Comments on: What We Did To Help Our Son’s Eczema – Without Drugs

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:06:21 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. My daughter is 8 years old and has had eczema for the last three years. It is so bad that she has herself all scratched up from inching. We got the stuff from the doctor and she doesnt like it, she rans and hides when I want to put it on her. When I do get it her on she will start to cry and scream that it burns. I am ready to try something else. We did use Shaklee at one time, I think it is about time we go back to useing it. You said to use 100% cotton cloths is that orangic or just any 100% cotton cloths. Thank again. I will post again later after try the stuff.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:40:13 +0000

Laura, Thank you so much for the information. My daughter who is 8 years old, has had eczema for the last three years. We have tryed the stuff from her doctor and didnt help. Everytime I would try to put the stuff on her she would ran and hide. If I did get it on her skin she would start to cry and scream saying that it burns. I feel better when she would say this. She has it all over her body. She has herself so scratched up that she bleeds. I did use to use Shaklee vitmans, I think it is time to return to useing Shaklee. When you said about only use 100% cotton cloths, is that organic or just any 100% cotton? Thank you so much for sharing.

By: Rose

Rose — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:24:46 +0000

wish i knew how to contact this person because i’d love to know where she’s at and how is her 2, probably 3 yr old now. :( I relate having a 3 yr old in a similar spot. we are doing GAPS to hopefully solve it. I will keep you in prayer as the Lord reminds me.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:21:37 +0000

My youngest has issues similar to your son. I hope by this point things are better.
My daughters both had issues from just after they were born. Exclusively breastfed for 6 months the skin problems seemed to get even worse when they were introduced to food after 6 months.
We chose allergy testing at 7 months after an elimination diet for me (breast-feeding) and her did not give us results. We found that among other things she was allergic to white potatoes. This was not something I would have thought of and was consuming when we tried the elimination diet.
After we had results, the whole family went on her restrictive diet. Others ate different things outside the home but I followed it with her until she quit breastfeeding just before turning two.
We still deal with flareups but if she does not come into contact with her triggers she does well.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:21:11 +0000

I gave my son 4 each day, if I remember right.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:23:26 +0000

I looked at the link for the black current seed oil, but there was no dosage information listed. How did you know how much to give your little one?

Thanks!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:26:35 +0000

Hi Laura. I just wanted to let you know that I have many health issues including eczema. The doctors have found that I am allergic to corn in all of it forms. I elimated the corn from my diet and the eczema went away along with many other issues that I had no idea were connected to the corn allergy. Removing corn from my diet was a life saver! God never ment for the corn to be processed and used to the point we have taken it.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:26:38 +0000

Mostly, I kept nursing him very often – more often than I did my others as they were turning one and then two years old. And I focused on giving him lots of veggies. Sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, peas. Frozen peas were his favorite finger food. :)

By: Amanda Koch

Amanda Koch — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:54:54 +0000

Hi Laura,

So sorry if you have already answered this elsewhere on the site, but what DID you feed Malachi when you were avoiding grains and sugars at first?

My 9mo has had eczema pretty much since birth, and it is now getting way worse since he’s been on solids and has learned how to scratch. He’s still nursing so I’m going to try to switch to a bland whole foods diet too and slowly introduce the common trigger foods to see if I can figure out what causes his reactions. But I just need to know what should we be eating at first?!??!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:18:17 +0000

I haven’t read all of the comments posted so maybe someone has mentioned this already. I developed eczema in my late 30′s that put me in the hospital. It turned out to be an allergic reaction to lanolin. I had started taking a D3 supplement since my levels were low one month prior to be hospitalized. I had also noticed dairy seemed to make my itching worse. (The federal government requires vitamin D3 be added to all milk that does not naturally have enough which is usually everything except whole milk.) D3 is created by exposing lanolin from sheep’s wool to a UV light. It took me a year to figure all this out so even though I have stopped taking D3 supplements and am avoiding any dairy products with D3 I still have mild to moderate eczema. It’s as if the allergy even though eliminated has left my skin hyper-sensitive to everything and it has been a year since I started avoiding D3. I am hoping that through different types of cleanses my skin will return to normal. So long story short lanolin, not milk, may be a culprit for some eczema suffers. My dermatologist was perfectly content with me slathering steriod cream all over my body but I wasn’t. She also told me that most people who have eczema will never really know what causes it and didn’t understand my obsessive determination to find the cause. Therefore, I applaud you trying to control your son’s eczema naturally and will pray for you and your son as soon as I submit this comment.