I make tea tree acne face products on my site. very effective and great sellers too

Shea butter - I have had really bad eczema on my hands lately - my fingertip split and was so sore. I realise pompholyx isn't the same as atopic eczema but I would try it.

I slathered it in shea for a day and it has cleared up.

Helen, you are spot on. Pretty much everyone's eczema is unique and GPs, and even dermatologists, don't understand how overheating makes things much worse.

Alternatively, I find coconut oil very cooling so that might help.

I love aromatherapy but I wouldn't put any eos on as they can make things worse.

Bathing with a cool sea salt, preferably dead sea salt, solution may help a lot. I find seawater miraculously effective.

I have been asked so many times at events for something that would help with eczema - I did a Pamper Evening on Thursday and there was a lad there helping his mum with her stall - he was in the middle of an awful outbreak, poor kid  all up his arms and on his legs.

And then the doctor tells them to put aqueous cream on it - a glorious mixture of SLS and petrochemicals. It makes me mad.

I second Shea butter - works for my daughter and worked for my nan, but not sure if it works anyone else.

Just one warning, no fragrance whatsoever! No EO, no FO, nothing!! Even Lavender stung like hell for my daughter. And she has also noticed that any creams that have any form of preservative in it make her Exzcema itch or sting. That one took us a long time to work out. She rarely gets it now, but when she does have an outbreak, I smother her in whipped shea until all cracks are healed (make sure it is whipped softly, you don't want to drag the skin) and then I make some lotion without EO and preservative (has to be kept in the fridge and used within 5 days) and that clears it up. I wouldn't even bother with the lotion, but DS gets tired of the heavy butter after a couple of days and she can put the lotion on in the morning before going to school, the shea butter makes her tights stick.

I find lavender really aggravates it as well and I suspect preservatives also make mine worse.

One time I put L'Occitane lavender hand cream on it and it got much worse. Shea is the best thing I've found so far.

Hello Beth,

I did not make my balm specifically for ecezma but from the feedback I've had–people have had success with reducing it when using my balm. If you would me to send you a tiny sample to test please let me know.

Eczema is basically an auto-immune problem so all we can do it help relieve the symptoms.  I have a product called Baby Butt Balm that sells more to people with eczema and psoriasis than for baby's butts :mwaha:

What's in it? I'm guessing the answer isn't baby butts.

Cocoa Butter, Zinc Oxide, Lanolin, a couple of other oils and essential oils.  Works really well....

Oh yeah and no babies butt's were harmed in the manufacture of the butt balm....

 :mwaha:

Have to third a simple whipped shea , non scented with rice bran , my freind uses mine on her 2 kiddies and both combined with their prescrbed creams have virtually cleared up , I advertise it as an intensive moisturiser , nothing else. I wont put eos such as tea tree if its for kids due to possible alergic reaction , mainly as ecma sufferers have very sensitive skin.

Thanks guys. My friend's little boy still suffers terribly, it's much worse when he's stressed about something at school.

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I noticed that you said a couple of months ago that your friends boy still suffers terribly. My husband and 3 children have all suffered with very severe eczema, my husband has even had to spend a week in hospital a couple of years ago. So I really understand! I started selling my own products some are for eczema a few weks ago. I have also made a leaflet with my top tips for eczema, I wonder if this would be helpful.

Hiya Beth

I have had terrible eczema for years.  I would always recommend a dermatologist - I agree with a lot of the post here.  What works for one doesn't always work for another.  The only thing that has helped me is protopic, absolutely fantastic ointment & Shea bath melts I make myself.