Reddit mentions of Aveeno Baby Eczema Therapy Nighttime Balm with Natural Colloidal Oatmeal for Eczema Relief, 11 oz.

So my son's shoulder developed this eczema patch and he was absolutely miserable. After trying a bunch of other moisturizers and lotions, I grabbed this Aveeno Baby Eczema Balm and hoped for the best.

And holy crap, did the best come through! This is literally the difference of 2 days. I applied it 2-3 times a day, just like I had been with the other products. It's a thick, smooth formula that goes on easily and soaks in fast. What an amazing difference!

There's one tiny little raised dot left, but it otherwise barely feels like there's any difference to the rest of his arm, not to mention how well the redness vanished.

Aveeno, you have one very happy customer... and a very un-itchy baby!

Wet wrap therapy! I've recently been dealing with an eczema patch on my arm that has been burning and incessantly itching. Wet wrap therapy has given me so much relief and really calmed down inflammation. There are lots of different ways you can do wet wrap therapy. I first apply moisturizer to my eczema, then wet absorbent cotton gauze in cool water. I place the wet gauze on my eczema, then wrap it with breathable, dry cotton gauze or a cotton t shirt. I'm really thankful for wet wrap therapy, this is what has allowed me to sleep at night.

There's more info on wet wrap therapy from The National Jewish Hospital and National Eczema Org.

Do not use wet wrap therapy over a steroid without first consulting your doctor. Wet wrap therapy increases how much moisturizer your skin absorbs, if applied over a steroid, you will be absorbing more of the steroid, and this can cause problems.


Colloidal oatmeal. I mistakenly thought colloidal oatmeal was a useless old remedy, but there's research it's anti inflammatory and a humectant. My favorite moisturizers with colloidal oatmeal are Gold Bond's Eczema Relief and Aveeno Eczema Relief Nighttime Balm. I've personally found these moisturizers more effective than CeraVe and Vanicream.

Diaper rash ointment with zinc oxide. There's research supporting the use of zinc for eczema, it's anti inflammatory and anti bacterial. This helped itching and burning too, and made the biggest difference in calming down the inflammation I was experiencing. I saw the most improvement when I started using this, I'll post a before and after later. EDIT: Here's an imgur album with a before and after. What I would do was first layer a lotiony moisturizer (Gold Bond's Ezema Relief), then a thicker balm (Aveeno's Balm), and then apply a thick layer of diaper cream with zinc oxide. I then wrapped it in breathable cotton gauze. For whatever reason zinc oxide helped me more than steroids. I do like I don't have to worry about steroid withdrawal with this.

Keeping the eczema wrapped up, especially during bad flare ups with itching. It's important to use something breathable! I love cotton gauze for this. Keeping it wrapped up prevented me from scratching, and helped me break the itch-scratch cycle.

Have you ever tried Aveeno Baby Eczema Therapy Nighttime Balm?
Both myself and my baby get eczema on the insides of our elbows and around the neck and that stuff worked wonders. It even worked on his cradle cap which was AWFUL when he was born. I'm talking like overnight major improvement and gone within a week.

(PART 1) I couldn’t fix my painful dehydrated skin until i incorporated urea and lanolin, and regular use of petrolatum into my skin care. But idk how you feel about those... It took me a good year or year and a half to fix my dehydrated skin from overexfoliation.

Also, putting on occlusives right away after you wash and put on humectants is super important. Otherwise it can dry you out more.

So what I do is use a very gentle, non-foaming cleanser (I use LRP Gentle Hydrating) and while my face is still wet, put on all my hydrating toners and serums. Then go into lotions and creams RIGHT AWAY. You can watch Dr. Dray on YouTube who describes why this works.

When my skin was SO full of pain, from extremely dry, tight skin and irritated acne-like cysts everywhere, the only thing that didn’t hurt like a mf was Vanicream. It took me hundreds of dollars and tons of trial and error and babying my skin to get it back to normal. Now I can use AHA, azelaic acid, vitamin c, and even tretinoin and hydroquinone without a problem!!!

It took me hundreds of dollars and tons of trial and error and babying my skin to get it back to normal. Now I can use AHA, vitamin c, and even tretinoin and hydroquinone without a problem!!! 

No one or two products fixed my dehydrated skin. It took a TON of research over the years learning which ingredients were the most healing, moisturizing, how they work, etc.. And an entire routine around hydrating and moisturizing as much as possible. 

And i know everyone raves about the cosrx snail essence, but it didn’t do shit when my skin was that dehydrated. But there IS some evidence of snail healing damaged skin. The point is to put in as much healing and soothing ingredients into your routine as much as possible. 

