I had DS at his 3 monthly appointment to a dermatologist today! We saw a different doctor this time and he told me something that none had told me before! He mentioned that our skin contains natural moisturises - washing regularly or even getting our skin wet strips some of them and therefore leaves us prone to the scratching and itching of eczema etc. And yet while the skin is wet is the best time to apply creams!

He asked what we use and I explained the range of creams my son was on for different parts of his body and for different degrees of his eczema flare and explained that when he had no signs of eczema I rub him down with QV intensive moisturiser. I was told that this was a great thing to do to help diminish the effects - i'm guessing it would be the same with dermatitis? It's a fantastic moisturiser available for $20 for rather a large tub over the counter of the chemist and I can highly recommend it. Hope this helps!