Any Super Cures for Diaper Rash? Open Sores = Miserable Baby and Sad Mama

The best tip that I have is to use a hair dryer on low to completely dry his skin before any cream or ointment. It mimics the benefit of leaving him bare-bottomed. Also, adding a little baking soda to the water will help neutralize any remaining acidity.You might consider changing to a different type of diaper--like a completely chlorine free--when he is having an outbreak.

Probably yeast as some others have said....both in the digestive system and out. Fungal creams for athletes foot will start to heal it in a day or two. If you know it's coming on I would put it on with a vaseline or desitin over it to help keep the yuck from getting to his skin. Any kind of rash that doesn't heal with a barrier cream is usually yeast.

At my child care center we had a little girl that had similar rash from runny stool. We used Antacid, like Maalox or Mylanta and dabbed it on with a cotton ball.

I'm so sorry your little guy is going through this :(

Try an anti-fungal ointment for now (either atheletes foot cream or yeast infection cream, whichever you can find... they're the same stuff). The fact that the diarrhea started it and that it has actual sores makes it sound like his little ph is off and this is likely a yeast infection (the reason a pro-biotic like yogurt will help).

... and it might be helpful to do vasaline on DRY skin BEFORE the pooping starts next time as a barrier.

HTH,
T.

When our daughter has diahrea she gets terrible rashes. We wipe her down, pat her butt dry with the diaper and use our regular rash cream (desitin) and put vasaline over it. Our doctor suggested it and it works amazing! Helps seal in the cream and stays on longer. I hope it gets better for you!

Also you can use the BRAT diet. Bananas, rice, apple sauce, and toast(no butter). It helps a make their poop less acidy and more solid.

So sorry for your LO's pain. This is what we did:
1. Wash tush area with lukewarm water. Pat dry with 100% cotton cloth that has been laundered in fragrance free detergent and an extra rinse cycle. (use cetaphil if you need extra cleaning power. no soaps or fragrances.)

2. use weleda tushy cream with calendula. It is great. a miracle worker for rashes.

3. i know it is winter, but can you heat your home so that you can let your LO hang out with a bare tushy for a 1/2 hour to let it get air????

HTH. Jilly

P.S. There is also an amazing cream my friend bought in europe -- called BEPANTENE by Bayer. it is over the counter there. I have not checked if it is in the US. I swear by it for rashes, lite scrapes, dryness. it is so safe that you can put it on sore nipples as well as anywhere on your baby's body.

Sorry. Once/an hour isn't ALL THE TIME.
Every 15 minutes MIGHT be all the time.
About going naked . . . . . some play time associated w/diaper changes?
Or setting up a place where he can be naked for a while
AFTER he has had a blow-out poop . . . for a while?
Poor thing. This must HURT a LOT.

Resinol works for us. You have to order through your pharmacy or I have used amazon. If possible try loosely wrapping in a towel for fifteen minutes periodically. Yes getting soiled or peed on is gross but truly air is the best thing to heal your baby's skin.

Hi there, my son also has food allergies. And when he got those bad diaper rashes, it was awful! I learned that they were yeast infections...so I recommend treating for that. Load up on Lotrimin (Target brand works well, and is 1/2 the cost of name brand); I used to keep 3 tubes on hand, to handle any surprise big rash. Once you've cleaned his bottom really well, and know it's dry; lather on the Lotrimin. Let that dry for a couple of minutes, then put a thick coat of original desitin (or any non-creamy diaper rash cream, it won't protect as well), then put on his diaper. You should see improvement within a day. The Lotrimin will treat the infection while the diaper cream seals it in and keeps his sensitive bottom from the acid in his urine or diarrhea.

Best of luck to you; both with this issue & the food allergies! Feel free to message me if you have any questions.

A+D onitment. I just had this issue. My daughter had surgery and the nurses didn't apply ointment when changing her so she got a rash and scratched it and it got infected. Ask you doc for anti bacterial cream if it gets infected and use A+D inbetween treatments (or if it isn't infected). It is good for scraps cuts burns and you guessed it diaper rash works wonders. Her rash is gone and her cuts are going away and it's only been a couple of days. Also try California Baby diaper area spray no alcohol and it works great on cuts and scraps, good for a sore tush.

You've already got some great advice but whatever else you do, leave his diaper off as much as possible and get that bum some air!

