My 2 mo old has eczema on her face, what helped with your baby if your baby had eczema?
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Eczema is caused by dry, irritated skin.\nWell nourished and moisturised skin cells are blocked together tightly, visualise it as a brick wall with each individual brick being a skin cell. When the skin is dry, the skin cells become flacid and lose it's moisture, or as you see it as a wall, the bricks begin to break and holes & gaps are formed allowing bacteria and dirt to enter resulting in the skin being irritated and red.\nHighly moisturising creams can assist the skin cells in forming a tight wall again developing a barrier against germs & infectants.\nSwap normal soap for your baby with QV Moisturising Wash, Ego Moisturising washes can also help and a Pinetarsol Bath and wash down can relieve your child of itchiness & discomfort.\nEnsure when bathing your baby that the water is not too hot, hot water can wash away the body's natural oil (Ever seen how easily hot water can wash away oil on a cooking pan?) resulting in dry, flaky skin. A lukewarm bath should be best.\nAlways moisturise, moisturise, moisturise to keep your baby's skin well nourished & healthy and always wash your hands before moisturising your child.\nIf your childs excema persists, see your local doctor for some cream. Cortisone creams & Topical Ointments work very well & you will see the eczema/skin condition gone after a day or two.
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Take Benadryl (by mouth) and apply hydrocortisone cream.  And next time stay away from the baby oil.
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Dermatitis severely dries out the skin,and keeping the affected area moistened can promote healing and retain natural moisture. This is the most important self-care treatment that one can use in atopic eczema.\n\nThe use of anything that may dry out the skin should be discontinued and this includes both normal soaps and bubble baths that remove the natural oils from the skin.  There is more good info. on the site provided...Check it out!
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I use Palmers Coco Butter (Fragerance Free). After about a month of use her skin looked just about normal agian. She has had eczema problems since she was two years old.
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Our pediatrician suggested Crisco. It works! Helps w/ rashes, too. I was pleasantly surprised.
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due to dry skin and wearing heavier clothes compounded by increased time spent inside heated areas you skin tends to get dry\ndrink plenty of water to keep hydrated and apply somthing simple like johnson baby lotion\nsafe inexpensive and if it good for a baby how could it be bad for you\nyou could also use alveeno  - corn starch  - oatmeal  bath powders iin your bath water
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Try a diaper rash cream. Thats what I use when I get irritated and it works. Desitin or it's generic is best.
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I would try aloe. There are products in the baby aisle used to treat the same problem and would work for adults as well.\n Otherwise you just have to wait it out and stay out of the sun.
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My daughter has it very bad, apricot oil did the trick for her.  Unfortunately eczema is one of those things that is very much a thing where you need to keep trying different things until you find something that cures it.  Another thing that was a great help for my daughter, swimming in the ocean, something about the salt water did the trick for her (unfortunately we moved away and salted baths didn't work).
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All the above answers are actually very good; there is not one simple solution to eczema.  Things that contribute to eczema include allergies to things such as foods, perfumes or soaps and it is helpful to try and identify these if possible.  Most of the time, it is impossible to do so and instead skin care plays a major role.  Avoid scratching if possible; sometimes this requires the use of topical Benadryl, steroids or Calamine to reduce the itching.  To avoid drying out the skin which precipitates many bouts of eczema, use as mild a soap as possible or, preferably, none at all.  Particularly in infants, the use of soaps or shampoos really isn't necessary and only serves to dry out the skin.  Also, avoid excessively long baths or showers for the same reason.  When drying off, don't rub the skin as this removes a lot of the natural oils.  Pat or air dry.  Then, apply a moisturizer (Eucerin is a good one without perfumes or colors) immediately to prevent drying out of the skin.  Vaseline works great for this as well, but can feel greasy afterwards.  Usually, these measures will lead to improvement in the eczema.  However, topical steroids may be necessary.  In general, these are quite safe.  In more severe cases, topical tacrolimus or pimecrolimus (Protopic or Elidel) may be useful.  However, these are associated with more side effects and are best left as a last resort.
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All my 4 kids have had it and anti itching creams and lotions did not work for any of them. What seemed to work best, was to take off as much of their clothes as possible: the warmer/sweatier they were, the more pox they got. What worked wonders for my youngest daughter was this syrup she took on doctor's prescription and ever so slightly numbed the nerve ends and therefor made her less itchy (I'm really sorry, I can't remember the name...). It made her a bit sleepy too, which was actually not too bad: the more they sleep, the quicker the body gets better!\nBy the way, my doctor did not want me to rub anything on the chickenpox, lotion or cream: according to her it made the chance of (mild) infections bigger, with the result not only that the skin is more irritated and itchier, but also  a much bigger chance of scars......
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My little boy went through this about a year ago so I feel your pain! I bought a treatment over the internet called Zymaderm from www.cbrmed.org. It's an all natural treatment made from tea tree oil,iodine and something else(I'm at a loss at the moment) It took a week or so to get the oil, but it worked wonders on my son! I put it on him once a day. Usually right before bed. After only 2 weeks, all of his bumps were gone! He had around 100 of these things on his chest. If I remember right, I paid around 38 bucks for the oil, but I promise you it's worth every penny. It will stop the spread of the bumps and it's much less painful than having them removed by the doctor. He's only got a couple of scars from the bumps, they were caused not by the oil but by the ones that were removed by the dermatologist. Trust me, from one mommy to another, try the Zymaderm. On the website, you can chat with someone and they'll answer all your questions. It was the best 38 bucks I've ever spent. My son is bump free now and there's no sign of them coming back. Please email me if you need any help. I know what your going through and how frustrating it is.
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There is currently no cure for eczema though research continues to shed new light on the condition. However, there are many ways to minimize the discomfort and distress which eczema can bring, the foundation of which is an effective skin care routine. A wide range of treatments is available, either over the counter at the pharmacy, or on prescription from a doctor. Many complementary therapies are available, which some people find helpful. In addition, there are ways of minimising environmental allergens commonly found in the home.
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I found that the best stuff that worked on both my kids (3years, 3Months) and myself is Cetaphil lotion.  It works wonders.  My sons both have patches on legs and back and mine is on my left cheek.  Also, don't use regular soaps!  There are special ones that are found at babies R us that work great.  If my sons are having a particularly bad case, I avoid soap and just wash them in plain water for a couple of days.
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Ezema can be food or soap allergies.  Change soap you wash clothes in to Dreft.  Also, if you start deleting things from the diet such as dairy, breads, chocolate ...you will eventually trace it down.  Also, allergy Doctors or clinics can help with allergy detection and elimination.  My son was allergic to 21 differnet things that we fed him regularly such as orange juice, peas, ham and  our daily diet items.  Usually foods they like best & ask for the most can be allergy causing.  Try eliminating those first.
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Fill a bag of muslim cloth with rolled oats and put it under your warm water bath tap when running your bath. This has a soothing effect and reduces itching. I suffered with eczema on my lower legs and feet for a couple of years and found the oats offered a little temporary relief. But eventually my eczema went away after having a course of cortisone injections. All the very best to you and hope you find something that works for you too.
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The best 100% safe,natural remedy you could apply is namely the Callendula officinalis( that is Marygold) ointment.It has great potentials in healing different kind of skin problems,burnings,rashes, eczema, for dry and crooked skin, as natural anti-inflamatorry remedy.\nAnyway, when it comes to eczemas it is better at any rate the baby to be seen by a doctor.\nHave nice time!