thread: Dermaveen for Eczema. Did it make it worse?

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  1. #1
    BellyBelly Member
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    Feb 2005
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    I recommend the goats milk soap as well, I haven't tried dermaveen but eczema is such a trial and error problem.

  2. #2
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    Nov 2006
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    As Clover said, everyone reacts in different ways.

    Steph used to get eczema (mainly behind the knees and sometimes on the wrists/inner elbow), and I would use the dermaveen cream (relatively lightly) after a bath with QV oil (sorry, no bubbles). She didn't react adversely to the dermaveen or qv, and her eczema would usually be cleared in a few days of this treatment.

    For really red raw eczema, I would use (very sparingly) cortisone cream. I'm sorry I can't remember what it is called, but you can ask for it at the chemist over the counter (well, it was last time I spoke to them). Once daily as required only. As soon as the eczema would settle down again to just being red, I would stop using the cortisone cream and return to dermaveen until gone. I don't know how old your DD2 is, but you may want to have a talk to the chemist about it.

    Good luck, it can be a long road to finding something that works with your child.

  3. #3
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    Sep 2005
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    I can't use Dermaveen anything on mine.

  4. #4
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    Jan 2007
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    Didn't work here either, didn't make it worse but not better either. We use MooGoo MSM cream when they are really bad and QV to maintain. Gaia in the bath for a few bubbles if their skin isn't too inflamed. Good luck, I found it is trial and error to find what works. xoxo

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    Drmaveen kills my skin...made it worse.

    Same with Gaia.

    The only thing we have found with DD's Ezcema is Dermeze...which is basically a parafin mix developed by a children's hospital. It's dead cheap too (from a pharmacy). It's greasy but works a dream.

  6. #6
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    Jan 2007
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    Thanks for the replies ladies.
    I put Advanten on the eczema last night because it was really bad. This morning it looked great and hardly red at all and then come bath time, bright red rash again all over her bum and back of legs. It has nasty looking pimply things too. Hmmmm, I am clueless as to what can be causing it.

    I have goats milk soap so will give that whirl when it settles down.

  7. #7
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    Sep 2005
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    my niece has found goats milk soap to be the best for her and she gets it really badly - dermaveen doesn't work here for my little ones (not that they have it real bad - but it obvioulsy makes it much worse than doing nothing.