My daughter has exzema that is mostly controlled by diet and Eucerin Calming Creme lotion. (She also has allergies.) However, about a month ago, the skin around her eyes began to itch and irritate her. I can't put the Eucerin around the eyes - there's a warning against it. I've tried the following things twice per day and always after putting water on the skin or after bath time: vasoline, anti-biotic ointment, vanicream, and calendula lotion.
Nothing has worked. The anti-biotic seems to work the best, but just for a couple of hours.
The doctors say vasoline, but as I've written, it's not been effective. They have no other suggestions.
I am careful with her diet and keep the dairy out (she's allergic) and severely limit any type of sugar.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks for everyone's responses. I tried many of the suggestions. Some worked, some didn't.
Here's what seems to be working:
1) Aveeno oatmeal baths;
2) Zyrtec - regularly (I'd stopped using it on her after Fall allergies seemed to end);
3) a small amount of prescription cream used very, very carefully around eyes;
4) eczema stick from health food store.
Also, she has an appointment with a pediatric allergy doctor at National Jewish at the end of the month.
Thanks again for all of the great ideas!!!
A.,
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pure coconut oil from a health food store - like wild oats.
that's the only thing that worked on my boy's eczema.
Maybe you could try coconut oil. My son developed eczema on his toes when we moved from San Diego. He was about 7 months old when it started, I had tried cortisone creams the doctor recommended, all the Aveeno products, I changed his diet, Eucerin, anything I could think of and then someone recommended using pure coconut oil on it. You could tell it was working from the start and its completely gone now and we don't have to use it on his toes anymore. We do still use it for diaper rash, it clears it up better than anything I've ever used and fast! You can buy it in a natural foods store. Good luck!
I have recently found a new lotion that is safe to go on the face and has helped my sons eczema more than I can say! It is CeraVe and it can be found OTC at Walgreens! Try it...you will be amazed!
Try pure lanolin. You can by lansinoh, which is made for nursing mothers, which is 100% pure lanolin, which is a natural product. I would worry about putting anything near his eyes that isn't natural.
Vaseline and other petroleum-based products (most lip balms and other moisturizing products) actually make skin dryness worse in the long term, so avoid them. Ever known someone addicted to chapstick? That's why. The chapstick exacerbates the problem, leading to an addiction and a continuous problem.
I use natural beeswax or lanolin for a lot or my moisturizing needs.
Our dr always said to put cortizone cream on our son's eczema....although he's never had it on his face. Maybe that would help.
My daughter also suffers from exzema. The doctors told us that she needs to be in the sun alot and it will help clear it up. She is now going on 3 years of not having to use the lotion that they prescribed her. If she starts to break out she spends alittle more time outside or I take her to a tanning bed for a 10 minute session.
try antihistamines. they were the only thing that cleared up my son's eczema really quickly (although his was pretty mild). I'm surprised the docs haven't suggested putting her on zyrtec. good luck.
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Hi A.,
First of all, I would be VERY careful about what you put near her eyes, especially cortisone creams. I've dealt with eczema with my son. It's no fun. Eczema is just another manifestation of allergic symptoms. If you want to deal with the origins of the problem instead of bandaiding the symptoms, I highly recommend starting with BioSET therapy. This was the one thing that really made a BIG difference in my son's eczema and asthma. It is an allergy-elimination therapy based on acupuncture concepts (no needles), enzyme therapy and gentle detoxification. My son is now eczema and asthma free and able to eat former allergy-causing foods (although I still make sure he eats a very healthy diet). The BioSET practitioner we worked with is in Fort Collins. Her website is http://www.healinginsideout.info/. And, no, I don't get anything out of recommending her except the satisfaction that I might be able to help out another mom. There are other important elements to dealing with allergies and eczema but I recommend BioSET as the best place to start to take off the worst of the problem. Good luck!
B.
Two things, remove sugar from her diet and keep her away from parabens. Paraben is a cheap preservative in virtually every lotion, shampoo, costmetic about 10% of the population is sentitive or allergic. It is a carcinegen too - linked to breast cancer. The reaction often starts as itching or puffing around the eyes and best bet is her shampoo as the cause. It has been banned in most of the EU and is slowly starting to vanish here but the FDA isn'tshowing any signs of restricting it. Origins is paraben free, surprisingly most Suave products are too.
Anyone who suggests vasoline around the eyes is iffy! It can clog the tear ducts and has been warned against for years.
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I'd see if you can get in at National Jewish. They have done wonders for our son. He now leads a normal life in spite of severe eczema and allergies. We do a bath once or twice a day for 10-15 minutes using Dove or Ivory, unscented just before getting out of the bath, followed by Vanicream on the wet skin. They have many more things to try when those things don't work. GL!
Where around her eyes is the itching? If it is just in the inside courner, between her nose and her eye, that is where my eyes itch like crazy when my pollen allergies flair up. They make allergy eye drops that help, and benedryl works for my allergies lots better than any of the precritions that I have tried. I would try that and just see if it helps. It can't hurt.
Both my kids have exzema and the only thing I found that really worked was 100% cocoa butter. There can be nothing else but cocoa butter. The best brand I found is Palmer's and you can find it at Walgreens. I use it all over their skin. I love Arbonne products but they just made my kid's skin worse because of their allergies. I have found out that just because something is made of high quality and natural ingredients, you still need to check all the ingredients to make sure there isn't something in it they are allergic to. Good luck.
My daughter now 15 going on 16 this December has had eczema since birth. Do not bath/shower everyday and never hot water. The colder the water the better. Also our doctor told us that soap is the worst thing to put on skin. Water and wash cloth is all that is needed except in the private area and the arm pits. Showering is better than a tub bath. Clean bedding with hypo-allergenic like dreft with no softener. Around the eyes use plain chap stick. Easy to put on and has little perfume ect.. to disturb the area more. Vaseline is messy and can be rubbed into eye easily, the chap stick stays where you put it in cold or hot weather. I hope the information was helpful. Talk to a dermatologist there are better soaps out there to use. One of the worst our Dermatologist said is Dove.
