What to do for excema?? - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

vsmom · 03-22-2006, 09:36 PM

Hi. My 18 month old has excema on her little face. My husband had it pretty bad as a kid and his mom made him drink cod liver oil. Yuk! But it worked. But what do I do for a baby?? I've been using a homeopathic cream but was hoping someone out there has a miracle cure for it!! Thanks!

RiAnne · 03-22-2006, 10:30 PM

one of my friends uses eucerin on her child. it worked for him. it's an expensive lotion but it may work for yours too.

dizzygirl · 03-23-2006, 04:50 AM

Ds has eczema too, and I used to use Stelatopia cream from Mustela, but at 20 bucks a tube, I decided to try Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion, and it had worked the best so far. It's only 4 dollars a tube, and works better then the cortisone!

red224 · 03-23-2006, 06:15 AM

we use aveeno on my wife and our youngest son he is 2 we've been uusing it sence he was 6mo the doc gave eledel (i think thats sp correct) but the aveeno worked better and he was so bad it broke the skin on his face and behind his knees not the baby aveeno but the adult formula and it also made his skin soft after a bath with the shower gel

sweetea13 · 03-23-2006, 11:09 AM

I have been using either cortisone cream or what I found that works great unless you miss a day....is the Gentle Naturals Baby Excema Cream. It works quickly too but like I said if you miss a day it goes back to normal, I use it about twice a day.