5 y.o son itchy skin mostly after bath?

My five year old son has itchy skin. It is worst after his bath. He is allergic to Eucerin. I tried that once and it gave him a terrible rash. Dove does not help, we used that for several months with no improvent. Any suggestions would be appreciated on lotions, or soaps that could help. He does have eczema, but can not use the Elidel that he used to use because of a reaction with another medication that he is on.





I am allergic to Ivory so I can not try that with him as he still needs a little help. Also tried the Triamcinolone Acetonide cream and that also interferes with a medication that he is on for other reasons.

5 y.o son itchy skin mostly after bath?
You can try the Aveeno oatmeal body wash. Thats what my husband uses because he also has eczema.
Reply:personally do not use elidel because lymphoma is a side effect- i try to stress that because i lost a sister to lymphoma sept 11, 2005..... have you tried palmers cocoa butter lotion?? i also have eczema and i know how painful it is... that seems to work for me... as far as cleanser- have you tried cedayphil lotion?? you can use it in water or not.... it is fragrance free and has gentle moisturizers.......
Reply:i've had eczema since i was born and my skin still itches after i leave a bath.make sure whatever moisturizer your using has no colouring or perfumes in it. One thing my mum used to do(and i still do)is you could try putting some porridge oats into a bit of materiel(like a sock or a cloth)tie it at one end and soak him in the bath with that in it,it was always a brilliant way to help with my itchy skin. Having the bath too hot can also really aggravate sensitive skin. The cream i use and have been for ages is called Astral, however,a really good cream for after the bath is called Diprobase.If you mix that with some oil from vitamin C tablets it work a dream.


But believe me, don't use any creams containing perfumes or colouring, they will irritate his skin a lot more.Eczma, i have learned over the years, responds more to natural things, i only use steroid creams if desperate(ask your doctor about these
Reply:my daughter had really bad eczema and Johnsons soothing naturals lotion and body wash really helped her. Also another good lotion is Cetaphil which also has a body wash.
Reply:I would try just washing him with water for a while. The only thing soap really does is basically make water wetter..longer technical explanation to that but thats what it does. It breaks the surface tension of the water molecules to make it wetter..


use a clean cloth and no soap and see if the condition gets better.


You may also want to go to a health food/supply store and buy some type of natural organic soap. It is the chemicals in the soap that he is reacting to.


Some places are carrying more organic items now too if you do not have a health food store near you. GNC may aso carry something.
Reply:Stop giving him baths--switch to showers so he's not sitting in water and isn't sitting in soap. Water actually dries out skin (weird, I know) and many kids are sensitive to soap. My nephew loves the Aveeno lotions, we also use Vaseline on him when it's bad. He uses a regular bar of soap--the Johnson and Johnson no slip kind, Huggies baby shampoo, and his showers last two minutes or less. It's the only way we could keep his skin from getting itchy and we lotion him up before putting his clothes on. He also has eczema.
Reply:you could try more sensitive products for his skin; but if his skin is so irritated, i think that you must go to doctor and see what's the problem