alternating weeks. You don't want to just put it on daily all the time as a precaution. It works well, we experienced no side effects, and it eases the suffering quickly.

-M.

At any drugstore you can find a product called Zim's Crack Cream. It is usually with first aid stuff....works wonders! It is all natural and created by a pharmacist. My son had a spot of eczema on his cheek for over 2 yrs that was open and seeped and nothing his Dr. perscribed would clear it up. I tried the Crack Cream a cpl times a day for 2 weeks and it vanished with no scarring.

I would suggest she first take her child to an allergist if she have not done that yet. My daughter has always had severe eczema, took her to the dermetologist and got prescriptions but it was always a battle to keep it under control. A couple years ago I took her to an allergist and it turns out she has moderate to severe seasnoal allergies. As the allergist explained to me, eczema appears only when a child scratches. They feel itchy, scratch, then eczema appears (I had never heard that before). To help control itching she can give the antihistamines. I have a non-steriod topical medication for my kids too - Protopic - which helps control eczema that is not too severe and then another with steriods. Both are prescription medations.

I am a SAHM with 3 kids - 4, 7, and 11. Two have had eczema and have allergies.

yep, i have to agree with all the others and say Renew lotion. Melaleuca's products are awesome. They have a product called dermacort which is hydrocortizone and melaleuca oil (tea tree oil) it's fantastic! both of those combined helps with the itchings, and bleeding... tea tree oil is very soothing and healing to the skin. getting rid of your harsh chemicals in your cleaners and laundry will also help and heal him completely. you need to do all of the above in order to see it completely disapear. i can get you more info about melaleuca, just let me know!

Hi
I have to say that my next door neighbor's child was like that.
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Good Luck.

L.

Hi, my son has the same problem although it is not as severe as your friend's. The best thing that I have found is not even a medication. It is Renew Lotion from Melaleuca. There is also a Renew Oil for the bathtub. However, I just put a ton of lotion on my son and it does wonders. The pediatrician always told me to use Eucerin and I hated the oily feel of it and it didn't seem to work. So, you may want to have her try Renew. Good luck!

Hi my name is C., after reading your message on the little boy with eczema I have some suggestions. My granddaughter had eczema and my daughter also. They neither one had it real severe but bad enough to use the steroid creams. I work with a Wellness Company and we have many testimonies about success stories with helping this problem.
First off 99% of everything out there that you put on your body is full of chemicals...some of us can tolerate them and some of cannot. After clearing all those toxins away from my kids skin and using the Renew lotion they niether one have to use steroid creams anymore, in fact they rarely have flare ups. I would love to share more with you about our company and the possibility of helping this little boy. I am not a soliciter, I have just seen the results of this amazing company and their products......They can help people shop wisely. These products have helped many...it is your option to check us out. I Look forward to hearing from you and if not, I wish you and your friend all the best in your search for something to help him. God Bless

try aloe. My husband has excema on his face. It gets really red and raw and almost oozy looking. He had went to doctors and tried tons of different stuff. He tried an aloe facial line and has had a lot less problems with the excema. Aloe is very good for your skin.

Hello!

Our second daughter was diagnosed with excema when she was about 6 months old. The doctor did prescribe some medication to help clear it up, but we used it VERY sparingly as we did not want her to scratch and then ingest the medicine. The doctor recommended keeping her "lubed" up with aquafor, but that seemed to make matters worse. We finally discovered that anything that was petroleum based just didn't work. We found a line of products called Little Docs. They come in green bottles. There is a body wash, a lotion and and a spray lotion. The spray lotion is excellent for immediate relief of the itching/burning feeling as it has a cooling effect. My daughter's skin cleared up once we started using it. You can find Little Docs stuff in the baby section at Target. It isn't the most inexpensive stuff on the market, but for us, it really worked. We have even given our daughter a bath every day, using the bath wash and then applying lotion to her once she is dried off and she hasn't seemed to revert.

Hope this helps.
K.

