Excema flared up

Briona's had excema (of the heat, not food, variety) since she was a baby and it peaked over her first summer and then settled right down. About that time she got malloscum and that is finally almost gone (yay!!). We had no real problems with the excema last summer and I presumed she had outgrown the most of it.

About a week ago her tummy (skin) was feeling a bit dry so I put on her emulsifying cream once or twice (of which we have used about 1/4 tub, so obviously not a huge excema prob here). But now she has excema on the back of her knees and she has never had it there before. Also she has a red rash on her cheeks which came up when the malloscum started clearing, I think it is excema but it might be malloscum-related somehow?

Any reason why the excema is suddenly flaring? Anything to do with the malloscum going?

both my kids are terrible at the mo, especially Jake. Am thinking seasonal?

Micheal had severe excema when he was young and grew out of it at around five. Now all of a sudden at 10 it has come back up, but only only his legs so I'm guessing it's something to do with the season as arohanui said.

Daniels has flared up a little at the moment.. so maybe it is season related?

must be - mines playing up holy hell but i guess there are different reasons for mine lol ...but noticed today gabriel has a small patch on the back of his knee too.

Sam's has just arrived as well over the past week or so. She is pretty much covered in it from head to foot! Can I ask what you ladies use for it? We have been given a huge tub of Aquaeous cream by the doctors but it doesn't seem to take the redness out of the rash and Sam won't stop scratching

I'd go back to the Doc Sterryn and tell him it's not working - surely there are things out there with better strength (?)

Have you tried bepanthen cream? (not that I have...)

Just one more thing. If its not severe, as in red and weeping, then I would try a few non-steroid creams first before getting a script for one. And you have to try them for 3 or 4 days before you know if its working or not.

I spoke to a mum at a parent rooom a few weeks back - her boy had big scabs all over which was excema healing (I knew as my sister had excema as a baby). I was chatting to her about what finally ehaled it. She said that she had tried everything and had not even been able to kiss her baby anywhere excpe the tip of his nose for a couple of months, the excema was so bad.

What she used that fixed it up really fast was a multi vitamen from the Usana range. It was so successful that she has become a consultant for them (she is a nurse). I made sure to take her card as I was worried we might have problems with our family history. Anyway, it might work for any of your excema babies and it might not. I can post her website if that is allowed and if anyone is interested? (Not sure if that would be advertising or not).

Aqueous cream is a really good soap substitute and moisturiser. It probably works best at keeping their skin moisturised once it has healed, not for actually getting rid of the eczema in the first place.