By biba on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 08:42 pm:| By biba on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 08:42 pm: |
Have you tried asking GP for Allergenics.They have a body lotion and emollient cream. Its the only one I have found so far without any mineral oil, paraffin or petroleum.
| By Femanelay on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 12:46 pm: |
| By Jimbob on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 08:02 pm: |
I have heard great things about these products but not yet tried them. I may try them soon as the cream we are currently using is very difficult to get hold of.
Kelly
| By FemespemasE on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 01:53 pm: |
| By ryleighk on Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 03:40 pm: |
Hi..My daughter had severe eczema growing up and we tried everything back then, used a lot of cortisone cream which we know now isn't good. She now has a beautiful 7 month old girl who apparently is taking after Mommy. I discovered California Baby products on line and they seem to be working very well, they have supersensitive unscented lotions, calendula cream and other products..It's worth a try for those of you with babies or children.
| By ErannyArtit on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 04:09 pm: |
| By itsy134 on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 03:46 am: |
My son who is three has been going through a three month long flare up. We just took him off wheat for three weeks and have been using a cream called MIMYX. His skin is softer and looks much better. We cant decide wheter it was from the cream or the wheat free diet. The only problem is when we apply the cream he screams and says it BURNS. Has anyone experienced this? I cant find info about this cream being used long term and if it is safe to use.
| By wheatfreecured on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 10:48 pm: |
Bethan...
Keep in mind that she could be allergic to whatever you are eating...ie... you are consuming dairy... so is she... you are eating anything... wheat/white flour... that could be doing it... you need to have her allergy tested...
jeannine
| By Bethan on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 08:23 pm: |
My daughter hasn't been allergy tested and at the moment is still fully breastfed. We once tried her on formula milk and she wouldn't take it but where it touched her skin she went red and swollen with little white blisters. Not a good sign.
| By wheatfreecured on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 03:13 pm: |
Bethan...
Has your daughter been allergy treated ?
Is she breast feeding ?
Those creams will not help the itch and will not sooth any discomfort...
j
| By Bethan on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 10:34 am: |
Hi, Our four month old daughter is currently being plastered in Epaderm at least four times a day and I would much prefer to use a non petro moisturiser. Has anyone tried unrefined Shea Butter or cocoa butter or any other natural products? Any results? We've used Medihoney on flare ups and it seems to help the skin heal quickly like a hydrocortisone would do. Smells sweet but stains clothing like a fake tan!
| By Hays on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 11:03 am: |
For several weeks I have been bothered by some sort of lip/mouth allergy, or something worse. It starts with my lips swelling inside and out. This last round progressed to a mouth condition called 'thrush', although I'm not certain the lip swelling and the mouth conditon were caused by the same thing. I have take four bottles of medication, finishing two days ago. Symptoms were gone about six days ago. This morning my lips are swelling again. I use petroleum jelly on my lips as a lubricant, especially at night. It has occurred to me that this might be causing my problem. Has anyone ever heard ot this before?
| By melmom03 on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 04:35 am: |
There is this product available at many organic health food and personal product stores. It's called Un-Jelly, and it's completely natural. My daughter has severe allergies to so many things and quickly develops allergies to many emmollients after she has used them for a few weeks, and this has really helped. Also, using Neem or Jojoba oil before you put on the emmollient cream works really well, too. If you can stand it, the best thing I have found for my daughter's severe eczema is wet wraps. We usually only have to do them at night for her really bad flares, but it works wonders if you can stand the feeling of it.