My son who has had exema outbreaks the last couple winters has done really well on MonaVie juice. (main ingredient the acai berry, #1 superfood) He cleared up in less than a wk. & stays pretty clear as long as I don't forget to give him his juice. It's yummy, too.=)

My son who is 1 year old now had Eczema all over his body when he was just a few months old. His skin was so rough it would start to bleed & it really bothered him. The doctor wanted to put him on prescription cream, but I found an all-natural product that really worked for Isaiah.
Shaklee's Basic-H2 is an all-natural cleaner that I put into my son's bath water & direcly on his skin & within a week, it cleared up. I have also switched to Shaklee's laundry detergent & give him mult-vitamins from Shaklee also. Because of this experience, I have joined many other stay at home moms and started selling Shaklee.
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I used to work for a dermatologist. He always suggested apricot oil for eczema. You can buy it at Whole foods. Also Burt's Bees makes a baby apricot oil. You can find that online. good luck!

Our daughter, when an infant, had eczema so bad that she was getting skin infections from all the scratching. Her pediatrician put her on a three day course of orapred, which is a steroid. That'll clear it all up, but it isn't permanent. They also ordered an allergy test. Eczema often has a allergic origin. She had a RAST food allergy test (blood test) which told us that she had a life-threatening allergy to peanut and milder allergies to tree nuts and egg.

To maintain your skin after the orapred, take baths daily and then "goop up" after the bath with something like eucerin creme (not the lotion, but the creme, comes in a tub and looks like crisco) or aquaphor. They can also give your a steroid based lotion for persisent red areas. That's the best doctors can do for it right now. There are also lotions called elidel and protopic, which are non-steroid anti-inflammatory lotions you can get by prescription.

Definitely get a Rx for a short course steroid to get it under control, then go to an allergist for some tests. Hope that helps.

My doctor gave us a perscription to have the pharmacist blend a mixture of eucerin cream with hydrocortisone. Worked great on both of my kids.

Hi, My daughter has ezcema too. Her's doesn't seem to be as severe as your friends son but her doctor told me to stop using all Johnson's baby products. She said it makes ezcema worse. I use aquaphor. CVS has a generic brand that works just as well and is cheaper so I buy that now. I bathe her in Aveeno baby products and use the lotion too. I also use Eucerin lotion. I do buy the generic CVS brand for that as well. Vaseline Advanced Therapy works good too. When she has a bad outbreak I will use cortizone (sp) ointment. Her Doctor told me to use that. After her bath I will apply it to the area that is broken out and follow that with aquaphor and or lotion. Her's is worse in the winter but she will still have a few patches in the summer. Her doctor told me not to give her a bath everyday. Since it's summer I have to but in the winter I give her a bath every other day. I also use luke warm water. Warmer water can dry the skin making the ezcema worse. I still use baby detergents and unscented downy in the rinse cycle. I also run a second rinse cycle to make sure all soap is out of the clothes. I hope this helps your friend. Also tell her not to use anything scented.

i use pycnogenol...pine bark resin. it comes in a capsule i get it at whole foods or mustard seed in the vitamin section. it works for me when i have a break out. good luck

My son had excema like that and the Ped couldn't seem to figure out why. Finally at 7m and switching to a new Ped we found out he had food allergies. I would recommend taking the little one to an allergist and get him tested. Good luck.

Hi! You might want to suggest a company called melaleuca.com. They offer a wide range of eco-friendly products including one product called dermacort an anti-itch cream. I have not personally used the product, but their products are 100% guaranteed and I have never had to use that guarantee. I love their products and encourage you to check out them out for yourself. If you like what you or your friend see, I'd be happy to help.

M. V.
Melaleuca-The Wellness Company

My daughter was on Elidel. It is a prescription & worked well for her. We also had her on an allergy med.(claritin) at the same time. We no longer need the Elidel but continue with the Claritin. Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Moisture Cream is a good OTC lotion to have on hand as well. Good Luck!

*Edit* Like another poster we have recently had our daughter tested for food allergies & she is moderately allergic to peanuts. Your friend may want to consider getting her child the blood test to see if that could be an issue

I use Elidel and have always had good luck with it. I don't know how old he is or what the age limit is, but I believe it's safe for kids. Have her talk to his pediatrician about it.

My daughter's doctor prescribed westort cream, which has been very helpful. However, she first gave her a dose of oral meds to relieve the severe itching, which is sounds like this child has. It was necessary to start the healing so that the rash didn't become further inflamed and infected.

Another suggestion - have the child tested for allergies. That is the root of my daughter's problem. One we identified what foods she was allergic to and cut them out of her diet, her eczema improved. Now, she just has occasional flare-ups depending on what's going on around her - sunscreen with fragrance, wrong lotion or soap, carrots by mistake, heat/sun etc.

