What is your effective treatment against eczema?

Both of my children have eczema. I'm sure if you have it too, you know the whole barrage of things you try that don't work or don't work well enough. I try not to use their steriod cream unless I have to which is often. I don't want to use Protopic or Elidel b/c of the recent discussion of possibly causing cancer. I don't want to treat them for something now to trade for something far worse in the future! What do you use or do that has been the ';magic trick';? Any other non steroidal creams?What is your effective treatment against eczema?
collodial oatmeal baths nightly(oilated Aveeno)


or use sofsyn bath oil nightly warm not hot water.. if you can't find that, ask the pharmacist for one that does not contain perfumes....you do not want doak oil, that is for psoriasis...


pat them dry, rub them down with vaseline


give them a antihistamine a couple times dily, stick to the directions on the bottle...., it stops them from itching and keeps their little fingers off the eczema, scratching it and getting it infected.. it will also calm them down a bit....


get them on a diet of fresh fruit, veggies, no sugar, white cheese only, no white flour only whole wheat items like bread, pasta, tortillas, etc...., chicken, off fast food and deep fried food and there should be no excessive milk drinking, do not cook their stuff in the microwave and try not to fry their food.. bake it or bbq it....


they should be drinking lots of water and get them out in the fresh air and doing things like walking, bike riding...


use only baby shapoo on their hair if the scalp is involved...


use the steroid creams on the areas that are really bad.


they should be wwearing cotton as much as possible, this is important especially for their socks, as synthetics make them sweat and make it worse....


if an are is really bad, make a compress with some aveeno powder and warm water and hold it on the spot for 5 min a couple times a day.


get rid of the normal soaps in your house and use only oilated soap......


if they go swimming, make sure it is not a chlorinated pool, this will cause them problems, if they get wet in a sprinkler, make sure they remove their wet clothes and dry off well, never rub the skin hard, pat it dry.....


there are lots of little things that you can do to help them...What is your effective treatment against eczema?
I don't often use my Rx steroid cream. I typically use 1% Hydrocortizone cream that I pick up in any drug store. I just use it like a hand lotion.





But I find that prevention is my great cure. I use Dove body wash instead of soap. I wear non-latex gloves when I have to be in contact with any chemicals at all. And I try to keep my skin hydrated with lotions that are dye and perfume free.





You'll also want to use laundry detergent and fabric softener and drier sheets that are dye and perfume free, or use Dreft, and use as little detergent as you really need to. I'm limited in the products I use, but my father had terrible reactions to any kind of fabric softener used in his clothes. His skin would be red and raw within an hour.





You might also make sure that, if they're playing outside at parks, etc, that they wear light-weight long pants and shirts instead of t-shirts and shorts, in case there are herbicides or pesticides on the grass that you don't know about that are irritating their skin. Then have them take a quick shower when they come home.





Good luck!
basing on my personal experience since i also have eczema, all natural moisturizer helps a lot in soothing the itchiness and pain. since it is all natural it can not do harm on the skin. also try to know the things that your children are allergic to and try to avoid them. you may also change the course of their diet and avoid the foods that can cause flare ups. keep the skin hydrated by drinking lots of water. and boost up immune system by letting them have proper and healthy diet. visit http://www.skinoriginal tips for more skin care tips regarding eczema.
tea tree creams and shampoos seem to help my daughters .
Safe, effective, non-steroidal cream from http://www.champori.com It's natural (herbal) and works great!! (if it doesn't work - it's free; they have money back policy)
i have that . mine flares up and then sometimes im fine. iuse eucerin but i dont think there is a cure though. there r mild to extreme cases as with anything. haw bad is it?
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Both of my daughter's have eczema. I have had to try a lot of different things to control it. I think I finally have it under as much control as I can. When I give them there bath I don't get the water too warm, just warm enough to where they are not cold. I also don't keep them in there long at all, the faster the better. The longer you keep them in there, the more dry there skin will be. When you dry them, try to pat dry them. This way more moisture will stay in there skin. I also don't like to use the prescription creams. I use Eucerin calming cream on them every night, it really works if you use it every night. If they start getting some patches of dry skin, before it gets bad, I put Aquaphor healing ointment. This is almost like a Vaseline type lotion. You can get both of the cremes at Wal-mart, in the cosmetics department. They are kind of pricey, but well worth it.