Re:Ezema

[Guest guest]

For the itch, Gold Bond Medicationed Lotion in the green bottle gets rid of

99 % of the itching accociated with ezema. Great product and easily found

at Wal-Mart. http://www.goldbond.com/gold-bond-products.html

 

Now it doesn't get rid of ezema, but reduces the severity of it and takes

away almost all itching from it.

[Guest guest]

I have pregnancy-induced eczema that was initially treated with

cortisone ointment, which was the only thing it would respond to. The

only thing that works for me prevention-wise is unscented lotion, all

over from head to toe, every morning straight after I get out of the

shower. I can't use scented lotions at all, as they actually sometimes

burn my skin.

 

My doc first gave me a paraben-based emmolient cream called Cetraben.

I've actually got several 500ml bottles if anyone wants them! Because

as soon as I read about parabens, I stopped using it. But it was great

for moisturising my skin. My elbows and shoulders have never felt

softer. :-) It feels icky at first, but it soon absorbs, and you get

used to it after a few days.

 

I now use something called Complex 15, which is made by

Schering-Plough. In the USA, you can order it through your pharmacist

without a prescription. It's amazing stuff. Completely odourless, and

not at all greasy, so it absorbs almost immediately, and no icky

greasy feeling while you're putting on your clothes. It's water based.

 

I use it on my baby as well. It kept her from getting cradle cap, I

think--I put it in her eyebrows whenever they got slightly flaky or

crusty and dry, and the next day she was all clear again. All of her

cousins have or had cradle cap, but she never got it.

 

Again, the important part, though, is to slather yourself in it as

soon as you get out of the shower, while your skin is still wet, every

day like a religion. I haven't had an outbreak since I started doing

this (touch wood).