Also, note that some people with eczema are also sensitive to lanolin, which is an ingredient in Aquafor. We can't use it. Honestly, Vaseline works best for us, evn in the summer :)

If it's that bad, she needs to take her child to a dermatologist for prescription creams. OTC things that can help are Aveeno oatmeal baths, Eucerin body lotion (apply after every bath), Cetaphil soap (should use ONLY this soap on her child). These are all for eczema and sensitive skin. They are on the expensive side but her child's health is worth it. Also, baths should be kept to a minimum. If he's not dirty, don't bathe him every day. And the water should be lukewarm...no playing in the tub. Water irritates the condition. Baths should be about 5 minutes long. Get in, get washed, get out. Blot his body dry, rather than rubbing. Hope this helps in the meantime, until she can get him to an appropriate doctor. :-) My brother had severe eczema, and my youngest son has bouts of it, mild, thank goodness!
I want to add a PS - She should also be warned that there is a link between eczema and asthma. She doesn't have to be paranoid about it, but be aware that it's very possible that he may develop asthma. Doctors haven't figured out the link, but there IS one there.

I agree with Lisa B!! Renew lotion is the way to go!! It's amazing!

S.
SuccessAtHome.info

My daughter has excema...not severe, but uncomfortable. We bought an ointment called "proshield plus" and put it on the areas that were the most painful. (it is intended for severe diaper rash, but WORKED at night on her excema, without burning the sensitive areas.) Make sure to put pj's on that aren't his favorite, b/c it will leave some "oils" but, it HELPED our daughter...and us!

Good Luck to all!

Hello, Our daughter has excema that is very controlled now. She used to have have it so bad on her face and arms. An allergist told us to put her in water 2 times a day to let her get wet when we get her out pat her dry then put the prescribed hydrocortisone cream first followed by Eucerin or Auquaphor. He also told us to always wash any new clothes before wearing and switch to fragrance free laundry soap and body and hair wash. We wash all her towels and wash cloths seperate. Huggies makes an all natural wash with no fragrance and All makes a fragrance free laundry soap. It was a pain at first but now her excema is so clear, I also think she is out growing it some now. After starting this she was excema free in no time. Hope this helps!!

Creams, meds, etc. will only solve the symptoms, but not cure the problem, which is internal. I agree with those who recommended seeing if the child has food intolerances. I've heard of people's excema going away when they take out dairy. I highly recommend a book call The Yeast Connection which outlines a three-week yeast cleansing diet and then slowly adding back foods one at a time to see if you have a reaction to them. Another similiar diet is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. You can google it or go to www.pecanbread.com.

Both my children had it but not too this extreme. We used an expensive lotion called Eucerine and it seemed to help. We just bought it over the counter at Walmart. Good Luck!

My son's case wasn't awful, but aquaphor worked amazingly for us!

ST,

She needs to take him to the doctor. My daughter has excema, but not all over her body. Eledil cream works for her, but it is percription. He sounds miserable! I hope it works for him and she gets it for him soon.

M.

My daughter used to have excema on her torso, so we used a cream from the dermatologist to control it. It never went away, it was just a constant battle to keep the cream on it after she showered. Now she used the Arbonne ABC Baby Wash in the shower and she has absolutely no excema. She is 11 now and is still using it & has beautiful skin. I can provide a sample to you if you would like to try it.

L. L.

Hi there! I have heard that Arbonne (online) has a baby line of skin care that is fabulous for excema. There is a body wash, lotion and sunscreen. The website is www.arbonne.com. Give it a try, it's worth it! Good luck!

You need to look at CHOCOLATE, NOT meds for this. I know of several people who've eaten HEALTHY XOCAI chocolate...no waxes, no sugar, no preservatives, etc. and have gotten rid of psoriasis AND excema. The reason for the problems are a lack in specific nutrients in the diet. WHY do drugs when you can take care of it naturally?? Take care of it from THE CAUSE, not mask the symptoms.

If you want more info or samples.......let me know.

My nephew also has eczema & what my sister does is bathe him w/ aveeno baby w/ colloidal oatmeal & uses aquaphor on his skin. My nephew is now 6 yrs old & still gets break outs if she changes his soap/lotion. Try these & see if it helps.