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Our Childhood Eczema Care Shelf 🧴
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items Eczema has been part of our family's story for generations. These are the gentle cleansers, moisturizers, ointments, and everyday essentials we've actually reached for to care for dry, itchy, sensitive skin and help manage the day-to-day symptoms tha...
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Itch, Scratch & Skin Protection 🩹
Ointments & Extra-Dry Skin Care 🫙
Gentle Cleansers & Bath Care 🛁
Daily Moisture & Eczema Care 🧴
Itch, Scratch & Skin Protection 🩹
The practical extras we keep around for the itchy, uncomfortable side of eczema—flare ups, itch relief, care for minor scratches from scratching, and simple barriers that help protect irritated skin.
A go-to for those times when eczema-prone skin gets especially itchy and irritated. This maximum-strength 1% hydrocortisone lotion provides temporary itch and inflammation relief while moisturizing dry skin. An OTC staple we keep on hand for flare-up...
Cortizone-10 Maximum Strength Eczema Relief Lotion
For the little cuts and scratches that can happen when itchy skin gets scratched too much. This first-aid ointment helps prevent infection in minor cuts and scrapes while providing temporary pain relief. Not an eczema treatment, but a practical stapl...
Neosporin 24 Hour Infection Protection Pain Relief Ointment - 0.5oz
A simple but helpful nighttime tool when itching leads to scratching in your sleep. Soft cotton gloves create a barrier between fingernails and irritated skin and can also be worn over moisturizer or ointment to help keep everything in place overnigh...
Cotton Eczema Gloves - Overnight Protection
Ointments & Extra-Dry Skin Care 🫙
For the times when lotion just isn't enough. Thick ointments and barrier products that help seal in moisture and protect those stubborn dry, rough areas.
A baby-friendly option I like keeping around for dry, irritated or sensitive skin. Aquaphor Baby Healing Ointment is fragrance-free and can be used for everything from dry patches and chapped skin to helping protect delicate baby skin from diaper ras...
Aquaphor Baby Healing Ointment Advanced Therapy – 14 oz Jar
Aquaphor is one of those household staples I like keeping around because there are so many times somebody needs it. I use it when skin is extra dry, cracked or irritated and needs more than a regular lotion. The thick ointment helps moisturize and pr...
Aquaphor Advanced Therapy Healing Ointment 14oz
Another heavy-duty option for those stubborn dry areas where regular lotion isn't enough. This fragrance-free ointment helps protect the skin and seal in moisture, with ceramides to support the skin barrier. I like having a thick ointment option for ...
CeraVe Healing Ointment, Hyaluronic Acid Skin Protectant for Dry Skin, 12oz
This is one I like for those times when dry, itchy skin needs a little extra attention. Eczema Honey Original Skin-Soothing Cream is made for sensitive and irritation-prone skin and uses ingredients like colloidal oatmeal, honey and aloe to help soot...
Eczema Honey Original Skin-Soothing Cream 4oz
Gentle Cleansers & Bath Care 🛁
For keeping sensitive, eczema-prone skin clean without making dryness worse. These are the gentle soaps and body washes we've reached for when we want clean skin without that tight, stripped feeling afterward.
An affordable everyday soap I reach for when sensitive skin needs something simple and gentle. The oatmeal and almond formula cleanses without leaving skin feeling overly dry or stripped, making it a longtime favorite in our eczema-prone household.
Yardley London Oatmeal & Almond Moisturizing Bath Bar
A gentle, affordable body wash we reach for when skin is dry and sensitive. The oatmeal and shea butter formula leaves skin feeling clean, soft, and moisturized without that tight, stripped feeling after a shower. A simple everyday option for eczema-...
St. Ives Oatmeal & Shea Butter Body Wash
A gentle wash-day option when sensitive skin needs cleansing without a lot of extras. The fragrance-free Triple Oat formula cleans while helping skin hold onto moisture, making it a good choice for those dry, itchy-skin days.
Aveeno Skin Relief Fragrance-Free Body Wash — Triple Oat
Daily Moisture & Eczema Care 🧴
The creams and lotions we keep in rotation for dry, itchy, eczema-prone skin. From everyday moisture to the thicker formulas we reach for when skin needs a little more attention.
A staple for dry, itchy, eczema-prone skin. The thick, fragrance-free formula with colloidal oatmeal gives skin lasting moisture and helps protect the skin barrier. One we reach for when regular lotion just isn't enough.
Aveeno Eczema Therapy Daily Moisturizing Cream
Another reliable option for dry, itchy, eczema-prone skin. This is a thicker lotion that moisturizes well without feeling overly heavy and is especially useful when skin needs more than a basic everyday moisturizer. Great for keeping arms, legs, hand...
Gold Bond Medicated Eczema Relief Skin Protectant Cream, 8 oz.
For those times when eczema-prone skin needs more attention than the everyday moisturizer. This steroid-free treatment is made for dry, itchy, irritated skin during flare-ups and adds a nice in-between option before reaching for medicated itch relief...
Eucerin Eczema Relief Flare-Up Treatment, Colloidal Oatmeal Enriched, 5 OZ