| By sarah on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 07:44 pm: |
akamuti.co.uk do a wonderful range of petroleum free moisturisers from baby balm to beauty products. I buy a big tub of their shea butter for use on my son - you have to rub it in your hands to melt it but it is a great moisturiser - I think as good as yellow paraffin for a barrier moisturiser but without the oil derivitives and smell. (not suitable for latex allergy though)
| By Nicole on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 01:47 pm: |
I personally dont use creams that have petroluim jelly in it because it is a derivitive of petrol so you can imagine when i noticed that in New Zealand they have started using petroluim in the acqueous i had to change brands so i am using QV on my body and i use weleda rose and calendula cream on my face it smells divine and has made a good improvement in just 2 days i still have to reapply it 1/2 hr but i am definetly pleased with it specially beacause it is made from natural products and the calendula is known to calm the skin and help repair damaged skin
| By None on Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 09:29 pm: |
Hi im 18 years old and I have eczema all over my lower legs. My doctor prescribed an corticosteriod as well as petroleum jelly. I don't see any harm in using petroleum jelly...it has releievd my skin. However, if you still have doubts, I would def. recommend Eucerin. Hope that helps!
| By Kitty on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 11:12 pm: |
To Natallie, my dermotologist told me than the white patches which are also on my 7 yr old are a pigment flaw and is only noticeable in the summer when you get a tan, nothing to do with the h/c, a bit like the Michael Jackson syndrome!!
| By Kitty on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 11:08 pm: |
I have been using Epiderm from the doctor on my 7 yr old, it is an emmolient, a bit like vaseline but soaks in a little better, I also use h/c 1%, it still is a battle though.
| By dllands on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 - 05:32 am: |
i have terrible eczema on my feet and hands, its to the point I cant walk sometimes. I have found Bag Bomb helps does anyone know if this is ok to use
| By natalie on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 11:16 pm: |
hi just got back from holiday and i am brown but on my face arms hands are white from useing hydrocotisome cream.only patches so mad i look a mess it cause i have been useing these creams too long.wish my skin would go brown again .not worried about my arms just my face i have only been useing the cream on and off on my face for few weeks.not going to put it on now and maybe the white paches might go. lets hope
| By Catracks on Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 05:52 pm: |
This is my first time with eczema. I have it on my lower legs and hands. I tried hydrocortizone creams, powders, lotions ... everything. All of them further irritated my skin.
Then I tried petroleum jelly. I'm telling you I had relief almost immediately and incredible improment overnight. You all know how horrible, distracting and maddening a severe case of itching can be.
I'm so happy to be itch free that I am practically skipping! I can't even imagine a baby or small child living with this. They must be miserable. Use the stuff. I've been using it all my life for certain things. It was certainly a mainstay for baby eczema as long as I can remember.
| By Jackie on Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 05:46 pm: |
Check out Triceram. It's non-petroleum and is now available in the UK.It's in Fenwick's in London or mail order from www.eczemabestbuys.co.uk
| By user101 on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 01:23 pm: |
I too went in search of a non petroleum based product. We use Weleda Calendula Baby Moisturizer. There's a lotion available too but I found that too thin. It's based on sesame oil, camomile, and calendula, the last 2 herbs are supposed to be soothing for inflamed and broken skin. I use it on my own skin as well as my baby's and it's the only thing that doesn't irritate or make my skin feel like it's burning. Aqueous cream makes my skin burn.
It's got lanolin though which mightn't suit some.
http://www.ecobaby.co.uk/b_Weleda_1_.htm
| By Phoebe on Friday, December 17, 2004 - 11:00 pm: |
I can't understand the logic of not wanting to use petroleum based creams unless you have an allergy to petroleum based products. I can tell you now you're far more likely to have a reaction to a 'natural' product such as anything with lanolin in it. I know all about that as the dermatologist has just done a patch test on me and found the Oilatum he prescribed for 18 months contains lanolin of which it turns out I'm allergic to (as well as hydrocortisone, but that's another story). I don't know - perhaps try something vegetable based like aloe vera, but I personally don't find it any use and although honey is supposed ot be an emmolient, I'm madly allergic to any bee products myself.
