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Eczema On Face In Children
How do you handle your/or your child's Eczema?
If you have dealt with eczema, could you please share what you found controlled the flares the best? My son is 7 mo old and suffers from moderate eczema on his face and scalp and occassionaly a patch on his chest or back. I have cut dairy out of my diet (he is breastfed) and am currently using Cetaphil for his baths and Vanicream as a moisturizer. He takes 2.5ml of zyrtec a day for itching and we use 2.5% hydrocorisone for flares. Thanks for any advice, it will be at least 3 months before we get in to see a pediatric dermatologist:0(.
Seems like you are doing all you can to take care of your baby. The cetaphil is recommended instead of soap. Continue with the zyrtec daily. I checked on the Vanicream and it doesn't contain any irritants. I find that the 2.5% HC cream too strong for the face and neck so just keep another tube of 0.5% HC cream in case your child breaks out in the face and neck regions (2.5% is good for the body)
Here are some tips to help your child control his/her eczema
1) After bath, use Vaseline instead and apply it RIGHT AFTER the bath to trap the moisture into your babys skin.
2) Try to apply the HC cream right when he starts itching and not when he flares. Once flared it's more difficult to control
3) Zyrtec is a long term treatment therefore it must be given daily to control the itch. It's long lasting but takes a long time to set it therefore continue giving daily. If the flare is uncontrolled, give a child dose of benadryl for quick relief.
4) If the rash is bad, wash and dry the area then apply the HC cream then apply the emolient (Vanicream) on top
You have to be careful when to use vaseline and when to use the cream. Vaseline can increase the HC absorption into the body but will help retain moisture better if the eczema is caused by dryness. By best advice to you is when you use HC, use the vanicream and when you finish bathing and put your child to bed, use vaseline.
Hope this helps. If you have any questions feel free to email me
Symptoms Of Eczema On Face
Eczema on the face is a very big problem. It becomes very difficult to deal with eczema on the face because it can be very embarrassing. You might not want to look at it and at the same time, you cannot stop working for it.
You will still have to go out and take care of all your daily chores even if you have to face the eczema on the face.
The symptoms that are seen due to eczema on the face are more or less the same with eczema on any other part of the body. Dryness, itchiness and redness on the face are the usual symptoms.
In case the eczema is very severe, then you will also see additional symptoms like cracking of the skin and scaling, scabbing and even you might some fluid oozing out of it.
Eczema may happen to some of the people only on the face; however others have it on different parts of their body as well.
Eczema on the face can strike at any age, be it infancy, childhood or adulthood.
During infancy and childhood, eczema can occur and then it is known as atopic eczema. One month to six month aged babies usually get this kind of eczema. In this case, it usually occurs on the forehead of the face.
After this it can spread to the cheeks and slowly to the rest of the body.
While some children face this kind of eczema only on one spot, it is called localized eczema others face it on the rest of the body.
Constant itchiness, dryness and redness are some of the common symptoms in case of eczema on face.
Scratching the affected skin is not such a good idea as it might not only make that part thicker, it can also make it darker.
This is why it is a good idea never to irritate your affected skin especially if it is eczema on the face.
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