Wooo hooo! I finally found a great natural eczema treatment!! - Page 6

[dizzi]

Just for anyone's info who would like it. I have tried almost everything we could think of on my daughter. Her skin was open and oozing by the time she was 1 month old. I ended up taking her to a pediatric dermatologist and we are now using a combination of desonide and petrolium on the bottom and face and scalp and a mixture of Lociod and petrolium on her body about every 3 days. We use the Elidel on her inbetween.
She is 17 months now and pretty clear except for her belly and hands. I was happy with the help we got from the derm... you might want to check it out. Our insurance covers it like a regular doc.

[JaneS]

Hi Dizzi,
First of all welcome to MDC

We tried Elidel on DS too and had some side effects (flu like symptoms, I suspected he also had a headache) and then I started reading some scary stuff about it and using it on kids under 2 since it is an immunosuppressant. Have you seen the recent warnings that it is under investigation by the FDA? It's such a new drug with not much data behind it.

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=251270
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=158832

After I read more about it, we wanted to try to solve this while also avoiding the risks of using pharmaceuticals.

[JaneS]

Posting our story here:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=260393

C'mon over and tell me what you think.

[sarahariz]

such a great thread!

I just found this thread to forward to a mom I met yesterday whose 6 yr old has ezcema. There is so much great info in here it deserves to be read so I'm bumping it back up!

[alwayslearning2]

bump

fwding thread to neighbor... good info especially about dangers of elidela nd protopic and bathing everyday with a good moisturizer!

Also, taking omega 3,6,9 internally and probiotics really is important.

Flax seed and Borage oil work well for anyone allergic to fish oil.