Hi.  Yes my daughter had bad eczema since she was 6 months old and it has got wrose over the last 1 1/2 years.  She is now 3 1/2. She has had every cream possible on her skin and lived on predisone.

After a bath I covered her body in Emulsifying Ointment, giving her a massage was the best way of doing it.

Then I put 1 layer of damp Tubifast banaging over her legs, arms and torso.  Then put a dry layer of the same bandaging overtop.  I did this for 2 days and her eczema had improved 75%, then after 4 days it had disappeared.  I continued the banaging  for 1 1/2 weeks.

The first night she had the best sleep and no itching.  She doesnt itch much at all these days.

try it, it does work

my bro suffers constantly sees dermatoligists all the time through this we have found him 2 b allergic to external things like wool, chlorine, grass, scotchgard ( on couches etc.) he can only wear cotton clothing. so steer away from man made fibres they dont breathe enough. Robertson's cream is the one which helps him the best (from chemist) made by dr. robertson i think. and sorboline like everyone else said.

My daughter has mild eczma and I find that if I bath her in an oatmeal bath and then put an oatmeal moisturiser on afterwards it pretty much prevents her having a breakout.  The oatmeal stuff that I use is called Dermaveen.  It works for us, maybe it could help.

I am not sure of the name but there is an australian comany (run by a mum with a family of sufferers) with make laundry balls. To use instead of washing powder. No chemicals, soaps ect. I think balls do. Seen on current affair tv.

Here is the web site if interested. Just to clarify this is not an advertisement and i have noconections.

www.laundryball.com.au

Hi there you will need to look at diet if any allergies also with the eczema can i suggest using no soap use a special bar that you get from the chemist if even wash in sorbelene there are alot of things that you can get from the chemist.You will need to look what you wash your cloths withas that can cause it too-my son had his back peeling from eczema and it took ages to get settled down but there oils that you can use but speak to the chemist ask for trial packs there usually have them and see what works best.Well best of luck Tracey

I was reading in my book, The Healing power of foods, that eczema is often happening because of a food allergies. Has he been eating tomatoes lately, also consommation of milk (maybe u could cut it down a bit than usual), eggs, food preservatives. They wrote that it is important to increase fish intake or to give in supplements (omega 3) Foods rich in vitamin A and zinc are also important to control eczema. Also a cream made of chamomile is very good to relief itchy and pain. Foods rich in vitamin A are (good for skin) liver, carrots, apricots, sweet patatoes(JUST SOOO GOOD, kids love them),parsley, spinach, mangoes, cantaloupe, broccoli.  Take care and good luck.

My son suffers from intermittent eczema too. It is not at all uncommon in the early years. All it is, is dry skin so don't panic.
Others would disagree with me on this but I use a mild cortisone cream (Sigmacort it's branded as here in Australia) occassionally. You can even mix it with sorbolene if you're worried about it. But I find a few dabs of this will clear up the worst of it and you won't have to use it for months.
Otherwise just lather him with sorbolene whenever you can. If he reallt hates cream being put on try oil in the bath then just patting rather than wiping dry.
Also, no soap - ever. There are plenty of good soap substitutes that clean just as well.
But remember: he will grow out of it!

Hi
There is a great article here. And another here. They are both great and are ones I loved and am now following. Good luck there is a light at the end of the tunnel :)

Hi, you would need to check with your doctor first, however when I get a mild eczema or heat rash, sometimes I make up a base cream and add a few drops of rose hip oil.  Like I said, check with your doctor first, as you wouldn't want to make it worse (depending upon his medicaton now).

Also, I guess you can try to limit the outside influences that may affect his eczema.  i.e. the type of laundry wash you use (I used lux flakes that I diluted and dissolved in warm water when mine was bad - especially for sheets).  Allowing open air on the affected sites to decrease moisture (especially on these hot summer days).

Maybe you could get some naturopathic advice.  Here is a link to a company that give free advice from qualified naturopaths.  They sell lots of health products, however you aren't obliged to use the products just because you get the advice www.goldenglow.com.au/ggecomm/hsggintro.jsp

The phone number to call is a 1300 # so it is just the cost of a local call.

Hi - I suffered eczema as a young child and now as an adult as well.   Unfortunately with creams im not help - im not sure what mum used when i was little, but an an adult I am having a very hard time finding anything that helps other than putting up with it until it disappears!!  Oh have you tried that Medihoney cream available for eczema - available at supermarkets it is suppose to be good - though it didnt help me any.. just a thought..

More to the point - I do remember when i was little mum made putting cream on into a game.  I had to help her rub cream into her (so prob just moisturiser) and then she and would get to help me put cream on me, and if all went well i got a reward like more colouring in time with mum etc.... not sure if this would help though

i used to suffer from this when i was young.

my mum used to use cornflour to stop the itchiness. also i guess calamine lotion in his bath.