Eczema

aveeno is a good moisturiser (something to do with the oat extract;natural moisturiser) Problem with eczema is the natural barrier of the skin breaks down and open to irritants and loss of moisture.

all trial and error really. go through a whole list and stick to the one whcih suits you best.

google: purenuffstuff. Natural skin care range (without all the chemicals which aggrevate/cause these types of skin problems.
The care range for eczema/psoriasis is meant to be good.

Think it was overlooked in my first post....

Abido cream really was a miracle cure and would advise it. It sounds crazy and usually i wouldnt promote things like that - dont think you can get it prescribed but again depends how desperate you are. My mum brought it me once and made me try it and it cleared up my whole body in less than a week. Ive just googled it and they seem to make a big deal of it in forums and stuff, but when i applied it wow - its like hydrating but not greasy... it sorta gel flakey skin together until i showered and revealed clean, normal colour skin underneath.

also - if your skin is constantly flaring it could be that you are in constant contact with allergens - a particular common one is house dust mites - i hoover my room twice a week just for peace of mind and its important to have clean bedsheets - change them regularly - it might seem hassle but when results come its worth it.

good luck

So to everyone who has used cream after cream actually give homeopathy a go, it can work really well. And if nothing else is working what have you got to lose.

So to everyone who has used cream after cream actually give homeopathy a go, it can work really well. And if nothing else is working what have you got to lose.

Money and a small chunk of your time each day. You'd get the same effect if someone you trusted gave you vials of tap water with CURES ECZEMA written on it each day.

I recall a couple in Australia giving homeopathic treatment to their baby daughter (who had roughly the same condition as me) and her dieing slowly and painfully as a result of not getting any real medicine.

If a placebo can do it for you, I recommend picking a free one. I recall the placebo effect can work even if you know it's a placebo, so telling yourself that smiles and hugs will make your eczema better probably will.

Well everyone has different viewpoints on the matter. Homeopathy can be a good thing but it can also be a bad thing. I went to the guy once, he gave me medicine, told me to take it every day and what do you know my eczema cleared up. This was when I was 8, ten years later I'm practically eczema free, with a few flare ups when I eat a lot of junk but nothing to the level I had it.

Maybe it was just a "placebo" or maybe it actually treated my eczema. All I know is I went to a homeopath, I took what I was given and the result was my eczema was gone. Looking back I'm glad my mum took me to a homeopath, otherwise I would still probably be using steroids every single day.

Homeopathic treatment was a last resort when I got it and it worked but I would never replace my GP with a homeopath. That's not what I'm saying at all but sometimes alternative treatments can work.

Also my sister as well as a few of my cousins have eczema. My sister was never taken to a homeopath, and she still has pretty bad eczema on her arms and behind her knees. She got treated by a GP.

My cousin's eczema was as bad as mines was, she used steroids given to her by the GP, her eczema is still as bad as mine was when I was a child.

So I wouldn't say homeopathy is the worst thing in the world, it's when people don't use it cautiously it can become the worst thing in the world.

Homeopathic medicines are so dilute that you are just taking pure water. It's just a placebo.

there are some scientists who claim that drinking water (ionized water?) can help reduce/cure eczema and a whole host of other diseases. All to do with the acidic/alkaline balance of the body.....

I get the feeling that these scientists are probably not real scientists, and that they've probably not got much in the way of evidence or backing from the scientific community.

I get the feeling that these scientists are probably not real scientists, and that they've probably not got much in the way of evidence or backing from the scientific community.

No they are "real scientists" (degrees in various sciences/publications etc), both medical doctors and research scientists in Japan discovered the process of ionising water (late 50s) but only recently has the research intensified into the benefits of drinking ionised water. No doubt, there are many sceptics, but there is apparently a following in america for alkaline ionised water.