Thanks Jensner The thing is his eczema is the kind of eczema when spots come out then after a while they cover him but i started to think that he also gets the blocked pores kind of spots too and i think they look very similar to the eczema spots So i've been using Hydromol bath emmolient then hydro...

thanks for your advice, marciemom i have followed the until skin ia clear+2 days with the steroid but what mkes it difficult is that the spots come out every week so im using 1% steroid for about 4 days then have couple of days clear then back again so the skin hardly gets a rest. the nurse who has ...

Thanks for that i've read through and got some great info i've used the wet wrap for 4 days now and we had 3 days steroid free which we have never had so very happy but yesterday morning and all day he was increadibly itchy although very few little red spots were visible on his skin so wasn't sure w...

hi everyone i've recently had an appointment with a fantasctic nurse in hospital dermatology department who gave me loads of great advice and also prescribed me 3 wet wrap suits as she thought that tomi would benefit from wetwrapping since i mentioned that he seems to get hot very often (6 month old...

hi everyone we are having a bit of a bad day, lo had a big flare up and im finding it difficult to get it under controll, it's very disappointing as i almost started to think that things are getting better. since the age of about 8 week, i've had to use hydrocortison at least once a day somewhere on...

hi i try to cut his nails as much as i can, i think as he is only 6 month old, his cordination is not that good so he doesn't really scratch, it's more like a grabbing motion he is doing with this hands/finders and so he doesn't really cut his skin just leaves a red mark so i don't dress him in doub...

hi my little boy 6 month old and has exactly the same kind of eczema. little red spots flare up on his lower arms, tummy and his back. every time i take his clothes off, he scrathes his tummy even if at that moment, there is nothing visible there. i don't understand it either but i've heard that som...

hi my son has had eczema since he was 8 weeks old and he scratches whenever he's got his clothes off and he scratches his head a lot and i've been feeling exactly the same as you, what have i done? it's heartbreaking that little people can suffer so much and there is nothing we can do about it. his ...

hi everyon i was wondering if anyone recognise these symptoms or if anyone heard of this before my 6 month old son has eczema which i know how to treat but he also has something else which nobody seems to recognise so my lo's cheeks go increadible red almost purple at least once a day, sometimes it'...

hi everyone my 6 month old has had eczema since the age of 8 weeks , not sure about the exact name but it's the type where he gets little red spots on his torso, arm, back and sometimes face ,which are very itchy, anyway heat seems to trigger the eczema and as the weather started to get warmer i not...