Thursday, August 27, 2009

Eczema relief

Not long ago, my daughter had an eczema flare up (of which I also have small patches which I'm trying to get rid of). Her skin is nearly cleared up again. Instead of resorting to Hydrocortisone creams or steroids (which I think the doctor might have prescribed because it was quite a large area), we treated it with several different things... so I don't know what exactly worked.

Benadryl in the evening, only when the itch was really bad (to make sure there was NO nighttime scratching)
10 minute Sea Salt bath with Rose, Sandalwood, patchouli and some other oils that were already added to the salts.
Tea tree spray - water in a spray bottle with about 5 drops of tea tree oil. Shake and spray on.
We started a few days with ACV/water spray, but it was too strong and painful to continue. Not sure how much this helped. We continue to drink water spiked with ACV and honey everyday... she must get the required 2 tsp of ACV. I normally make a pitcher with 1/4 cup ACV, 1/4 cup honey and fill it up with water. It looks like a 2 qt pitcher.
Aveeno lotion with tea tree in it.

She wore long sleeves, mostly because she was embarrassed, but I'm sure it helped prevent her from breaking skin when she did scratch.

I took a few weeks, but it's starting to look almost normal again. And she says the itch is now gone. She hasn't taken benadryl for a few days now, so I'm sure she must be feeling better.

I'm sure beach trips would've been helpful too... but by the time I figured this out and had time to take her, there was no need to do so. Oh well, we'll probably go this weekend anyway. I need to do something to get rid of my patches before they spread.

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