How To get rid of scratching from eczema in hair?
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at
2:58 am
My 1 year old daughter has real bad eczema. The Aveeno cream works well on her skin and the shampoo is good too, but only afeective for a day and i don’t know if it’s in her hair, but she constantly scratches her hair and her hair is so brittle that it falls out. Almost all of her long and pretty use to be hair is gone. Does anyone know a way to cure eczema in hair and the scratching?
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The best thing to do is to focus on treating the underlying cause of the eczema and minimize the flare ups by:
- bathing using warm, not hot, water and a very mid soap
- using a cream or petroleum jelly based moisturizer on wet skin after bathing or washing hands.
- moisturize throughout the day as the need arises. Avoid using lotions as they tend to dry out the skin
- pat excess water from skin after moisturizing as rubbing irritates the skin
- wear cotton clothing
- avoid the use of detergents, fabric softeners and dryer sheets with perfumes and/or dyes
There’s a really great article on this website about how one woman with severe eczema was finally able to beat it: http://www.beateczema.com/?hop=4safetynow
you should go to the doc and get something prescribed.
I dont think eczema is curable at all. but you should make her wear mittens that she cant take off. You dont want her to make it real bad esp on her head/face or she will have a hard childhood. I’ve been getting a shot straight into my bad spots and that usually does it for me but the shot is very expensive
You need something like Oilatum shampoo. You can buy it or get your doctor to prescribe it. My two sons and husband suffer with eczema and have found this good in the past.
Right now please stop usage of shampoo..try parachute coconut oil instead.It will work good
on ur daughter because it’s natural and has no chemicals
Eczema of the scalp rarely leads to hair loss. Constant excoriation or injury to the area however, may lead to scarring that can explain the hair loss on the particular area. Best advice for this would be to somehow get rid of the itching which would involve treating your eczema. For this you would need to contact your GP or a dermatologist.
For the following , U will need to consult your Doctor or Dermatologist.
Corticosteroid creams are sometimes prescribed to decrease the inflammatory reaction in the skin. These may be mild-, medium-, or high-potency corticosteroid creams depending upon the severity of the symptoms. If itching is severe, oral antihistamines may be prescribed. To control itching, the sedative type antihistamine drugs (for example, diphenhydramine [Benadryl], hydroxyzine [Atarax, Vistaril], and cyproheptadine) appear to be most effective. AS U can see the names of the Treatments may be too complexed, so seeing a GP may be the recommendation.
Try Selsun Blue as the shampoo. (its often effective)
Use also Laundry soap instead of normal bath soap or ordinary shampoos. Laundry soap, may sometimes be referred to as Sunlight Laundry soap..It is not necessary to buy this, as U can use the generic type which is often called>> Kerosene soap, available under some store brand names in supermarkets or at hardware stores.
ANOTHER is called PINETARSOL, in tubes and small to medium plastic bottles at Chemists/Pharmacy/Drug Store.
Pintarsol is a soap substitute and has the affect of easing the Itch,,takes a few minutes to work.
Releives Itch in the skin also..avoid getting it in the eyes..
I know of a company that sells natural hair and skin care products. I use the eczema repair butter on my son’s skin, which is working for him. One of their products aid in the repair and growth of hair and it is made of shea butter which helps with eczema (dry and itchy skin). They have free shipping. You may want to contact them at http://www.sheafromnature.com.
Have your daughter go to the dermatologist. They really help, and give you many solutions. I’ve had terrible eczema all my life, and I know how frustrating it can be. My parents used Dove soap in my hair when I was a baby, but ask your dermatologist
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