My daughter is one and has severe eczema and food allergies. She has had it since she was 4 months old. It is all over her body and horrible. She has been on hydro cortisones since she was about 5 months old and I am researching more natural remedies for relief. I hate applying cortisones on her. I am exploring applying neem oil to help relieve her skin. I was told to mix neem oil, tumeric and possibly sandlewood powder with water to make a paste. Then apply on my babies skin and wash off a few hours later. Has anyone tried something like this. She is currently seeing an allergist and is allergic to egg whites, dairy, nuts as far as we know and we are avoiding these foods. It has been heartbreaking and frustrating to see her itch so much. The cortisone help but it is just temporary and they are not perfect. My son had very minor eczema behind his knees and on his elbows, all he needed was aquaphor. It went away when he was 3. I hope she outgrows all her allergies and her eczema disappears.
Whole Foods also has it.
It is for Eczema and itches.
I use it and for my son.
It works.
It helps.
It is all natural.
As an FYI: my Mom has Eczema... and for her the 'triggers' are Oats/Oatmeal and Citrus. ANYTHING containing oats or citrus.
good luck,
Susan
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A.C.
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Tumeric can be irritating, and sandalwood probably can be also.
Our doctor prescribed CeraVe cream or Cetaphil cream for our son's eczema (both are OTC, but you may have to have your pharmacy order it for you if they don't have it in stock). I would avoid using homemade treatments for eczema, unless you've done tons of research on it with reputable sources..... You can easily make it much worse.
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M.B.
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Sounds like a lot of washing and irritation. My daughter has exzema. We have been through hell and back with it. If the things that the dermatologist are suggesting for her arent working, PLEASE take her to an allergist. My daughter did have outdoor allergies that were triggering her exzema. So with the mixture of allergy medicine and hydrocrotizone ointment, we finally got it solved! Her skin is beautiful! Thank you God! Its hard experimenting on them because you dont know if its going to make it worse, and in my daughters case, she couldnt afford for it to get worse. She had it from head to toe. The Allergist described her rash as "angry". With being so broken out, the allergist had to put her on antibiotics to knock it out. When you have a rash like that, you have elevated amounts of staph on your skin which was causing the itch, scratch cycle with her. Once the antibiotics knocked that out, I was able to keep it under control or almost non-existant with the allergy medicine and hydrocrotizone. It tooks us 3 years of experimenting and a hospital trip to get it figured out.
I would also like to share a friends story with you. His sons doctor diagnosed him with exzema, he was never suggested to go to an allergist, one day he was rushed to the hospital because she was barely breathing, turns out he had a nut allergy, it wasnt exzema.
A doctor never suggested to me to take my daughter to an allergist, I just had to find an answer for my daughter and I wasnt going to settle for what she was going through. I am sad that it took us 3 years to figure it out, but now am very grateful that she will never go through that again! Good luck and feel free message me if you need anything.
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J.B.
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I have an awesome lotion that is safe and gentle enough for a baby.
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R.Y.
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If you want to try and aren't sure you could patch test a small area (like the size of a coin) and then check it in 24 hours. My daughter had mild eczema as a baby and the doctor gave her a steroid cream which worked for us.
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L.M.
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I suggest Renew Wash and Bath Oil.
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B.M.
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Hi H.! In addition to seeing an allergist, I would also make sure that you are using eco-friendly products in your home. This would include laundry detergent- not just the 'baby formula'- but actually good for the whole family without chemicals. Also cleaning supplies, dish soap, baby shampoo and wash, etc. I have changed my household over to these types of products and am very encouraged by the results! Some products I get from local health food stores, some I order on line. Please msg me if you are interested in shopping suggestions! I wish you the best with both of your children!
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A.J.
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My oldest daughter had the eczema from hell. The cracks of all her joints were a terrible mess. Nothing solved it, but the doctor's hydrocortizone helped the most-I just didn't want to use it too often because of the medication in it. I didn't hear about the paste you mention. If it's any consolation, it finally went away on it's own when she was 3 which is very common. At 4 1/2 her skin is still flawless and needs nothing. I hope your remedy works, but don't worry, this will pass.