Burt's Bees diaper rash cream worked the best for us. Even after washing up in a bath she would still have some of it on her.

First wash area with warm water. Pat dry. Put a blow dryer on low and blow dry the area. Let him sit without a diaper for 30mins. Mix on the end of your finger a dab of hydrocortisone 1% cream and Lotrimin AF (the kind for athlets foot and not the kind for vaginal use because it is too strong) and apply it to the rash. Put on diaper. Do this atlest 4-6 times a day.

he has that many food allergies and hes OK with milk? id not count on the drs test for that result, eliminate it all from the diet for 3 weeks and when you reintroduce see ifi symptoms come back. either way yogurt doesnt contain anything near the amount of good bacteria you need to replenish a child that has had many bouts of the runs. please get a probiotic supplement that contains at least 5 billion active cultures ( MINIMUM!)...also plain coconut oil is great for the skin

Had two babies with serious diarrhea issues, and the only thing that really helped was to go diaper free for periods of time. We'd place a cloth diaper or washcloth on the front, to catch any pee, and just wipe away quickly any diarrhea so that it wasn't in contact with the skin for more than a second.

The only diaper rash cream that works for my daughter is called Calmoseptine. They use it in hospitals for many different reasons. I was given some for my babyshower and I gave away the desitin, A&D oitment and what other diaper rash creams I received (to a local program for needy mothers). In my city, the only place I can find it at is CVS and they have it behind the counter in the pharmacy, but it's NOT a prescription. I would google it and see if you can find some near you.

I hope all works out!

I might try some of the idea's the other mama's said. But what we've done is put very very small amounts of hydrocortisone on our sons irritation spots and let him go bare butt for as long as an hour a few times per day...air and dryness is the secret. Could get messy, but well worth it!

I'm so sorry your little one is suffering! I know my heart hurts when my son has experienced similar. His rash seemed to clear up within a couple of days with the air and hydrocortisone...plus only petrolium jelly when in a diaper. It actually worked so well that we only use petrolium jelly now. Added bonus is it's cheaper than the diaper creams that didn't seem to work so well with our son.

Hope it gets better soon:)

Try using a product that is more of a barrier cream to protect his skin when the poo hits it. We use Calmoseptine. You can find it as CVS, Wal-greens, Wal-mart but it's behind the pharmacy counter. Typically CVS and Wal-greens will have it in stock but wal-mart usually has to order it.

You could also ask the pharmacist about an incontinence barrier cream that would be used with an incontinent adult. The older or bed-ridden individual that is incontinent has very sensitive skin that will break down very easy so a moisture barrier cream is applied to help prevent breakdown. It helps repel what comes into the diaper and protect the skin. That might do the trick for your little man.

my daughter did this try the a&d diaper stuff, and wet warm paper towels to clean with

I think there are patches that can be put over the open sores. If I'm remembering right, the patches have medication and only need to be changed once a day or every few days. The patches are waterproof. I'm not sure if they can be bought over the counter or if a prescription is needed. If the pediatrician isn't very helpful, maybe try asking a pharmacist about the patches. Good Luck! I hope you are able to find some relief for him real soon. I'm sure he is miserable and so are you. Best Wishes!

Your hair dryer is the holy grail. Dry the skin on low or no heat for as long as you can, slather on desitin or what ever you have. It works wonders.

M.

after you change him, load his butt with any thick diaper rash ointment, any kind, doesn't matter. Then inside his diaper pour some liquid Maalox (the stuff for upset tummies). This will neutralize the acids in the foods and save his butt from further ouches.

Try to leave his butt open as much as possible, you may want to switch to cloth diapers as well as there is less risk of this happening. My daughter did a diaper study and some diapers held moisture closer to the skin then other diapers did, it totally had to do with price, the new pampers really DID keep the butt from being wet for a really LONG time.

I swear by bag balm. I have used it on all 4 kids. I remember when my first was an infant and somebody passed this advice on to me. They sent me to the 1 drugstore in the county that sold it (now it's everywhere)! You may able to even find it online now. It's in a little green tin. Don't be alarmed by the product use description. It cleared every rash up my kids came down with within 24 hours.

try cortaid, it works wonders on my baby's diaper rashes.

