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Eczema on my 6 month old's face. Nothing helps except steroid creams...

Stephanie - posted on 04/14/2009 ( 5 moms have responded )

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My 6 month old son has eczema on his cheeks. It's not extremely severe, but it bothers him tremendously. Sometimes he can rub and scratch so hard that it bleeds. I keep his fingernails short and I've tried mittens but those get soaked in drool or pulled off. I took him to the pediatrician twice and he prescribed hydrocortisone. This clears it up completely but can only be used for 5 days. After the 5 days it comes back worse, but eventually calms down a little with numerous, at least 10, applications a day every day of an aloe and calendulum based baby eczema cream. Does anybody else have this problem? Any suggestions?

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Kylie - posted on 04/17/2009

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Did you doctor tell you not to use any soaps or baby shampoos in his bath water? Also wash all his stuff including sheets and towels in a sensitive skin baby laundry liquid. My son had terrible eczema on his torso and arms and my doctor gave me some sample packs of a product called Natralia Nourish Eczema & Psoriasis Wash and Moisturizing Cream, it’s made from aloevera, calendula, chamomile, lavender and other essential oils and it cleared his skin up almost immediately. I find dressing my baby in only 100% cotton has helped as well.

Shona - posted on 04/17/2009

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hey lisa, u say bout infections. izzy has been on antibiotics 3 times from her exema gettin infected. came up really nasty each time. wats impetigo?x

Lisa - posted on 04/17/2009

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My youngest had this problem too. I had to keep all soaps, lotions and detergents fragrance free and keep Aquaphor (or something similar) on the problem areas in between flare ups. I later on found out she has peanut and dairy allergies. Eczema is a lot of times a sign of allergies. She grew out of the eczenma by time she was 1. Also becareful of infection. Flare ups are vulnerable to impetigo. Good luck!

Shona - posted on 04/17/2009

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my lil girl is 5 n 1/2 mths old n hz exema all over, it started on her face bout 2 n half mths ago. we hv been bak n fore 2 the docs several times. she wz on hydrocortizone cream bt nw an ointment instead wen she gets the really bad flare-ups, otherwise we jst keep her well moisturised with cetraban also from the docs several times a day. it is a lot of work bt is worth it as we finally startin 2 see an improvement. she also enjoys havin the moisturiser put on as we massage her same time so it becomes fun 4 her. hope this helps u. please let me kno hw you get on.
shona and baby izzy.x

Laura - posted on 04/14/2009

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I had that problem my daughter when she was 7 months old. I found an all natural lotion at crazytimescandles.com that worked wonders.

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