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4.62 (Highly recommend) from 14 votes (2061 Visits)

Eczema Quick Relief on Hot Days.

by Frontier

(October 2006) (rank 20th)

Some people react badly to eczema in hot weather or even when they get too hot in other environments. Heat is one of the major factors that make eczema worse and this is particlarily distressing for children.
Applying moisturisers and creams can help but not before a lot of scratching

takes place.

By accident (and then some research) I discovered that by putting your moistursiing creams in the fridge they have an instant releaving effect on the sufferer. With children this means they stop scratching sooner and do less damage to their skin.

I have found this very effective on hot days and any time my son has a flareup based on overheating.
The product that I have found to be the most effective is Dermeze (available at most Australian chemists and the Royal Childrens Hospital where the product is made) and I apply it liberaly when my son is effected.

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	November 2006 \| susan4god

eczema relief

Hi thanks for this great advice as I have a 12 year old and this sounds like it is going to be a hot summer I will deffinatly take this advice as girls of this age are not good at using medicated creams as they feel it is not cool among their friends to need to use medicines if they can get away with it. I have a nutrimedics cream I find helps I will try puting that in the fridge and see if it helps.

Thanks again

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	4.00 (Good) \| October 2006 \| exquisite-flower

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera based creams are also good. I use ones that have a higher than normal amount of aloe in them and these worked wonders for E's dry patchs around her elbows. It was like eczema and dry skin combined.
Cool creams straight from the fridge are a gift from heaven!
Peace
EF.x

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	October 2006 \| exquisite-flower

Aloe Vera

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	October 2006 \| dolphins30

Creams in fridge

Funnily enough i do this aswell by putting creams into the fridge as myself and my daughter always feel refreshed after wards

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	October 2006 \| mcm

Thanks!

I was just thinking about this as the weather has been heating up. I don't want my boy to suffer right through the season. He has been complaining od hot eyes and eyebrows and has been scratching more lately. He hates being cold, hates being hot.
The Dermeze is great. WE use that more than anything else as well as the Pinetarsol in the bath.

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	October 2006 \| Frontier

Thanks! (Eczema

I was told ( by the Childrens hospital ) that if you use the pinetarsol to make sure you moisturise your child within 2 minutes of getting out of the bath as it is a good soother but can dry the skin after the bath.

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