So sorry to hear about this! My daughter had severe diaper rash and we finally discovered grapefruit seed extract (GSE) that they sell at WholeFoods. We put about 30 drops in a bottle of distilled water and keep it on the changing table. Each time we change her I spray a little on her bottom, let it dry a little, and then blot it dry with a clean washcloth. Has worked wonders!

Open sores are a yeast rash mama, you need to get him a good probiotic like acidophilus and dose him up like crazy on it, and also get an antifungal like Lotrimin for his behind. If he has food allergies he's reacting. plus using a disposable diaper is super irritating, the chemicals in them are not helping his butt. Can you switch to cloth until he's cleared up? If not, get some fleece and cut it into diaper shapes nad line his diapers with them. :Poop dumps off and you can wash them in the regular wash. This will keep the chemicals off his butt and the fleece wicks moisture away so he will always feel dry to the touch on his butt.

Yeast rashes need to be treated with a probiotic and an antifungal on the rash. Lotrimin and acidophilus in a triple dose will clear it up.

I used my own breast milk-worked magic, everytime.. I would pump just to have some in case and used it when he had bad diaperrashes.

What worked for us was ConvaTec "Aloe Vesta Protective Ointment." It's made for adults who suffer from bed sores and incontinence. That was the only thing that didn't immediatley soothed my daughter's skin when the rash turned into an open sore. It's a non-prescription item available behind the pharmacy counter so you have to ask for it. Likely it's not kept in stock but can be ordered and made available in 24 hours. This is liquid gold and worth every penny! I think it cost $15-20 per tube.

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What worked for us was ConvaTec "Aloe Vesta Protective Ointment." It's made for adults who suffer from bed sores and incontinence. That was the only thing that didn't immediatley soothed my daughter's skin when the rash turned into an open sore. It's a non-prescription item available behind the pharmacy counter so you have to ask for it. Likely it's not kept in stock but can be ordered and made available in 24 hours. This is liquid gold and worth every penny! I think it cost $15-20 per tube.

For diaper rash, I use the Lanolin that is sold for breastfeeding moms to put on sore nipples. Medela sells their Tender Care Lanolin brand at Target. I have found it to work better than diaper rash cream. In addition to the many tips you have received about washing, giving his bottom air, etc., maybe try this. I've also seen it called PureLan 100. Good luck!

My best suggestion is to use Lansinoh on his tush.

So sorry!

I always do this, and reccomend this
MYLANTA on the bum then cover with whatever you want vasaline, desatin, really does not matter it is just to keep the mylanta on the skin and not let it soak into the diaper.
frequent quick baths with baking soda, air dry the tushie and lots of naked time if you can! if you do this I would say 48ish hours and perfectly smooth bum again.

that is a yeast infection. I dont know his age but no sugar. wheat bread only if he is age appropriate. wheat pastan and brown rice. diabetic sugar I use splenda. I also use arbonne diaper rash ointment and no I dont sell it but swear by it.

I see there are some comments for Lanolin. That stuff is amazing for diaper rash, especially bad diaper rash. Another thing that is good is A&D Ointment (but honestly the first ingredient is lanolin). Maalox did well for my daughter, only we put it directly on her butt before the diaper rash cream, but if your little one has open sores I wouldn't recommend that.

So sorry your little guy is having such a hard time. aquaphor works great on my DD. I also have a compound the doctor ordered for me for diaper rash. It's cholestyramine and aquaphor combo.

Lotrimin first followed by whatever ointment you would normally use. This worked for our son. Hope it works for you.

Happy Holidays,
S.

I feel yours and your little one's pain. My daughter has leukemia and one of the high dose medicines they gave her caused horrible diaper rash. She had raw sores as well and the usual "cures" didn't seem to work. Thankfully the nurses on the oncology floor had seen this before and gave me a regime to try and eventually it did work, although in our case it was more of a one time problem as the medication finally left her system. But they gave me packets of Domeboro (astringent solution). I had to mix with water and then soak gauze pads in the solution. These are applied to the sore/raw bottom and left for 20 minutes (just put a new diaper on to hold them in place). My daughter actually liked this as the cool moist feeling soothed her very sore backside. Then remove these and put on a thick coat of any heavy duty diaper cream or ointment (we used Bag Balm), this provides the barrier to prevent further contact with their skin. Then liberally coat the ointment with powder. Now the trick here is to NOT wipe it off everytime you change his diaper. Simply wipe off the offending areas and if necessary reapply ointment and/or powder to keep that barrier in place. I know it seems counter productive to not clean him off completely every time, but each time you clean him up you are aggravating the rash.

