Eczema 'bubble bath' treatment!

bandraoi

E45 is great stuff and you can get it in tubs that are thicker than the normal cream. You put huge dollops of the cream in the bath and it's lovely.

They also seem to have a bath and shower forumla

http://www.e45.com/

Savvy_Sue

sarahpenny wrote: »

Thanks so much to all the people who replied with suggestions, will def. try a couple.
Money Saving Community = Brilliance!:rotfl:

I also commend to you the National Eczema Society. You'll realise that whatever your problem, someone's got a worse one!

Violetta_2

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

I also commend to you the National Eczema Society. You'll realise that whatever your problem, someone's got a worse one!

Thanks for that Savvy_Sue was having a look round the sight (looks a bit old) and spotted a banner for Elave has anyone tried any of their stuff I get a few patches of eczema sometimes especially on my hands (allergic to washing up) and my back&shoulders which I think is caused by shampoo/conditioner no matter how well I rinse. Anyhoo I might try and track some of this down.

Savvy_Sue

Violetta wrote: »

Thanks for that Savvy_Sue was having a look round the sight (looks a bit old) and spotted a banner for Elave has anyone tried any of their stuff I get a few patches of eczema sometimes especially on my hands (allergic to washing up) and my back&shoulders which I think is caused by shampoo/conditioner no matter how well I rinse. Anyhoo I might try and track some of this down.

It's not a site I go to very often, but we're members and I always enjoy reading Exchange. It does look as if it's a few months behind the times! Haven't used Elave myself.

On the subject of E45 products, DH finds the Wash better than the Shower, or maybe it's the other way round. Anyway, it's worth trying both if one of them is OK for you: the cream always used to have lanolin in, which disagreed with my boys when they were younger.

DrFluffy

Take a trip to Lush. I have psoriasis and can use all their products on my skin (tres rare!)

They also have a website: https://www.lush.co.uk

PrincessTaylor

Nowadays Lush put far too many nasty chemicals into some of their stuff (SLS in soaps for example)
My daughter suffers from excema and she has tried most of the prescribed stuff mentioned above and then some. We did find Dermol very effective but i worried about the amount of chemicals used on her skin as we were advised to use Dermol with Aqueous cream, Hydrocotisone, Piriton and Caneston together.
After searching high and low we eventually started using organic cocoa butter and organic coconut oil on her skin. For soap we used African Black soap and sometimes shea butter & neem soap. All of these are chemical free and didn't irritate her. When her excema now begins to flare up i find that using the coconut oil a few times a day is enough to calm it down.

I had a quick look at the Halo and Horns site, it looks promising but there is no list of ingredients! It would be interesting to see what all it does contain although its good that it has no SLS and parabens

noonesperfect

PrincessTaylor wrote: »

Nowadays Lush put far too many nasty chemicals into some of their stuff (SLS in soaps for example)
My daughter suffers from excema and she has tried most of the prescribed stuff mentioned above and then some. We did find Dermol very effective but i worried about the amount of chemicals used on her skin as we were advised to use Dermol with Aqueous cream, Hydrocotisone, Piriton and Caneston together.
After searching high and low we eventually started using organic cocoa butter and organic coconut oil on her skin. For soap we used African Black soap and sometimes shea butter & neem soap. All of these are chemical free and didn't irritate her. When her excema now begins to flare up i find that using the coconut oil a few times a day is enough to calm it down.

I had a quick look at the Halo and Horns site, it looks promising but there is no list of ingredients! It would be interesting to see what all it does contain although its good that it has no SLS and parabens

At last! another enlightened being who acknowledges the properties of Neem the wondertree! :T

PrincessTaylor

Thank you :beer:

bloomin_freezing

fyI, hALOS'N'hORNS INGREDIENTS...... (Sorry caps lock was on!)

This is from the kids zingy orange hair and body wash........

Aqua
Decyl Glucoside
Cocamide DEA
Acrylates Copolymer
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Glycerin
Triethanolamine
Parfum
Phenoxethanol
Methyldibromo
Glutaronitrile
Denatonium Benzoate

It states they do NOT include SLS,Phthalates,MIT,Parabens,Triclosan,Propylene glycol or SLES.

Hope this is of use to someone. x

goldspanners

both me and my sister have skin problems,i have dermatitis on my hands and she has exema,when she goes for a bath she puts oats into an old pair of tights and puts these in the bath with her,it doesnt help my hands but she says it helps her.
so its worth a try.
i helped my hands by stopping smoking last year,and also using betnovate cream,and believe it or not canesten cream.(on my hands!) it has made a differance,it doesnt crack open as easily and isnt as iritated so i dont scratch it now.
happy bathing!