Hi, sorry to hear of your struggles - you have my sympathies as we went through this with my now 3 year old, when he was 4 - 9 months old. Things I learnt are: - There are no quick fixes - There is a lot of well intentioned advice surrounding eczema and lots of 'miracle cures' suggested. Sadly it seems no one case of eczema is alike and it will be trial and error to find what works for you - The GPs I saw lacked even basic knowledge about eczema and one GP blamed me for my son's eczema apparently as i wasn't moisturising him enough (it turned out he had multiple food allergies so that was nonsense). - Eczema could well be food allergy or other allergy related. Removing items from the diet is possible but really needs to be done for a month at a time as there are no quick results. My son's severe eczema cleared up after we had the results of an allergy blood test that highlighted multiple allergies. However, even after the allergens were removed (and this was from my breastmilk as he wasn't eating solids yet) it still needed a strong steroid cream (elecon) to shift it as it was so bad it didn't simply go away when the allergens were removed. - I think eczema can also be triggered by dry skin / changes in temperature/ central heating etc. I hope you get the help you need and don't be fobbed off with rubbish advice. We ended up paying to see a private dermatologist just once and she basically sorted everything out almost overnight, after months of GP advice and even a specialist eczema nurse couldn't help us.
