Dry Skin

[CARNAT22]

We've seen GP twice and he is convinced it is not eczema...

James has it on his tummy, back, back of knees and ankles.

After a bath it is irritated and looks horrid.

GP keeps recommending aqueous creams despite me telling him James had a reaction to Oilatum. GP also seems to think being a winter baby is the reason he has dry skin...

We currently use Aveeno in the bath and I also cream James twice daily with the Aveeno moisturising cream. Skin is no worse but no better.

I bath James every second or third day, I put all our clothes on an extra spin, I let him have his clothes off every day for a bit.

I can't take him swimming as I am scared what cholorine will do to his skin and I am worried about using suntan lotion on him?

Olive oil and coconut oil didn't help, E45 and Oilatum are out... Anything else I can try????

He had quite bad cradle cap if that makes any difference but that has cleared up.

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[charliebear]

I read aqueous cream was the worst to put on as a cream, as it can sting but good to wash with. S gets dry patches and I requested hydromol cream from the GP after finding it really good when using it at work. You can get cream, ointment and bath emollient.

S still has cradle cap x

 

[Titch85]

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[Belfast girl]

My eldest gets covered in hydromol every night. i didn't even let e45 or aquaeos cream near her. We tried Aveeno but it did nothing for her either. I think you can get diprobase over the counter if you didn't want to bother with the GP again!
Try washing his clothes in something like surcare with an extra rinse?

 

[tweetyfoo]

Aaron looked like he was shedding his skin it was so bad. He also has a recurrent crusty bit on his head! De said it wasn't eczema too.

He also had a reaction to oilatum and the baby moisturisers were rubbish

We started putting diprobase on him every night after his bath and his skin has been amazing since! From
What I remember it took a whole for it to settle though


Please excuse any typos from my fat fingers!
Tapatalk madness!

 

[leesey]

Alyssa has eczema and oilatum is fine for her, but what really cleared up her skin was changing washing powder. We now use Surcare for all our clothes and bedding, blankets etc, and she hasn't really had much of a flare up since. As soon as she wears anything with any other washing powder you can see the difference.

You can get surcare (powder or liquid) in any supermarket usually, but I found a big tub dead cheap in Savers. Bought in bulk!!

Hope James gets cleared up xx

 

[CARNAT22]

Just out of interest how much is Diprobase and would you say it's OK to order it online (I googled it and Amazon sell it? £10.99 for 500g)

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[CARNAT22]

I found it cheaper elsewhere!!

What is better? Cream or ointment?

http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/diprobase_v_2301.html

We'll go back to GP but for non emergencies you could be waiting a week for an appointment? Oddly Boots online said it is prescription only and Superdrug don't stock it??

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[CARNAT22]

Also we've moved to Surcare, but I cannot find fabric softener in the supermarket so I still use a little Fairy fabric conditioner. We live in a hard water area so without softener our laundry is like cardboard!

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[babybee]

Does James find the dry patches itchy?

 

[babybee]

If it helps when I get dry skin I can't use ordinary moisturizer due to my eczema so I use Epaderm. It's really good and clears it up relatively quickly. I checked and it can be used on babies.
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[CARNAT22]

Thanks hun,

Nope it doesn't seem to itch him or irritate him in any way (another reason the Dr didn't think it was eczema!)

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[babybee]

Yeah I was going to say eczema is so itchy which is a big sign rashes are eczema.

I hope it clears up soon hun.xxx

 

[CARNAT22]

I've been putting Diprobase on him for a few days now (God it gets everywhere and it's so thick - like Vaseline!!) but touch wood it seems to be helping

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[Jajis]

Glad the Diprobase seems to be helping, I've been using it since I was a kid and it really does seem to work. It's been helping Alex's dry skin as well. Definitely worth getting it on prescription though if it's that expensive, we get through so much of it I know what you mean about it getting everywhere - I always forget and use my phone just after I've plastered it all over my hands, it's one of the reasons I resisted getting a smartphone for such a long time - the screen looks terrible

Our GP seemed quite quick to decide that Alex probably does have eczema, but I guess with my history it was quite likely. He has it in all the places you mentioned; when it was really bad he used to scratch the bits on his face, but now that it's not as bad it doesn't really seem to bother him apart from when he's not got any clothes on when he scratches away at his tummy.

I tend to stock up on Surcare whenever I find it because even huge supermarkets can be pretty crap at stocking it and it's the only thing I can use - I know it works because my bedding, and that at my parent's house, doesn't make me itch, unlike if I stay anywhere else

 

[mrswoody]

Nat has the diprobase helped? M has had a big flare up on her belly, chest and back with little bits on her legs.
I've put some Sudocrem on for tonight but thinking of going out to get the diprobase and by passing the gp.
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[Wilson28]

Have you tried sudocream hun? also wash james in diprobase, it works better with water xx

 

[busymummy]

Eczema doesn't always itch. My daughter has just been diagnosed with it and hers has never been itchy. I put off taking her to the gp for so long because I thought it was just dry skin due to it not being itchy. But in the end what gave it away was the areas where she gets eczema, when they weren't flared up the skin was a different colour than the healthy skinx

 

[ciro]

Most common cause for dry skin is chlorinated water - which is in most western countries. We we living for some time in the countryside getting water from own well. Never had any issues with dry skin. That has changed after moving to the city.

Recommendation - do not use shower. Use bath instead, but let the water stay there for at least an hour before bathing. During that time most chlorine should evaporate.

 

[CARNAT22]

Eczema doesn't always itch. My daughter has just been diagnosed with it and hers has never been itchy. I put off taking her to the gp for so long because I thought it was just dry skin due to it not being itchy. But in the end what gave it away was the areas where she gets eczema, when they weren't flared up the skin was a different colour than the healthy skinx

Well we've just finally had an Eczema diagnosis from a different GP!

Just as you say James has never been itchy but I showed Dr some piccies of him after a bath (when it flares up most) and she said straight away it's Eczema. He is 2 different colours after a bath bless him!

She has prescribed some paraffin based cream to be applied a few times a day and used in bath. And a short course of Hydrocortisone to be used once a day for a week.

GP was asking about food allergies but he'd had it well before we started weaning so she was happy with that.

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