Treat Baby Eczema

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One of the most effective baby eczema treatments I’ve personally used is using Certified Organic Shea Butter as an eczema moisturizer. Certified Organic Shea Butter is loaded with the healthy skin nourishing vitamins A, E, and F. These 3 vitamins have been proven to improve many harsh skin conditions that millions face each day. Certified Organic Shea Butter, specifically,  has been used and seen to be a highly effective treatment for eczema, burns, psoriasis, rashes, severely dry skin, stretchmarks, wrinkles, and more. But from my personal experience it help lessen the irritation of my child’s skin, kept my baby’s skin very moisturized, and seem to enhance the healing process when my child was recovering from bad eczema breakouts.

Driven by curiosity, I did more research into the benefits of certified organic shear butter and here is what I’ve found. Shea Butter Benefits include:

• Help control eczema flare ups
• Helps heal minor burns
• Offers sun and wind protection
• Reduces blemishes and scarring
• Helps prevent stretch marks during pregnancy
• Reduces razor irritati0n
• Helps eliminate scalp irritation due to dryness or chemical processing
• Soften tough skin
• Helps even skin tone

As you can see from the benefits, certified organic shea butter is widely used not only on children, but on adults as well. But like every eczema treatment there are some draw backs. One of biggest warnings on using shea butter is that it is not recommend for use to people who have major allergic reactions to nuts. But like always, consult your doctor or your child’s pediatrician before trying any type of eczema treatment on your child.

Time Magazine published an article that states that “adding a small amount of household bleach to a child’s bathwater can dramatically reduce the itching, rashes and discomfort caused by eczema.” Wow… who would have known that the very thing we wash our dirty whites in can help bring your child some much needed relief from eczema. But not only does it help with baby eczema, it can also help with preventing staph infections due to the strong bactericidal properties.

Warning! Remember to be careful with Bleach around your young ones because most bleaches are hazardous if ingested or inhaled. Also consult your child pediatrician before attemping to treat your child’s eczema with any form of eczema treatments.

I was truly skeptical of this bleach bath treatment at first but the more I researched on the topic, the more credible the claims came to be.  First of all these studies were performed on patients with moderate to extreme cases of eczema. The range of these patient were from 6 months to 17 years of age. At the end of these studies, scientist were able to come up with a simple basic plan that would allow patients with moderate to extreme case of eczema to take advantage of bleach baths. Here is a plan as follows:

• Bleach Bath should be taken twice a week.
• Add 1/2 cup of bleach for every 40 gallons (U.S) of water.
• Immerse limbs and torsos, leaving the neck and head above water, for five to 10 minutes. Do not swallow the bath water!
• Pat body dry. Do not rub yourself dry due to the risk of scatching open sores which can lead to nasty infections.
• Apply a heavy coat of moisturizer on to skin.

Very simple plan that can produce very effect results.

Now if you are into more natural treatments as I am, a known and common substitute for bleach is lemon. You can find a list of using lemon as an alternative here.

Referenced Time Article: Study: Baths with Bleach Help Kids’ Eczema

First off this protopic ointment was not created for children under the age of 2. Secondly, to even consider using this eczema cream you have had to try almost all the available eczema treatment on the market because Protopic Ointment and its competitor Elidel Cream are considered the very last treatment you should try when all other treatments have failed. There is good reasoning behind this. Let considered the side effects:

- Viral infections: Protopic Ointment may increase the chance of getting chicken pox, shingles, skin warts, or other viral infections.

- Skin irritation: Protopic Ointment’s most common side effects are stinging, soreness, a burning feeling, or itching of the skin where you apply the ointment.

- Headache and flu-like symptoms.

- Increased chance of developing skin cancer and lymphoma.

Just looking at the last possible side effect will tell you why Protopic Ointment should be considered the last choice for eczema treatment. Protopic ointment is another form of treatment that puts you and your child’s health as risk for temporary relief. I believe this is another reason why the FDA puts its highest black box warning on this product. And like its counterpart, Elidel Cream, there are still unknown long term effects for using Protopic Ointment.

But I truly believe parents shouldn’t get this far down the eczema treatment line. There are more cases and more research that comes out and points to more natural treatments to treat baby eczema. For starters, read my post about moisturizing your babies skin with the correct moisturizer here.

Elidel Cream has been prescribed to millions of eczema sufferers. But Does the Risks outweigh the Benefits. You Decide.

To continue with the Video series, here is a video about keeping track of your baby’s diet. Enjoy!

I created this short insightful video to explain a useful tip to treating your baby’s eczema. I really love the song track on this video. Enjoy!

Moisturizing you baby’s skin is probably the most important step in combating the effects of eczema. Moisturizing helps heal cracked and dry skin, helps prevent itching which can lead to scratching and infection, and lastly it can give the needed vitamins damaged skin needs to heal itself. Please also be aware that not all moisturizers are created equal. Different moisturizers have different benefits. Find the best one that suit your child’s skin. I strongly suggest you look into the various natural moisturizers that are available. Please consult your doctor or child’s pediatrician before using any type of moisturizers to treat baby eczema.

And yes I do recommend using the California Baby Line because it has worked for my child’s skin. If you are interested in purchasing California Baby Products, Click on my affiliate link…. California Baby Cream