I always make sure to include ingredients like: panthenol (derivative of vitamin b5), allantoin, urea, hualuronic acid, glycerin, aloe, colloidal oatmeal, ceramides (huge!!!), niacinamide (especially useful for brightening and healing your skin), petroleum (there is NOTHING out there that reduces transepidermal water loss like petroleum can. I tried to be all ~natural is better~ for a while, but realized it wasn't doing anything to help fix my skin), etc.

And not just adding these helped fix my skin, but leaving things out was a HUGE step in finally letting my skin heal. I avoid these like the plague: fragrance, natural (essential oils) or synthetic, alcohol anywhere other than sunscreen, sodium lauryl sulfate (sodium LAURETH sulfate is the gentler one, but I avoid that for my face too anyways. Any surfectants can be aided to be milder by adding cocamidopropyl betaine), all acids until my skin could handle them (interestingly enough, vitamin c serum actually helped my skin hold more water instead of hurting me), and things that I know irritate my skin.

Things that were/are biggest contributors of keeping my skin moist and hydrated, in no particular order:

Thayers Unscented Alcohol-Free Witch Hazel - the first thing that goes on my skin after washing. It's just water, aloe, glycerin and witch hazel. It's so simple but idk why my skin likes it so much, lol. It's HG for me.

Hadalabo Premium Lotion - HG, must have. ALWAYS put occlusives on top, do not wait for it to dry. Hyaluronic acids, urea, algae. This is my one non-negotiable skin care item.

Aveeno Eczema Therapy Cream - Super moisturizing. Colloidal oatmeal, glycerin, panthenol, petrolatum, a ceramide, dimethicone. (Also, people demonize silicones, but they are not bad ingredients. They are actually really helpful in keeping in moisture, providing slip, and smooth feel for skin and hair. And no, they don't prevent other things from reaching the skin.) And Aveeno Eczema Therapy Night Time Balm for something heavier but has same ingredients. You can use both.

And of course, CeraVe Moisturizing Cream - ceramides, cholesterol, must have skin-identical lipids that dehydrated skin lacks, hyaluronic acid, petrolatum, dimethicone. This by itself didn't help a whole lot, but with an army of all the different gentle, soothing things, it helped tremendously.

CeraVe PM- same as the cream, but much lighter and has 4% niacinamide I believe. Niacinamide has been key to helping my dry-ass skin. It does SO many things. I DIY 6% niacinamide and 5% n-acetyl glucosamine to boost the niacinamide even further. But you can find this ingredient in loads of AB things and Olay products. Make sure the Olay stuff is fragrance-free if you get them. I like the Olay Anti-Aging Face Cream a lot. You can use the CeraVe lotion if you for some reason can't tolerate niacinamide, but want something lighter than the cream.

Aquaphor Healing Ointment - SLUG LIFE is a MUST if you have dehydrated skin. You can use Cerave healing ointment too, but it's redundant if you use the cream or lotion. It's not as occlusive as aquaphor. Aquaphor isn't just a more pricier Vaseline as people suggest. It does have white petrolatum that is oh-so helpful, it also has healing ingredients like panthenol and bisobolol, and also lanolin alcohol and glycerin for humectants. I put on a THICK layer of this when I go to bed.

If you wanna go a step further and go super saiyan, and you aren't sensitive to lanolin, you can use Lasinoh Lanolin before or after Aquaphor. I can't stand the smell of lanolin, but this one is medical-grade and doesn't have a smell. Lanolin is SUPER helpful because of it's crazy humectant properties but it also acts as an occlusive.

For just uber Panthenol healing, you can get something that stars Panthenol as the main star ingredient, like DML Forte Cream or Timeless Skin Care Vitamin B5 Serum. I don't use the cream anymore, but I do still use the serum. It looks expensive, but if you get the refill sale, it's about $7/oz (idk what country you live in, but this is the price for me in the U.S.). I HIGHLY recommend their vitamin c, e, ferulic acid serum as well when your skin can handle it. It works out to about $8 an ounce if you get it during refill sale. It stays good for a while in the fridge. I wrap it in foil and transfer it to a 1 oz dropper bottle for using it in my bathroom. It gives glow to your skin like NOTHING ELSE, and boosts your sunscreen (the antioxidants slow the degradation of sunscreen ingredients, giving a huge boost to your sunscreen) and has helped me with water retention. If you can't get it on refill sale, use the HotandFlashy (I also recommend her Youtube channel) code hf5off to get $5 off. It's a forever coupon code.