Excema

All 4 of my children have eczema and it's a constant struggle. We really like Eucerin. It's more like an oinment, but I don't find it too greasy.
There's a Mary Kay product that I always keep on hand. It is the Extra Emollient Night Cream. We use this in the winter when it is worse.
Honestly, eczema comes and goes. It tends to be worse in the winter. Sometimes it is related to food.

my son has severe eczema and ever since we used Vanicream it has prevented flare ups. I highly recommend it. Target has it at the Pharmacy- you have to ask. Snyder's and Walgreen's have it too. We tried everything else esp. Aquaphor but it didn't work. Good luck!

No lotion or cream will help eczema. you need to cure it from the inside out. It lives in teh colon and its usually caused by a food sensitivity. Dairy is most usually the culprit for eczema.

Start by eliminating a food you think is the problem. Start taking ACIDOPHILUS. Its a probiotic and it will attack the eczema in the colon, where it lives, and replace that bad bacteria with good bacteria. You will know its working when the eczema moves around your skin, then it will go away. Then add in some fish oils/omega 3's. They are great for skinand hair, and it will help heal the skin after the acidophilus clears it from the inside.

If your skin is itchy, get some TEA TREE OIL. You can find it in the band aid isle at WAl Mart for $2. A few drops in a bowl of warm water, then put a washcloth in the water, and then lay it across the affected area's. THis will help heal the fungus in the skin (yes, true eczema is a fungus on the skin), and will help stop the itching.

With the ACIDOPHILUS, FISH OILS/OMEGA 3's, and TEA TREE OIL, your eczema will clear up or be alot better within a month.

Renew from Melaleuca. After 40 years of trying everything including a prescription (which really never fully healed it), it was the only thing that worked for me. check it out on the internet. I have been a Melaleuca customer for over 13 years, I also now do it as a business.
S.

Have yourself tested for food allergies and intolerances. You'll need to see an Integration doctor or a Naturopathic doctor, because conventional doctors don't screen or test for nutrition deficiencies. I've discovered I have a severe intolerance to soy and gluten and also a casein (cow milk) allergy, and I also have 21 other food intolerances. When I completely stay away from the foods I'm not supposed to eat, my facial and eczema problems clear up. When I eat them, either inadvertently or because I have no other recourse, I find myself all broken out. When your body can't handle foods that it finds "toxic" to its system, the body tries to purge those toxins through the skin.

I have used the Gentle Naturals Baby Excema Cream on my kids and my mom uses it for herself. You can find it at Target in the baby aisle. It's in a green and whie package with Pooh characters on it. It seems to work really well on my kids and it helps my mom....hers is pretty severe so it hasn't cleared it up, but it's helped.

Good luck!

Hi Laura!

Melaleuca's Renew lotion and changing your laundry detergent to something with OUT chemicals!

Our daughter has had excema since she was born! It got so bad that the doctor's had her steroids! It was on her eye lids to her feet!

She doesn't have it anymore...and she's 19!

J.

We bought the Eucerin Aquaphor (I think...) in a tub. It is the consistency of vaseline. We had no luck with any lotions...they would get rid of it for a day, only to have it come back another day. The vaseline like stuff is for REALLY dry skin (and I think the label even alludes to skin issues, perhaps even excema specifically) and seems to keep the spots at bay for longer on my kids.

Our Dr recommended Moisturel for our daughter. It works wonders. We found it at Walgreens.

Laura - this will sound strange but mine cleared up after starting a regimine of omega 3's - fish oil.

good luck,

D.

We use all Melaleuca products in our home as well and eliminated our daughter's excema completely as well as several other health concerns. The products are safer and less expensive than grocery store brands because they are very concentrated. If you'd like more information, send me a message or email me at ____@____.com a GREAT day!!

I've hear Vanicream is amazing, but I've had great luck with Aveeno on my boys.

my daughter has excema (spots on ankle, arms, tummy, back)....we used vanicreme, but i think it may have stinged her...doctor finally prescriped a high dosage cortizone cream that works wonders!!

I have heard that Vanicream works ONLY if you use it immediately after bathing a kid in a bath w/Robathol oil in it. We have tried just about everything else, and just before I was about to order those 2 things, I tried a cheaper option. I bought a small container of Coconut oil in the natural food section of the grocery store. It costs roughly the same as a tub of Eucerin. IT WORKED MIRACLES on all of our skin issues! It smells wonderful and is also meant for consumption so it's safe to lather on as much as you want! It got rid of my baby's excema, my rash, and my daughters plain old dry skin! If you can't put it in your mouth, should we really be smearing it on our bodies? Someone asked me that question and it really got me thinking - again I'm thankful for coconut oil. ALSO, Aveeno makes a thick lotion-type baby wash that has worked well, I found it at Walmart. Good luck to you!

Hey Laura,
For severe dry skin I have good results with Eucerin (the kind in the jar) then I applying Aquaphor over it. For my daughter's excema on her legs I applied Maleluca "Renew" I agree the results are great,hope this may help!
S.

Hi Laura
I have a coworker that uses a 1% steriod. It's scripted though. It does work for her. Her's is severe.
I gave her a pure phytonutrient supplement- that helps a lot of folk too. Not sure how-- just something natural that you don't get enough of in food.
If you want to know about either-- I go back to work in a week - email me for more info.
I do know you have to keep at it before it cracks talking to her-- it's painful otherwise.

About me: 48 yo perfusionist, wellness coach, wife and mom to 7 yo twin girls.

B. J

Gold Bond Ultimate Shea Butter has worked for our girls. Try eliminating foods to detect a food allergy. Our allergist told us that virtually every child with exczema will test positive for a food allergy resulting in the exczema.