Eczema: What worked for you?

[Lulu]

Hey ladies.

I just thought I'd let you know that I have stacks and stacks of customers that buy our Hemp Body Butters and swear it works a treat on excema, dermatitis etc. It's nice and natural, and from what my customers say, it certainly worth a try, and not expensive.

[nic]

Hey Ambah, good to hear that Aidyn's Eczema is getting better. I have a little lipgloss pot that my xma cream came in, was going to see if you would like me to fill it up again and post it to you to try out? It's only a little pot, but you might be abkle to try it out on the eczema behind Aidyn's knee?

Nic

[luscious Laura]

Luxxe had eczema on her neck and behind her ears and around her eyes.
THe patches on her neck and behind her ears would be red raw and bleed all the time.
I honestly thought her ears would fall off sometimes, becuase they looked they were coming away from her head.

I went to teh paed and got a script for some kindof steroid/cortesone cream... but never used it.

I tried paw paw cream, and various other creams and nothing worked.

I finally went to teh naturopath and she went through all the symptoms and found a homeopathic rememdy that suited. It was called Graphites.

I had to put three of the pillules into 10ml of water and then giver her 1ml of the liquid.

then a week later, do it again. so another 1ml of the diluted mixture.

then if it still wasn't completly gone after a fortnight, give another dose.

Within the first fornight, it pretty much all completely went away, but there was still a bit on her neck, so gave her another dose.

That was when she was about 5 months old and she's not had anything since.

Also all the dry skin patches she had on her legs and torso all went away too.

I've since become a homeopath convert!!!! I'm just continually amazed by how brilliantly it works!!


hope this helps!

[mummy of many]

After trying all sorts of lotions and potions,and perscription creams my grand mother told me to try my little boy on Calamine lotion,but there is one you can buy at the chemist with an anesthetic in it and this works really well for those who want to scatch their skin, also a dermatologist told us about wet bandage wrapping,which helps keep moisture in the skin,after applying what ever creams you use.Anything is worth a go, especially when you see your little ones in discomfort.

[jejala]

My son had really bad eczema which started about 2 weeks old. I tried nearly every product on the market none of them worked, until I tried XMA. The best eczema cream on the market. As he was also vomiting and had a blocked nose, I switched to soy formula around 2 1/2 months, it started to clear up slightly, then I started using the XMA cream, cleared up really fast. I also used oats in a sock to bath him, and a sensitive laundry wash.

[kristie18]

Hi i am a mum of a 9month old baby girl, i read ur post saying u want some information on what solutions there are for ezschma! i have an idea u might like to try. It is a scientific fact that the chemicals in your everyday cleaning products and personal products have very harmful chemicals in them, which cause ezschma and skin allergies among other things.

[Roquen]

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd post here in case I can help anyone!

My son who is just over 6 months, for the last 3 months suffered terribly with eczema in the nappy area. It was really bad and persistent - cortisone creams not even helping sometimes.

I went through just about every cream, routine, lotion and potion and this is what worked:

* Changed washing detergent for nappies and clothes/sheets to EcoStore powder (from woolies). I use 1/3 of the scoop it comes with (still on the original box - very cost effective)- dissolved in hot water then put into the machine.

know for a fact the amolin and purity ones were part of our cause of flare ups as I tested it by accident today - popped him in his cot for a nap on a sheet that had been washed in the old detergents, he got a red rash on arms and knees almost immediately and was screaming! We also accidently used a nappy that had been washed in amolin and it set it off again too a few weeks ago.

* Canesten cream for 3 x a day no matter what until we had 2 weeks of no symptoms as per directions.

* Medihoney Eczema cream over the top of the canesten - now just using this cream only as our barrier cream and to stop him drying out. Only need a small amount.

* Changed to wool covers for overnight (lanacare and possum pouches), and daytime changed from BBH PUL to Imse Vimse PUL covers which have 100% organic cotton outer and inner, with the middle inside layer being the PUL material - so his skin is only in contact with the organic cotton.

He is 100% healed from what was a very very persistent rash and much happier in general.

He also reacts to synthetic fibres like polar fleece so we completely avoid blankets/clothes in this fabric at the moment.

[Roquen]

Also - I think it is EXTREMELY important to make your household chemical free. We don't use anything other than handmade soap (not true soap - ie goatsmilk, hemp oil etc). Jordan gets plain water to be cleaned/wiped with.

I threw out EVERYTHING in our house that had chemicals in it. I'm talking

Shampoo/conditioner
soap
liquid soap/facewashes etc
cleaning products - bicarb/vinegar or both with water are just as effective as chemical cleaners, and a lot cheaper!
Washing up liquid (we use ecostore here too)
Detergent
toothpaste ( you can get organic plant based ones)

We literally don't use any chemicals in our home for anything at all - other than my makeup. It has made a big difference to his skin and I feel so much better for it. After a lot of reading up on parabens and the other nasties in all the household products, we went cold turkey and never to return. It's no more expensive and very much worth it!

We also started growing our own vegies and got some chooks for eggs, and I bake my own bread by hand with everything from scratch, in an attempt to completely avoid preservatives and additives in our food. Also not very hard or expensive!

[coeur2512]

Just thought I'd put what worked for me and my son's eczema.

Poor Jordan was diagnosed with a dairy protein allergy when he was 4 months old. As I was a breastfeeding vegetarian, out went any other dairy as well as peanuts and eggs which he also reacted too. And later on, liquid parrafin (mineral oil).

After cutting out all those foods from my diet, and ensuring that no soaps came into contact with his skin, he cleared right up. Until we moved into our new house! Turns out there was simply cat fur in the carpet (aren't they meant to be cleaned...). But even things such as wool carpets, or even the underlay or mould can cause the eczema. If it's not a food allergy a simple skin***** test can clear up alot of confusion. You may hate the idea of doing this to your child, but if it narrows down what they're allergic too, it can very well avoid months or even years of frustration for them.

[Miss H]

My daughter is 3 months old and has been suffering with eczema since she was six weeks. I am at my wits end now. I really don't want to use steroid creams. I have changed all her clothes to 100% cotton, changed washing powders, am using all different creams (dermeze, QV oil for bath and repair lotion, sorbolene to bath with, atopiclair which helps a bit but doesn't take it away and medihoney which seems to burn as my daughter cries when I put it on so I stopped this one) I've tried eliminating dairy from my diet as I am breastfeeding and now egg. She is getting worse. I have an appointment for an allergist and dermatologist but only in over a months time. She scratches at her face all the time and her entire body is covered in eczema. Her skin feels like sandpaper. Her sister had a milk allergy so I am presuming she has some sort of allergy as well. My question is - if it is the food I am eating that is doing this to her, wouldn't it be better to stop breastfeeding and put her on soya. Has anybody tried this and did it work? Please give me some advice.

[HOPRAH]

Have you tried a bath with oatmeal?
Worked wonders for my LO.