My Daughter is 6 months and has a very bad skin condition anyone heard or seen this??

Her skin has always been very sensitive to EVERYTHING. About two months ago we notice her skin getting dry and peeling--She starting itching!! She itches her skin so bad she bleeds, she has scratches all over her (we have to stick mittins,socks on her hands but she bites them off) She has red bumps all over her, her skin is peeling. The dotctors thought maybe it was her formula so they put her on Soy but, she is still ICHING uncontrolably!! We have tryed everything from perscriptions, to any kind of VERY DRY SENSITIVE SKIN lotions we can find! Nothing works, We have tried changing everything we could think of laundry soap, shampoo everything....Any IDEAS??

My Daughter is 6 months and has a very bad skin condition anyone heard or seen this??
I am glad you asked this question because maybe i can help! I have a 7 month old son who went through the exact same thing, and is just starting to get over it. The y tried to change his formula many times, and his food, and laundry soaps, etc. It got to the point where i had to sew socks onto the ends of his shirts because he would scratch himnself so bad that he left bloddy scratch marks!





Lotion actually will make it worse, so try avoiding that from now one, as well as creams with oils or Vaseline. Also avoid long contact with soap, water, heat, and cold. Sweat makes it worse, so try and keep her clean and dry.





The doctor said that our son had eczema. However, we tried all the medicines for eczema and they didnt work. We figured out that it was more than just eczema, it was a combination of that and Psoriasis, which is almost the same thing, but treated complelty different.





We have found only one thing that works, and i hope you can try it for your daughter. It called Psoriasin Gel. It's over the counter, but can cost about $30. We bought our's at Walmart. Since we have used this on our son, his skin condition has disappear about 95%!, and we no longer have to put socks on his hands...lol!





Good luck to you and your daughter!
Reply:Sounds like eczema, and there are plenty of creams in pharmaceutical stores.
Reply:Just infant dermatitis. It will probably go away, just keep it clean and moisturized and if it persists, see your doctor.
Reply:I was the same when i was born it took years for me to grow out of it. like your daughter they changed my formula but that wasn't enough. I couldn't use soap and my mother couldn't use a lot of detergent to wash my clothes. see if your doctor can if you some cream for her i know that they can i have used it.
Reply:My son has had the same thing lately, not quite as bad as you are describing. If you are bottle feeding, are you using latex(brown) nipples? I figured out my son is allergic to latex when he was about a month old, switched his nipples to silicone and rash went away. My doc also told me he has eczema, have you tried Elidel cream. It works pretty good, and his rashes are fading some. Have you tried giving her a bath in Aveeno oatmeal bath? That works wonders! Hope I helped some... Good luck!!
Reply:I think your baby has eczema. It could be triggered by just about anything- food, clothes, or other allergies. Everything cotton is the best, and I hear that All free and clear laundry detergent with no fabric softener is good. Keep her nails short, and you might want to try using a humidifier in her room if you live in a dry area. I hear oatmeal baths work well, too. Keep trying things to see what works and to find out what she's allergic to.
Reply:Some people don't realize that those "baby" products that we are told to use on our little ones probably contain formaldehyde - what we use to put in dead people. It is most commonly in the ingredients under the name quaternium-15. Formaldehyde causes, among about 30 other things, chronic ear infections and skin irritations. My son was two years old when I switched to safer healthier products and at the time my son was experiencing severe eczema since infancy. He also had 4 ear infections and the doctors began discussing putting in tubes. Within four days of switching to the healthier and safer products all but a spot of eczema on his cheek were gone, and within two weeks that was gone also. Just a little experience I had! And it is reassuring to know that the products I use aren't harmful to my baby boy!








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Reply:You need to take her to a DERMATOLOGIST not her reg. Dr. This is something that they can get under control...so she is comfortable.
Reply:It sounds like eczema.2 of my 3 kids have it.It can be very itchy.Don't use anything with alcohol in it.Don't use anything scented.My kids use hydrocortisone and elidel.They both work really well.I hope this helps you out.Good luck!
Reply:My 6 month old daughter has a few patches of skin like that too. I was given a special cream which actually helps a yeast kind of skin rash. But my pediatrician also told me to use Eucerin. The calming lotion I believe but all of them are good. Just lather that on the spots whenever you see them getting dry and hopefully that works. Also get a second opinion if your doctors are only saying its the formula.
Reply:my daghter has the same thing i use elidel,hydrocortisone cream,triple antibiotic ointment,bactroban cream.have you tryed putting a little bleach in her bath water the doctor told me to do this and it help alot.
Reply:go to a dermatologist, maybe they can help
Reply:Dermatologist asap.
Reply:My son did that and went to a dermatologist he has eczema. You need to take your child to the doctor and get cream, because if they dig at it it will get infected and that is not any fun to deal with.
Reply:There's a lot of great answers for this one... but one things that was briefly mentioned was the allergy. You might consider an allergist. Also, my son has Celiac Disease. His manifests (most common) as a GI disorder, however there is also a form of it that is a dermatitis. This is fairly rare - though not as much as doctors would like us to think. It is an intolerance to Wheat Gluten.


I hope you find the reason/cause. I know its hard when your child isn't feeling his/her best.


Good Luck.
Reply:It sounds like eczema. All the scratching could have infected it. It becomes impetigo. She may need antibiotics. See a dermatologist. If your Dr. doesn't know and just keeps giving her Rxs, that's not good for her either. Some meds actually make rashes worse. Please get a referral for a dermatologist. It's your best bet. Good luck.
Reply:Take her an Allergist, or a Dermatologist one. I'd go for the Allergist though.
Reply:My daughter had something simialr but not quite so severe. Nothing we found worked either and prescription medication left a small scar on her leg so we quit using it. We finally discovered this lotion that worked very well. Aveeno baby care lotion is the name of it. Let me tell you, it is expensive but anything is better than scarring your child from dermatologic creams.
Reply:Just wondering if you have tried anything natural like aloe vera. My friend makes a cream for her brother in law that has seriasus. I think it is a vitamin E based cream with aloe, burgamont oil, lemon grass, and im pretty sure there is something else. It works really well, I got her to make it for my god daughter. I'm also pretty sure she got the recipe on da net but not to sure where.
Reply:my baby had somthing similar that the dr diagnosed as eczema. we used cetaphil to bathe %26amp; moisturize (dr recommended)and it went away. also, if you arent using dreft or baby all- you may want to consider switching-- it might help. in the meantim, see a derm.


good luck!!
Reply:wow im sorry maybe u should try web md
Reply:i agree with ladlo





some creams can make it worse stick to e45 cream
Reply:i have eczema too but i control it with cortizone-10 and gold bond lotion. availabel at any walgreens. it works wonders, really soft skin too.
Reply:eczema probably...its normal and it isnt contagious...just irritating.
Reply:It sounds like infantile eczema to me but you should get a proper diagnosis. My 10 month old daughter had the same thing. I changed my soap powder to SURCARE it is perfume free and you can get in the supermarket. I stopped using anything in the bath apart from oilatum you get it from the chemist. I also applied hydrocortisone 1% to her skin and the eczema cleared up within days. I now moisturise her skin x2 daily with a cream called AVEENO I get it on prescription from my GP and it is miracle stuff. Her skin is now beautiful. Even when you get your daughters skin cleared up it is important to moisturise the skin at least twice daily as dry skin is what triggers the eczema. Hope this helps I know how distressing it is! Please get a proper diagnosis though.
Reply:my 9 month old is like that but doesn't scratch. His skin feels so rough at times and everything seems to irritate him. The doctor said it was infantile eczema.