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• CavMamma says:

  31 January | 13:43

  I am not claiming to know the 'cure' for eczema but I have suffered from flare ups myself since I was a child and both my kids had it as toddlers. the 17 yr old still getting flare ups occasionally. I have found that the oatmeal/honey combo works but then so does aqueous cream and this is dirt cheap. Make sure you go to the dispensary counter and get it though and don't be fobbed off with E45. It is usually just a couple of £'s for a 500g tub. Get a desertspoon and scoop out a big dollop of cream with it. Mix this with boiling water and then tip it into a the bath water before you plop said child in (obviously checking temperature!). Wash them all over with the solution - no soap as this dries the skin and the cream will cleanse anyway. I used to leave mine playing in the water until it had cooled right down. Dry the child and then slap on a layer of the aqueous cream to moisturise well before dressing them. If it is a bad flare up then I use 'Rescue Cream' instead of aqueous cream after the bath. All completely natural and in my humble opinion works better than steroids. Incidentally, I spent years training and working as a Dispensary Technician but also did many courses in natural / complementary healing. It semed that the more I learned about conventional medicine, the less I wanted to use it!

• bottlenose says:

  01 February | 15:35

  My niece suffered with the same condition when she was about two - (she is now 32!!), I took her to my homeopath and the treatment she was given was very successful - give it a try!!! I have complete faith in homeopathy (as opposed to other forms of treatment)- treating the person as a "whole" rather than just working on one area seems so logical. Good luck.

• ananeves says:

  01 February | 21:29

  Thank you very much, CavMamma and bottlenose, for your advise and words of encouragement. I will probably start by giving the aqueous cream a go.

• Ally_London says:

  02 February | 16:14

  I've had eczema since an infant and have tried lots of different methods to keep it at bay. Dust, alcohol and too much dairy are the main things that cause me to flare up, also lack of sleep, stress or wearing wool. The children discussed here will not encounter many of those (we hope!) but looking at the whole lifestyle as bottlenose says below is the only way to really tackle the condition. Have you tried cotton gloves at night? This keeps the moisture in and stops the little ones scratching.

• katzan says:

  15 June | 00:15

  the key for me is to provide a barrier and retain moisture as CavMamma (31 Jan) says but better than aqueous cream try making Beeswax cream Beeswax 18% Liquid Paraffin 61% Distilled Water 20% Borax 1% heat all to 70 degrees centigrade mix wax and paraffin add borax to water and mix all together. heat using water baths (good for the patient) i use a microwave (but with care as the wax and oil can get very hot) i make a bucket at a time. works a treat. best applied after a hot bath. This will NOT cure a flare up but will help, soothe and can enable minimal medicines or steroid use and will definitely provide protection against future flare ups. I guess the way it works is to leave an impermeable layer of wax on the skin which compensates for missing water retention properties in skin, reducing cracking and keeping out allergens likely to cause a cortisol reaction and therefore eczema. i suspect CavMamma's rescue cream is beeswax based but i'd like to track some down to try