I'll tell her you said that

How time flies... that was 10 years ago now. Maybe two or three times a year she complains of dry itchy skin, and I ask if she has been using her standard moisturiser. The answer is always No. She then uses it again, and all is well. All she now has to do is keep her skin moisturised, and she is OK.

Hello there, I really feel for your little one. My mum has had this for about 30 years. Sometimes the cuts on here hands are so deep that she cannot use them and they need to be heavily bandaged.

A really good tip for the night times is Piriton.

A useful side effect of it is that its slightly deadens nerve endings so can really minimise the itching. Mum's gp told her about it years ago and it really helps.

Also, if she is not too young, cod liver oil supplements help to give dry skin a bit of moisture. They have helped mum over the years too.

Mum NEVER washes with soap either (and no, she doesn't smell!!). She uses Simple shower gel as a general soap. When she is particulary sore she uses aqueous cream in the shower. It cleans really well and leaves the skin really moisturised.

Hope this helps, love to you little one,

Ren xx

Piriton has always worked for me too. Closest I have found to it over here is called Polaramine, but you need the stronger version of it, the one designed for overnight use.

Just thought I'd throw my two pennies worth in.

I get eczema and heat/sweat rashes. Bit difficult sometimes to determine which one you've got but in really bad times, anti-histamine and lots of cream and even bandages. Despite being here only two months my eczema is fine, have had a few pimples which may be heat rash but that's all. If it is heat rash you almost treat it the same anyway, keep cool, cool showers, no soap, cotton clothing and underwear etc.

Hope that helps.

M

Anyone tried cow udders cream for their exzema? Meant to be really good for skin complaints, you can get a range f products with it in called Moo Goo from our local chemist alternatively you can buy the cow udder cream direct from the horse supply shops!! X

Here's what I did to sort mine out (eczema of 31 years - cracks in skin on hands, general redness and itching etc on face, knees, elbows - previously attempted to treat with steriods and lots of fragrance free moisturiser and many other potions)........

Gave up dairy products.

Not just milk, but all products listing lactose, whey powder or any other variant of cow product - flavouring in crisps, light mayo (has cream in to thicken it), some tomato ketchup has lactose in it too. I went from eating anything to scouring the back of every packet I could just to check what was in it.

I did this 18 months ago and haven't had a problem since (that I can't relate to a lactose mistake).

It's worth a try eh? Worked for me and a good friend too... Give it a couple of months and if it helps but doesn't cure, knock beef out too as well as all goat\sheep cheese etc.

All the best - if you've tried already, then apologies - if it helps someone then great!!

sounds like the same problem my OH has. I've been telling him to cut out dairy to see if it helps, he has tried for a week so far but has had a huge flare up this past 2 days.

What sort of things do you eat if you have cut so much out of your diet?

Lynn xx

My skin was hell for the first three years I was here. ABsolutely nightmarish. But then we've been through 2-3 cooler years, summers less vicious, not so much heat and humidity, and its largely cleared up. Till this month, when the temps have risen horribly, and the old flare-up areas are back.
This time I know it isn't stress, its purely climate related. For anyone who has skin which hates heat and humidity, please please think very carefully before you come to Qld.

You'd be surprised what you can do or adapt. I barely notice any more - the only problem is going out for dinner..... Even when you ask the waiting staff, only occasionally will you have any confidence that the chef knows what's in the food - and these tend to be the more expensive places.....

The big cut-outs are cheese, milk in tea (I've got used to black now) and pudding (generally - it's usually got some dairy in it). Butter is easy - get Pure from the supermarket (it's sunflower oil spread) tastes OK but doesn't make good Rum Butter at XMas. Stork is fine for baking.

I found you've got to be really really funny about reading packets for a while - now I know what to avoid in the supermarket, but I occasionally get caught out. Stuff like generally in crisp flavouring there is whey powder or milk powder so you can't have smoky bacon Walkers. But you can have worcester sauce walkers and seabrooks Canadian Ham... You can have heinz ketchup but not Crosse and Blackwell....

I could go on for ages - I manage fine.