Does humidifier work in winters? My 6 months old has sensitive skin and eczema flares up with heater???
Friday, October 16th, 2009 at
8:42 pm
My 6 months old has sensitive skin and it has become worst in winters with heaters. She gets all red. What should i do?? Does buying humidifier will help. She had minor eczema but it became more now. its hard for me to see her crying.
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Yes! I’d put one in her room as well as the living room. Eczema runs in my family and while myself and my children don’t have it, we have very dry skin if we don’t prevent it. I bath my kids at most every other day. If it’s summer or they make a mess of themselves, I’ll give them a bath with soaping only the area that needs it or none at all. (This is if they’ve had a bath the day before.) I use an Aveeno bath oil when our skin is dry. Curel Ultra Healing intesive moisturizing lotion has worked miracles with our dry skin. Also, put her lotion on as soon as you can after her bath. It’ll help her retain more moisture. Good luck!
BTW don’t use lotion on her hands! Babies constantly put their hands in their mouths and it could make her sick. I put Lanisoh on my little ones hands. It also works wonders on any especially rough (dry) spots.
I have my son’s humidifier going all the time.
yes they do. That is when you especially need to use one because your heater takes more moisture out of the air.
Humidifiers are GREAT, especially if a baby has a cold. My pedi advised me against those sold in the baby section though.. such as Red Cross or Vicks. They don’t work. The best (per my pedi) are Conair and Sunbeam. They are way more expensive but worth it. Best Wishes!
YES!!!! I have three kids with excema and i use a humidifier also i was my kids in dove free soap and then use eucerin cream on the spots that are flared but also apricot iol works and if it comes to it you may need to get a steroid cream like my kids have called locoloid lipocream
You definitely need the humidifier- eczema gets worse without it. But it makes the room really cool , so I use a vaporiser instead, I dont put the solution in unless they have colds- but run it like a humidifier- only it gives warm mist instead of cool and room doesnt get cold.
My daughter has sensitive skin and eczema, since she was 2months old- and she still has some flareups with everything i do- but its pretty much under control now- I found an all- natural product that worked for her- you can read it here- its good
http://www.katuri.com
Ask the help of a local dermatologist and find good advices and online skin care treatment for eczema at http://www.skinoriginal.com/eczema.htm