Eczema Remedies

This baby has eczema all over her face. If she has it on her face and not on her body - it could indicate an allergy to food.

If your baby has a red rash or red marks on her face, then you might be thinking that it is eczema and how you can treat it. Eczema which is also called atopic dermatitis can show up on your baby’s face, particular on the cheeks, forehead or scalp, but can also appear on other parts of the body.

It is intensely itchy and often looks flaky and scaly. It can also sometimes ooze and blister which you will need to treat very gently and carefully so that it doesn’t get infected.

So how can you treat it?

Most recently, a study that was published in Pediatrics in May 2009 found that placing ½ cup bleach into a full bath was five times more effective at treating eczema than plain water. Make sure that the bleach is well mixed into the water first so that it is diluted and won’t harm rather than help your baby’s skin.

It is thought to work as the bleach acts both as an antibiotic clearing up any bacteria on the skin, and also helps condition and help damaged cells.

Does breastfeeding help?

It has long been thought that breastfeeding might help lower the incidence of eczema and other hereditary allergies by building your child’s immune system but this is actually not the cause.

A recent study published in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology journal on June 21, 2010 reported that of over 20,000 families that took part in the ongoing study those that were breastfed actually INCREASED their chances of getting eczema by the age of 18 months by 12%.

The study also focused on whether the introduction of solid foods helped or hindered whether the child would get eczema, and it was shown that there was no evidence on whether the child would get eczema if you delayed solids or not.

So while it was previously thought that exclusively breastfeeding and delaying solids before 6 months might help reduce atopic dermatitis, it has actually shown to be the opposite.

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