"Cetaphil" is a lotion. My Dr.said it do not contail medicine so I could use it for my baby even more than 10 times a day.
The Dr. teach me 3 steps to do when the baby have this skin problem(eczema) :
1) when the skin is ok- just put some more lotion to their body to keep "moisture" . This can prevent the "eczema" come back.
2) When the red-colour is on the skin (not serious), use "elidel" cream.
3) When it is serious must use cream which contain"cortisone?" e.g. : 1% hydro cortisone cream
*keep the skin moisture is very important!
I use oilatum cream before (together with "Oilatum" bath emollient) , my baby's skin was already not so rough, now I change to use "Cetaphil" lotion and I can say her skin is "smooth" already.
Remeber to buy the "Oilatum" & "Cetaphi" in the drugs store, it is really cheaper than watson's & mannings.
Chingching730,
I think your baby is also have this problem. As "Milk Sin" is equal to "eczema". My Dr. told me normally the baby have this problem start at their 3 mos and not the time they were born. Try to put more lotion , It could prevent it getting worst and worst.
Having read this topic, I think my daughter is the oldest one. She is now 5.5 years old. After doing the skin test, her situation seems better but these few days, gettting worse again may be due to the high humidity. She cannot stop scratching her skin so always get many wounds on her skin.
I have tried to avoid those food she could not eat. But I tell you my daughter is highly allergic to mite, cockroach, mosquito and then followed by egg, oatmeal, milk, beef, chicken, peach ... But sometimes, my daughter will ask for ice cream, chicken wing or something she cannot eat. So I will let her eat, I know that it's wrong. But as she is five now, she will ask, beg me or even cry.
我bb剛三個月大, 上星期因為佢塊面實在太花及有一大塊地方結大巴(佢由出世都未停過生紅點), 所以帶左佢去睇醫生, 醫生話是異位性皮炎, 我想應即是所謂的濕疹, 另有併發症-膿包瘡, 醫生開左兩隻藥膏(will tell next time as I forget the name)卑bb搽, 搽面的都幾有效, 第二日就覺面滑左, 第三日look quite perfect as my husband said he never seen his baby in such smooth skin. 另一隻系搽頸的'la'位, 一片紅的地方, that seems not be 濕疹. I don;t know what it is. 但效果就未見有進展, bb頸位重好紅及似有擴散. 第二次覆診時醫生寫左以下三重膏卑bb用:
1. oilatum plus emollient for 沖涼,
2. sebamed F+S night cream for 搽面
3. sebamed F+S lotion for 搽身,
I feel sad of hearing your babies of having 濕疹, as I am an adult patient of it. I get better when I am a teenager but become worse again when I came out to work, mainly due to the pressure.
I started having atopic eczema 異位性皮炎 when I am six months old. Have been using a lot of steroids type medicine over these years which have thinnened my skin so much. But right now, I don't use any and the situation could be under control.
Have some suggestion to you mums that I have accumulated over these years:
(1) Dry your baby to around 50% - 70% only after bath. Immediate apply the lotion or cream that you are using to their skin. Massage them all over the body as this is the best time for the cream to be absorbed. You don't actually need to buy those expensive one. Just use emulsifying ointment purchase from Mannings or Watsons will be fine. Even after their hands you need to apply the cream immediately before they are dried up.
To have better effect, you should wrap those part where cream has applied. For little babies, you may try to put on cotton gloves for them to avoid the scratching.
(2) Wear only cotton made clothes, where fabric should be soft. Mind that they need to be 100% cotton and change their clothes everyday.
(3) You don't actually need any cleanser for bath. Just plain water will be fine. But remember just luke warm water and not those hot one as this will only hurt their skin further. You may use those cream as cleanser if you like as this will keep their skin moisture. The cream will lost its effect if you are applying on the dry skin.