Apply the Domeboro soaked pads 3 times a day. Also when you do clean him do not wipe (that pulls at his skin). Use a bowl of warm water with a very mild soap and pat him clean with a soft cloth, cut up cloth diapers worked for us.

I hope you find some relief for him and respite for yourself. I know how frustrating and disheartening it can be. If you have any other questions or want more details please don't hesitate to ask!

Best of luck,
A.

Gool 'ol Vaseline. I tried all the "diaper rash" ointments on all three kids and nothing worked and most smelled pretty bad. My mother told me to go with vaseline and I've always gone back to that. What a difference it made and it must have felt good for them too because they seemed less cranky and fidgety during diaper changes. You can even find it in a squeeze tube so you don't have to dig your fingers in the jar. Good Luck

Ask your pharmicist they might have ideas that aren't actually diaper rash creams but will work better. I did this with my daughter and they recommended this purple paste in a jar. I wish I could remember the name of it because it was great. My daughter would get like that with teething and it was horrible. It wasn't bad price wise either and it stayed on good too.

Here is the recipe:

A and D ointment
Maalox
Cornstarch

Do a combination of all to create a heavy icing consistency... Sometimes u can just dab some Maalox on a cotton ball and put straight on the bottom it will help protect from the acid. If u have a way to put him on a pallette with no bottoms and get some air to the bottom.

good luck, hope all is well

my sister's doctor told her to give her baby a little Mylanta to decrease the acidity of his stools. It seemed to work. Cut out any tomato, carrot, and sweet potatoes from his diet, all of which gave my son severe diaper rash. My daughter just had open sores and it was because I was feeding her too much spaghetti and meatsauce and babyfood with carrots in it. I would have to clean her, dry her and then apply desitin extreme diaper rash cream (40% zinc oxide, instead of the 10 percent kind.)

lotrimin, lotrimin, lotrimin. sounds gross but doesn't burn and totally helps. good luck!

Hi, Please get the book "Why david hated Tuesdays" It's amazing, insightful..all about allergies/skin. Can order it on amazon.

can your dr prescribe something? I mean this sounds so awful, my dr prescribed something for my first when he got a really bad rash. Other than that I would probable put on Aquaphor at every diaper change and after bath. It is the only thing that helps me with horrible exzema break outs. If I have open sores and use it, it knocks them out in a few days and provides instant relief. I use the equate brand and it is fine for babies but you can always check with your pedi to verify that. They sell some for babies but I checked and it exactly the same as the stuff for adults only more expensive. I bought the kind in a big tub for myself and also used it on my little dude who is 11 months with good results. I think just constantly putting a protective barrier on the skin will help. You probably already do this but I would also only use water for cleaning, at home for sure. When my son had it really bad I didn't put a baby wipe on his raw little hiney. Just wet wash cloths. I know it's a pain but it helps. Then make sure he is good and dry and slathering on the aquaphor, I think that might help some. Hang in there...it is so horrible to see them in pain...

Took my daughter to the doc for the same problem.This works wonders , it will be gone in 3 days(REALLY) 1/3 Lotrimin, 1/3 A& D Ointment , 1/3 Hydrocortizone . Mix in your palm in equal parts and apply with EVERY diaper change. When cleaning dirty diapers remove, lay him on a clean towel and squirt with warm water until clean. Pat dry some,Then let his bottom air dry. I know this will be messy but his skin needs air, it will speed the healing tremendously. Good luck!

desitin or the california baby calendula cream

i totally know how you feel! my son has celiac disease and on the rare occasion that he gets gluten (usually finding cheerios at someone elses house or a cracker at a family get together) this is how he is too. the only thing that works for him is some epsom salt baths and then a tea-tree oil gel that i buy online. i also try to let him lay on my chest when he is tired with the diaper open, but still on him and put some plain tea tree oil on his bum and let it air dry. generally if i do this even a severe rash is gone in a couple days. your welcome to message me if you want, i totally know how you feel.

