DSS suffers with eczema he is 10 now and it is better than when he was small, we went swimming on Sat and on Sunday it was bad... some of that was our fault as i forgot to remind him to shower when in the change rooms to rinse it off.

I find that if it is washed off well (the chlorine) and a moituriser is applied (we use sorbalene) he is less likely to get a flare up.

We also find that salt water will irritate his skin as it makes it so dry, so we do the same thing after the beach.

DSS use to have moitureiser EVERY morning and night until her was about 5, not it is just in the summer months once a day and after swimming (swimming in summer is worse i find)

HTH