Our little one of 8 months has neurodermatitis and I'm wondering if someone deals with this condition too.
The itchy patches come and go, making the life quite miserable.
The only creme that really helps reducing the itchiness contains cortisone (which I'm not terribly keen on) - besides other cremes like Linola and Anti-Dry.
Thanks for a reply and have a nice day.
i.e. oils based on petrolium derivatives, e.g. J&J baby oil? Generally these have a more similar (bio)chemical structure to the skin's oils than "natural" oils from vegetables/plant matter.
It won't stop the condition, but it might help relieve some of the symptoms until you can work out what the real problem is.
Also, we try not to let her get to warm-if she lies on us for too long or is overdressed and gets sweaty, it gets much worse.
We only bathe her twice a week, using only a little bit of non-soap cleanser (cetaphil-they have it at the apotheke) and no shampoo. Other days, just a damp washcloth for top-and-tailing.
We change her clothes often, as she likes to chew on her hands and this gets her sleeves wet. Once she can rub her face with wet sleeves, its game over!
Other than that, we just wait for her to outgrow it...
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It seems, that waiting to outgrow it is the solution.
It's definitely allergy-triggered, but also stress-triggered.
My daughter broke out dreadfully when I stopped breastfeeding her (breastmilk protects the digestive tract and helps the body to break down allergens before they hit the blood stream)...
In our case, we gradually eliminated the triggers - for us it was Tomatoes, Strawberries, MSG, Salicylates... it took about 2 years to eventually take out all the allergens and she's only recently (9 years later) had another outbreak which is now on her face only, and we seem to have a different trigger but can't quite work out what it is this time...
The only really small babies that I've met with really bad Atopic Eczema were allergic to cow's milk (either through the breastmilk, and the mother went dairy-free for the entire time she was breastfeeding) or from babies who are exposed to formula milk in the first 4 months of life...
One little boy, son of a friend of mine, had it completely over his entire head and most of his body, and I suggested she speak to the doctor about changing his formula - the doctor made a recommendation about the change and it made an enormous difference within a few days... but I would not recommend that you change baby formula without checking with the doctor first...
My recommendations would be CREAM CREAM CREAM: and change the oil/water mixture depending on the time of year and state of skin; cortisone in small dosage is the best! My chemist used to mix me a mixture with UREA and hydrocortisone. We did try a new cream called Elidel back in 2002 but i was concerned about side effects so stopped.
We had lots of sleepless nights due to scrathing babies so invested in eczema sleep suits like these: http://www.alleraydedirect.co.uk/ecz...it-babies.html .
Try to only dress your child in cotton - fleece used to cause outbreaks as did wool.
Diet did not seem to affect us but we did notice that there was an outbreak everytime a new tooth was on its way.
By age 3 my son did outgrow the worst of it but, now aged 9, he still has very dry skin and does tend to have outbreaks at stress times (like when we moved here!). Unfortunately he followed the typical pattern of then developing asthma and allergies but we take each new development in our stride and have so far had great doctors helping us.
Holidaying for a few weeks a year in a coastal area does wonders for his skin. The salty air / water really does him good.
Good luck!