Well Isabel has been having some skin issues. She has always had mild eczema. You know some red itchy spots mainly in the creases of her elbows. About two weeks ago her eczema EXPLODED!!! This is the best way for me to describe it. She was covered with red blotchy scaly yuckiness. We went to the dermatologist and they gave us some steroid cream. This started to clear it up and just when it was almost gone she was covered with another type of rash. Fine little red pumps all over her body. Her skin was red and very itchy. This started on Wednesday. I thought maybe she was having a reaction to the steroid cream. I read the insert that came with it and it said that children can have intercranial hypertension with the use of steroid cream, so I stopped using that. We have enough brain issues to worry about, I didn't want to think about adding another problem. I thought it might be a reaction to my parents dog, Woody. So I gave her benadryl. Still no help. We finally went to the after hours clinic on Sunday night after I had exhausted all possible home remedies.
I couldn't believe it she had step throat with a scarletina rash. This is something related to scarlet fever. But she never had a fever or even complained of a sore throat. Leave it to Isabel to have all the odd symptoms to all sorts of odd illnesses.
Tonight before bed I put the usual coat of greasy lotion all over her sandpaper skin. She just cried and cried "I HATE FEELING GREASY, NO MORE GREASY LOTION!"
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY HELPFUL HINTS RELATED TO SENSITIVE SKIN ISSUES AND ECZEMA? I WOULD LOVE ANY INPUT YOU MIGHT HAVE. ISABEL WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE GREASY LOTION!!!
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What kind of lotion do you use for it? Logen's dr told us to use Eucerin, it doesn't seem greasy. It is thick and hard to rub in, but we just slather that on him and put his pjs on and he doesn't complain. Of course, I only used it on my tattoo and not any where else. So i really don't know how it feels on my whole body.
Eucerin is good and a lot of Dr's recommend it. I have really dried cracked hands and have just tried Premium Triple Cream that I got off drugstore.com. It is less greasy than the Eucerin and it is fragrance free. I am really liking it. The also have a fragrance free baby Eczema cream by Gentle Naturals. I haven't tried it yet.
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