Question about hydrocortisone and eczema

soon2Bmrspower · December 2009

Last night there was a post about eczema where a few people mentioned not putting hydrocortisone on their LO's face. Did anyone's pedi tell them that? Our pedi said it was okay on the face - just not for more than 5 days in a row, because it could cause skin thinning or something like that. Just curious what your pedi said about it on the face and what you use instead if you don't use it on the face. Our little guy's cheeks are the worst patch!

JARbaby · December 2009

Just at the Pedi for this yesterday for both girls. None on face. Okay on body twice a day for up tp 2 weeks.

lisabowman · December 2009

hydrocortisone is a steroid, that's why you should not use it on their face or hands, it makes it easier to get in their eyes, nose, mouth.

elizabethlayne · December 2009

I have a prescription steriod and the MD is okay with it on the face, but as a pharmacist I rarely use it there unless it gets really bad. Too much medication gets asorbed into the body when you apply it on the face because the skin is so thin. As I tell all my patient's go with the advice from your pedi, but if your really concerned call the office tomorrow to double check sometimes MD's don't always communicate things properly.

brooketini · December 2009

I've put a teensy amount on DD's face before, but I wouldn't do it regularly. Maybe try a layer of Cerave or Cetaphil with Aquaphor on top to seal it in?

elizabethlayne · December 2009

Brooketini is it odd that when I read your SN I though of Hulk Hogan...NFT

VinBert · December 2009

lisabowman:
hydrocortisone is a steroid, that's why you should not use it on their face or hands, it makes it easier to get in their eyes, nose, mouth.

I have been told this

Jules122907 · December 2009

DD's eczema has cleared up everywhere except for her face. We have a prescription cream from teh dermatologist that we can put on her face but have to be extremely careful to not get it in her mouth or let her get her hands in it till it has sunk in a bit. We are only able to go three days using it and then we have to go three days off.

brooketini · December 2009

elizabethlayne:
Brooketini is it odd that when I read your SN I though of Hulk Hogan...NFT

Ugh, someone else told me that one time too. I did not realize that's what he called his daughter- people on my softball team used to call me that. They must have been fans of their show Indifferent Not exactly who I want to be affiliated with lol