Comments on: It’s Only Skin Deep

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:04 +0000

We have used Bag Balm or uttercream along with Vasaline. LOTS of Vasaline.

Also At Whole food there is a new product called, EczaSalve made for Eczema. By Moon Valley Organics. 100% Natural. I think it came out this last summer. At least that is what the store told me.
It is kind of spendie but we try everything we find. Our little buddy has a bad case of exzema. He scratches so much his finger nails never seem to need trimed.

He is our 3 year old grandson that lives with us, and likes it this salve. He will point and ask for it. Since some topicals sting his skin.

On a not so funny, funny note. One day my back was a bit itchy and I decided to try him out as a back scratcher. This was not a good idea. He made me bleed. =) He gets down to bussiness right away.

Thanks for your blog, my sister in law sent it to me. We are alway looking for ways to help our little guy. We have fought this since he was 5 weeks old.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:20:23 +0000

“Then I dress him in 100% cotton clothes and make sure he has socks on. And matches…”

… just in case he needs to start a fire in his bed – to keep warm, due to the cold wet socks…

HAHAHAHAHA!

Sorry, that’s all I could think of when I read that.

And I am also sorry you have to do all of that. That poor little doggie

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:02:13 +0000

LOL you are incredibly funny. Of course I am still speaking to you, you speak my language! LOL

I am still looking for the Spectrum, I did find another vegetable shortening that I am going to try. We have been trying the tepid bath and that is helping. I am hoping that we won’t even need to visit the allergist! Thank you DeeDee, you may have saved my sons skin, and his mother’s sanity (whatever is left at least).

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:05:21 +0000

Wow…I feel so bad for all of you suffering through this yourself or with your kids. I never thought about problems like that. My daughter briefly suffered from eczema when she was little, but a year off of cows milk and she has been fine ever since (fyi- we should buy a cow for all the milk she drinks now.)
I pray someday they will have a magic pill you can take to cure this problem. Hey, one can dream.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:57:23 +0000

One of my bf’s small son had severe eczema for years. She literally keeps it controlled by taking him to the chiropractor. That’s it. When they cease going for chiropractic adjustments, his severe rash comes back! Just FYI.

By: staci @ teaching money to kids

staci @ teaching money to kids — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:38:16 +0000

maybe you do this already, but when we do the cold sock trick we use old adult socks with the toes cut out and then they can completely cover the legs or arms.
Our bad spots are in the knee and elbow joints.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:08:24 +0000

I have found that taking 1000mg Biotin (a form of vitamin B) daily has relieved my itchy legs. I do not have the severe skin issues only a very mild case in the winter, but the Biotin has completely helped!
Thanks for posting about this problem!

By: Kalee

Kalee — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:32:59 +0000

What a blessing this blog has been to you! Having had skin issues, I can understand the frustration of not knowing what to do.

By: wanda

wanda — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:27:42 +0000

My teenage daughter has fought this battle her whole life.
We’ve done IT ALL!!!

She’s had 2 rounds of steroids this year already. She was in such bad condition…nothing but the prednisone would clear her up.

We’ve used the lard method…..especially in the summer. Swimming pool chlorine seemed to cause her much distress.
This applied before swimming helped tremendously.

She cannot use anything with lanolyn in it. It’s deadly to her. She’ll claw herself to death..
Thanks for the great tips!

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:55:07 +0000

I am so glad to read this. I had our boy up at ten last night doing our routine at an odd hour because he wasn’t sleeping. I totally understand the part about not even thinking about all that you do, just doing it as a part of your daily practice.

For the record, Holly, we use coconut oil frequently. Son loves it and we have been very pleased with the effects.