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Boy do I have experience with Excema. I was both with it 39 years ago. It was severe then and my mother has mentioned several times how she couldn't use the new fangled disposable diapers that had just came out. It was so bad I couldn't even have rubber pants on, only natural fabrics. At that time I was born, the doctors told my mother to always use Neutrogena products on my skin and any detergent but Tide. She used Fab forever. Hyrdocortisone was only available by prescription and I had it by jars at all times. It was the only thing to curtail the rash. I'm sure things have changed a lot since then but I still stay away from Tide and use several Neutogena products.
It ended up concentrating on my arms and hands mainly. It would flare up so bad there were times my hands look like claws. My knuckles are pretty scared up from it to this day. It left the skin very thick and rough.
I started regular indoor tanning about 10 years ago, partly for my Excema, and tanning has actually cured my Excema completely. It took a while though. I'd say I've been break out free for at least 6 years. Even though I tanned outdoors since my teen years, the natural sun never really did much for the excema. Seems only the UV in the tanning bed has helped mine. You may want to consider very light tanning to see if it helps your son.
If you haven't tried them, you may look at Cetaphil products. These were recommended to me as a good alternative water, free cleanser.
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[ This Message was edited by: Luv2BTan on 2003-02-04 10:26 ][ This Message was edited by: Luv2BTan on 2003-02-04 10:26 ]
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