If I were you, I'd ask the doctor to patch tests your son to see if he's got any problems with stuff that he's prescribing.
| By ruth on Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 11:53 pm: |
have you tried Eucerin ointment??? - I have just started using this - is very good - is a lanolin type ointment - very thick but also keeps the skin really soft. comes in big tubs (375 g) - might be able to get it on script from your docs - patch test first in case allergic to lanolin. we haven't had any problems with it - even on totally excoriated skin - hasn't stung. would recommend a trial of this. is very much like consistency of vaseline. is natural formaulation and petroleum free. i don't know how petroleum products rubbed onto the skin would lead to digestive disorders ?????? - unless you ate it - certainly paraffin oil given orally helps to relieve constipation - maybe this is what you mean -
| By siggy79 on Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 06:20 pm: |
I would love to try a petroleum free cream too. Apparently petroleum jelly can cause (in large amounts) skin irritation and digestive disorders. It's also a mineral oil. Mineral oils do not soak into the skin like vegetable oils do. If you want to try ingredients like primrose oil or other EPAs then do this in a vegetable oil base, mixing them with vaseline won't help that much.
| By julia on Monday, June 14, 2004 - 11:20 am: |
My 8 year old son has had eczema since 18 months old. We have tried bath oils, double base, cetraben, diprobase, dermol etc. but I think he is allergic to all of these although the doctors refuse to listen to my concerns. At the moment my son is red, sore, itchy and cracking from head to toe. The sun and baths appear to make him worse. Is there a product without lanolin, petroleum or paraffin?
| By PINKY on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 04:04 pm: |
Hi everybody,
Has anybody used Triceram?i did use it for our daughter when she was 8 months old and it was really a good one!
(Do I sound like an advertisement?But....believe me,it's a parent's advice for another parent)
Check out the website www.triceram.com
Good luck.
PINKY
| By ruth on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 01:05 pm: |
to 'me'- there is a cream called 'anthisan' which is an antihistamine cream (can find on web and can be bought over counter)but it is not recommended for use on eczema because it is not meant to be applied to broken areas of skin (like just about every other skin cream!!!)- it is recommended for hives,itching etc i.e. for use where the skin isn't broken (so i guess if you have got areas where the skin isn't broken then it may be worth a try??). there are indications that these creams don't properly penetrate the skin enough and there is also a risk of it causing a contact allergic dermatitis in itself. it may be helpful for you to get the antihistamine amounts reviewed with your dr to check whether the levels you have been taking are effective enough. sometimes we have found that by giving a few days break in between the antihistamines i.e. a drug 'holiday' and then coming back and using them can sometimes help them to work better. eczema unfortuantely isn't just about the release of histamine into the skin - there are a lot of other chemicals involved that haven't been properly identified as of yet - so that is also why antihistamines can only do some good sometimes
| By me on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 03:40 pm: |
Can anyone recommend antihistamine cream for my 3 year old daughter? I've tried a lot of antihistamine medicines but they have no affect. Many thanks.
| By Voice on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 02:16 am: |
I recommend to look here http://www.shunghite.com/ - good results with this line of products. Altogether a mystery, but it works. Has no petroleum:
The site is a work-in-progress, but questions are welcome and the products available.
| By Country Girl on Monday, April 14, 2003 - 07:27 pm: |
I've only had eczema for three years. Until recently, I've been using over-the-country cortisone ointments and cremes. The ointments have a lot of petroleum jelly in them. Recently I started using petroleum jelly several times a day. The dryness and itching are gone so I don't scratch as much. I don't want to use the stuff in my hair but my arm is healing quite nicely.
| By shell on Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:06 pm: |
I'm just curious as to why you want a petroleum free emollient, because I use Vaseline (a pure petroleum product) multiple times daily to prevent my lips from cracking and am not aware of any side effects or reasons not to use petro. products. Please share your reasoning.
| By AndyB on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 08:57 pm: |
Can anyone recommend an emollient that doesn't contain petroleum, preferably available on prescription. The doctors don't seem to have any. It is for our son who is nearly two and has eczema over most of his body