I totally FEEL YOUR PAIN.....My daughter is 17 months old and I have been dealing with the same problems since she was 6 months old. The thing that helps us the most is cloth daipers (we use G Daipers) and petroleum jelly with EVERY daiper change. I know exactly how you feel with the Dr. too. Now our Daughter is doing much better the cloth daipers do help alot and they are much more comfortable for her. I would love to talk more with you and compare notes because we are currently testing her for food allergies and she is allergic to milk. But she is very sensitive to lots of foods. I would love to know more about the things you are experiencing maybe we can help each other. GOD BLESS!!!

My little girl was actually getting blisters around her rectum it was so bad because she was pooing like a billion times a day. My pediatrician gave me a script for Aquaphor that has a medicine in it that neutralizes the bile in the poop so it wouldn't irritate the skin. It's called Cholestyramine 5% Ointment, it's like gold, works like a charm and the blisters are already healing. It had to be compounded at a special Walgreens and it was about $37 even with my insurance but the container is pretty big.

Hi,
I decided to respond even though its been sometime since you posted bcuz you stated it was an onging situation. I'll be brief, my 13yo son has special needs, uses a wheelchair & frequently requires IV antibiotics when ill. The IVmeds tend to reck your bowels causing horrible loose stools. Whats worked for him with severe skin breakdown is washing area with diaper changes, no wipes & bag balm. We've tried everything, aquaphort, malox/mylanta paste mixtures, desitin even Budos buttpaste. Nothing works as well as the bag balm. During his last hospitalization, I bought it in from home, the nursing staff wanted to know what i'd been using since it was more effective than what they were using. Best of luck to you, if this doesnt work, I hope you find something soon that does. Take care

OMG Desitin was always the best treatment but before you use it wash him with a very soft wash cloth and pat him dry....then put alot of desitin cream not gel on him. Unfortunately, you have to stay on top of his bowel movements and sometimes just after he goes and after you clean him let him air dry....a cool breeze would help....defintely use the desitin...it goes on thick and stays on.....

Pinksax (pronouced "pink salve") has cured ever diaper rash I've seen except for yeast. In fact, if it doesn't work I know it's yeast. Resinol is pretty much the same stuff. You'll see results in one application.

Johnson's baby powder MEDICATED, white bottle w/ yellow cap/labeling. It works wonders for my child.

Hi I didn't read the responses but my doctor recommends adding one part regular strength Maalox and one part purple desitin (there's also one part prescription anti fungal cream but I've done it without this to avoid another doctor's visit and it still works). The Desitin helps heal and the Maalox helps sooth and cool.

My daughter has some allergies and would have these horrible explosive poops and have an excruciating bright red rash. For my daughter, the pediatrician said the rash was actually a burn- a burn from the acid in the poop. As soon as it would hit her skin it would cause this rxn. No matter how diligent I was in changing her, the first contact was enough. Anyway, what we have used to treat it is to first coat the red area in Mylanta (yes the antacid) and let it dry. Then use a coat of Neosporin. Then I swear by Flanders ointment. I can get it here in SC but at times I have had to order it on Amazon. It has similar ingredients to other diaper creams but for whatever reason it works miracles. I have tried almost every cream on the market. This too was recommend by my pediatrician. I keep her coated in this Flanders at all times. This way if she has an explosion, it never gets to her skin, therefore preventing the burn reaction. So far, I am closed to 8 months with no burn rash. And we have had some horrible poops.

I'd highly recommend trying cloth as well as using CJ's Butter. See another post here:
http://www.mamapedia.com/questions/4741468430270595073

Best of luck to you.

We just went through this with our 3 month old. We found out that Huggies changed preservatives in their Natural Wipes (we loved our Huggies too!) & that was causing a large portion of our DD's diaper rash. When changing away from the wipes altogether didn't fully work though, I mixed Aquaphor with Maalox (1 tube:10TBL +/-). The mixture should be white & a little runnier than regular petroleum jelly, but not so runny that it no longer resembles vaseline.

We really did try everything available on the market and someone on Mamapedia suggested this little concoction when I posted something similar to yours. We saw dramatic improvement within hours and a fully healed bottom within two or three days. We apply this mixture at EVERY diaper change now & have not seen recurrence (knock knock). Since then we've never looked back. Best of luck. Hope you find something SOON SOON SOON! :-)