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What do you do for you LO's Eczema?
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pumpkinmom
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Re: What do you do for you LO's Eczema?
Posted by SecretlyTTC14
I think the aquaphor made it worse on my son too. Bathing him once every 3 days has helped. My dr told me to only bathe him once a week but I feel like that isn't enough. I apply the Honest Co. healing balm once a day and that's gotten rid of it almost completely.
I hope nobody here tries the bleach in the water suggestion above. That is a terrible idea for so many reasons.
Can you tell me why the bleach would be bad? I haven't tried it. Not sure if I will, but my Dr recommended it.
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SecretlyTTC14
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Re: What do you do for you LO's Eczema?
Posted by pumpkinmom
Posted by SecretlyTTC14
I think the aquaphor made it worse on my son too. Bathing him once every 3 days has helped. My dr told me to only bathe him once a week but I feel like that isn't enough. I apply the Honest Co. healing balm once a day and that's gotten rid of it almost completely.
I hope nobody here tries the bleach in the water suggestion above. That is a terrible idea for so many reasons.
Can you tell me why the bleach would be bad? I haven't tried it. Not sure if I will, but my Dr recommended it.
I can't believe your doctor would recommended that. That would be enough for me to find a new doctor. The chemicals in bleach are caustic. Not to mention exposure to just the gases from bleach are known to cause cancer and all sorts of other health problems. I can't even imagine what bathing in it would do. If you google bleach and health risks... a ton of stuff comes up. Even the Clorox website says "using a bleach and water solution for bathing is not approved by the EPA and should not be done."
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Posted 4/23/15 12:21 PM |
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Leb
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Re: What do you do for you LO's Eczema?
Posted by SecretlyTTC14
Posted by pumpkinmom
Posted by SecretlyTTC14
I think the aquaphor made it worse on my son too. Bathing him once every 3 days has helped. My dr told me to only bathe him once a week but I feel like that isn't enough. I apply the Honest Co. healing balm once a day and that's gotten rid of it almost completely.
I hope nobody here tries the bleach in the water suggestion above. That is a terrible idea for so many reasons.
Can you tell me why the bleach would be bad? I haven't tried it. Not sure if I will, but my Dr recommended it.
I can't believe your doctor would recommended that. That would be enough for me to find a new doctor. The chemicals in bleach are caustic. Not to mention exposure to just the gases from bleach are known to cause cancer and all sorts of other health problems. I can't even imagine what bathing in it would do. If you google bleach and health risks... a ton of stuff comes up. Even the Clorox website says "using a bleach and water solution for bathing is not approved by the EPA and should not be done."
I would find a new doctor too.
Honestly it sickens me that some doctors are that ridiculous. Eczema is sometimes opened or raw and introducing bleach straight to he blood steam and on a child no less is horrible. I don't even use bleach in my house or laundry because of its toxicity.
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Posted 4/23/15 2:54 PM |
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pumpkinmom
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Re: What do you do for you LO's Eczema?
Posted by Leb
Posted by SecretlyTTC14
Posted by pumpkinmom
Posted by SecretlyTTC14
I think the aquaphor made it worse on my son too. Bathing him once every 3 days has helped. My dr told me to only bathe him once a week but I feel like that isn't enough. I apply the Honest Co. healing balm once a day and that's gotten rid of it almost completely.
I hope nobody here tries the bleach in the water suggestion above. That is a terrible idea for so many reasons.
Can you tell me why the bleach would be bad? I haven't tried it. Not sure if I will, but my Dr recommended it.
I can't believe your doctor would recommended that. That would be enough for me to find a new doctor. The chemicals in bleach are caustic. Not to mention exposure to just the gases from bleach are known to cause cancer and all sorts of other health problems. I can't even imagine what bathing in it would do. If you google bleach and health risks... a ton of stuff comes up. Even the Clorox website says "using a bleach and water solution for bathing is not approved by the EPA and should not be done."
I would find a new doctor too.
Honestly it sickens me that some doctors are that ridiculous. Eczema is sometimes opened or raw and introducing bleach straight to he blood steam and on a child no less is horrible. I don't even use bleach in my house or laundry because of its toxicity.
I don't use bleach either. I don't even have it in the house. The fumes really bother me. But, the bath is supposed to be very diluted, supposedly like a chlorinated swimming pool. I'm still not sure if I will try it. Thinking about taking her to the pool instead, lol. DD has very bad eczema. It was actually suggested by one Dr and a different Dr agreed it would be worth a try.
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Posted 4/23/15 4:43 PM |
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newlywedT
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Re: What do you do for you LO's Eczema?
Posted by PitterPatter11
I used the aveeno oatmeal bath and lotion and his skin looks much better and he STTN! I honestly think the aquaphor was making it worse. .
Once you stopped the aquaphor, how long did it take you to notice improvement?
We stopped aquaphor last night, and I wonder if we'll see an improvement.
DD's eczema comes and goes, so I don't know if its related to the aquaphor (since we use it everynight, if it is related, it would never "go", right?)
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