Read if you use prescription meds on your baby for eczema

AshleyMF1983

Hello all,

My 20 month old DD has started sprouting eczema on her thighs.  As someone who has fought a 30 year battle with terrible eczema, I know what I can use for myself but I am wondering if doctors will prescribe prescription creams/ointments for a child as young as she is.  Her problem is minor at the moment and she does not seem fazed by it, but plain old Eucerin isn't clearing it up.  I plan to call her doctor soon but I just wanted to ask around here first.

Thanks all!

PsyDr04

DS doesn't have horrible eczema but does have it. It was worse this winter. The pedi prescribed an ointment for him called Triamcinolone. We use as needed. You can put Eucerin or Aquaphor on over it.

PsyDr04

I forgot to mention that DS is almost 16 months old.

aandg

We use an rx strength hydrocortisone cream. We also have an rx antibiotic ointment for when the eczema gets really bad. We do the hydrocortisone twice a day on any outbreaks and put Aquaphor or Cetaphil(for eczema) over it. 

NohNah

The doctor is having me out some over the counter cortisone cream on my son's cheeks and calves, under aveeno lotion. It's been working pretty well! He is 19 mos old by the way. 

LMBecky11

My LO has keratosis pilaris and eczema covering her legs and most of her arms and on her lower back/sides and a little on her cheeks and the dermatologist prescribed a steroid cream (sorry I can't remember what its called) and said to use it twice a day f

daton

My little one gets it on her legs as well. We bought some tea tree ointment, they sell it at health stores. It really helps her a lot.

LMBecky11

LMBecky11:

My LO has keratosis pilaris and eczema covering her legs and most of her arms and on her lower back/sides and a lit

Dookie3211

My son has been on some kind of steroid cream since about 4 months old. He had weeping eczema last summer that got really infected so we didn't have much of a choice. We went to a pediatric dermatologist in October and since then have been using 2 differe

Divallyn

We have been using a hydrocortisone cream on my LO since he was 4 months old. Not on a regular basis however. This summer was so bad that the doctors jaw dropped when he saw the severity of my sons eczema and at that point we had to put him on internal