I am a skin care specialist and own a small Medi Spa in Rome NY. My nephew is a sufferer also. What we have found is that you should use a laudry soap that is gentle. Dreft is the best. It is average in price and very gentle. Also, too many soap baths can affect the break outs. Eczema is a skin condition where the oil glands produce at a rapid pace. We tend to see a scaling on the skin and think it is dry whe in fact it is very oily. The surface of the skin cannot naturally be slothed off and a build up of dead skin cells grows. I use corn meal and lotion to exfoliate my children. Burts Bees has a great line for children that is perfume free and gentle. Since eczema is considered a form of Atopic Dermatitis, there may be an allergy helping it to flourish. If you child seems to be very itchy, then try an oatmeal paste on the areas. I have found a wealth of knowledge at www.keepkidshealthy.com on this subject. Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you have.
Joanna H.
Rome Medi Spa
300 N George St
Rome, NY 13440
315-269-2862
I have only had any luck with the Arbonne Baby Care products. I use the wash (no soap) and the oil or lotion. The oil doesn't sting when it put it on dry patches. When she has really bad patches I use their Intelligence Conditioning Oil. I get it at www.ForTheCause.net. Try it! It has helped!
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Tkae your kid to the beach! Ok, I know it's winter and cold, but I've had eczema my entire life, and the only thing that's ever helped me is beach water. Summer time is great because a visit to the beach every other week will clear my skin. Winter time I grab a bucket of salt water to take home and soak (my hands and arms) in about once a month. Try it.
Hey there, My little 7 1/2 month old girl has eczema too, but the doctor said that a probiotic would help, so we tried this stuff by BioGaia. It's baby probiotic drops and that has been helping a lot! You can find it at your local healthfood store or google it and you can find it online:)
Hope this helps! Oh yeah and my doctor said that it is probably a milk allergy, so since I'm breast feeding and cut the milk out and do the probiotic drops, her skin is smooth and not irrated anymore:)
It's a slimey way to help it, BUT IT WORKS!
Bathe your son in warm water - not hot. Don't dry him off and slather him with vaseline. Dress him right into his night clothes. Repeat daily. It seems gross, but I tell you IT WORKS! My son is going to be 3 and he suffers from terrible eczema in the winter. In between baths.. Aveno lotion seems to help too. Also, keep his finger nails short so he doesn't scratch as badly. Remind him to rub and not scratch. I'd love to know what you find out about allergies and eczema. At present my son doesn't have any known allegies.
You could ask your doctor about allergies to certain foods but what I did was put my son on soy milk and rice milk. This did wonders. I saw results in about a month. A lady at my sons daycare told me about it and I was desperate to try anything. My baby has had eczema since about 5 months old. It was really severe. People would ask if he was burned. That made me feel awful. I also do the unscented detergent and use cetaphil cream and wash on his skin. He's alot better now and I am hoping he has outgrown it. He's two years old now and gets a liitle in the winter time but not much. Hope this helps.
Switch everything that touches his skin. Tour laundry detergent, soaps, lotions and shampoos can aggravate the problem. My friends and use Renew cream from Melaleuca and have had amazing results. No more flaking, cracking and bleeding!
Abbey [email protected]
Hi Deanna,
My son was born with eczema!
I found that Renew Intensive Skin Therapy works best. It is clinically proven to eliminate the redness, itching, flaking and scaling that eczema sufferers have. Check out my website or call me and I will be glad to send you a sample.
Lee Spratling
716 648 2093 www.LiveTotalWellness.com/LEE
Has your son been on anti-biotics from when he was 2 years old? I have a daughter who is now 24 and when she was a baby had upper respiratory infections for which she was placed on a constant flow of anti-biotics. She had allergies to baby formulas - then put on Prosoybe. She had allergies to the baby vitamins as well. When she was 14, she came down with Mono and her immune system was shot. Now at 24 she developed severe Ezcema and digestive problems. I have taken her to allergist, dermatologist and a Gastro-Enterologist. The end result is that her immune system has depleted all the natural vitamins resulting from too many anti-biotics when she was a child and has affected her immune system which has caused internal and external (skin) problems.
If your son has been taking anti-biotics then you really need to get him to a nutrionist and get him on a vitamins that will help him from the inside out. There might be other situations that are going on. I.e. - allergies to foods, allergies to soaps, milk allergies, allergies to breads, etc. Check with a nutrionist, allergist and/or perhaps a dermatologist - ALL of these healthcare professionals should be geared to Pediatricians in these fields.
Please let me know if he takes the anti-biotics.
HI Deanna,
Eczema can be so hard to treat. I just happen to have run into something natural that I think has helped lots of kids in your child's position. It is called Xango juice made from the mangosteen fruit from Viet Nam and that part of Asia. I have recently been using it and have heard of the great benefits it has for skin issues, even excema. The gal who I heard about it from is an RN and worked at Buffalo children's hospital for 20 years. She used it on her nephew after he had exhausted all the medicinal treatments you speak of.
I too am a pediatric nurse and I agree that this stuff works for many health issues. I liked it so much I am now selling as well. So I would say that you should go to the web site, Xango .net and read about it. It could make a difference and it tastes good as well.
Mary Jane
My son was diagnosed with eczema at 5 months old. He's been a patient of Dr. Gary Zuckerman in Kendal Park since then. He was tested as a baby. He has outgrown most of his food allergies (he's over 3 now). We still only wash with Cetaphil or Aveeno Baby fragrance free. We use lots of Aquafor and sometimes RX hydrocortizone.
Hi Deanna,
I had terrible eczema growing up and no one ever mentioned food allergies as a possible cause, but I finally figured it out. Unfortunately it was not until I was 22 and had already been given lots of topical and occasionally oral steroids. Anyway, I stopped eating gluten and my eczema went away. Maybe you should try to cut out the major allergens one at a time so you know which it is (keep a food log). I found that tomatoes also give me eczema. The major allergens are peanuts, chocolate, dairy, soy, wheat, shellfish, tomatoes, and eggs...I may be forgetting some since I have a 3 month old and am so sleep deprived, but you can ask a nutritionist or an allergist who specializes in food sensitivities. I've also found that Chinese medicine is helpful as well. Good luck!
Hi Deanna-
Have you tried?
-changing his diet at all.
-Controlled room temp/ humidity levels...
-Oatmeal baths might help or "mediacated" lotions.
-Plenty of water daily. (1 gal. day.
My friends son was covered with eczema since he was 1 month old.. had it so bad he would bleed.. She went everywhere and finally a Dr. put him on singulair... allergy med... and within 2 weeks he changed drastically. He has been on singulair for 2 years and is doing wonderful.. Ask you dr. about that?? good luck...
Hi, I found this problem with our youngest son and now my youngest Granddaughter has it. Both times it was an allergy to milk. Not all milk products will have the same effect. With my son we limited milk and used cortisone cream (dermatologist recommendation), once he was out of diapers his cleared (mostly in diaper area). With my Granddaughter we have changed her milk from all whole to half organic whole milk and half organic soy. We use only organic soaps, shampoos (Rainbow Herbal Organics for kids) and also a lotion (Baby Avalon Organics) that she gets rubbed everywhere after her bath time. Now the only area that get slightly red and dry are her cheeks (exposed to cold air during winter) but even they are not nearly as bad.
I suggest food allergy as possible problem, check the milk products as they seem to be the worst at causing this. Blessings & Good luck!