Question for Cetaphil Lotion/Cream Users

You should try a lotion and baby wash that is NOT a petroleum product. The smoothness of the skin with aquafor and cetaphil are from mineral oil, same thing as baby oil. You are simply paying for the same product in a different package. Mineral oil is occlusive and does not let the skin breathe out toxins, part of what contributes to skin problems not healing. I can email you a list of other things that mineral oil is doing to you internally, too. Really will change your health to eliminate it from your skincare products (and it is in 95% off the major brands from walmart to Dillards).

Eczema is a tough one to figure out, as many kids have allergies that contribute. I have met SO MANY moms that have solved the eczema with changing the baby wash and lotion to one that is pH correct to the skin, 5.5, not 'balanced' which is a 7 and too alkaline. There is one company that has made this product the right pH without pthalates, chemical dyes or fragrance, without mineral oil, without synthetic oils all-together, only botanical oils, no sodium laureth sulfate - too drying and toxic. My own sister's daughter has eczema with allergies. After adding the safe baby care products, she almost didn't do the allergy testing because they saw such a huge improvement. Now, with the allergy foods out of the way, too, her skin is PERFECT.

Write me back for the name of the product - you will love the results you get with your child - or your money back with no hassles (even shipping reimbursed).

The Cetaphil in the green jar is very greasy in my opinion. I think it's very comparable to Aquaphor in that respect. I use Aveeno baby lotion on my kids bodies. It's not extra moisturizing, but works well on normal skin.

I like the lotion better then the cream (less thick), probably better for baby skin as well.

I use the tub -cream- on my body....once its dry it's not greasy at all.

If your son has eczema, use the cream. Eczema is when the skin has trouble holding in moisure and lotion can actually dry it out further. The cream forms a "barrier" to help keep the moisture in. My oldest daughter has extreme eczema and we have been to a periactric dermatolgist and they all say cream over lotion. I have heard that vanicream is good too, but the cetaphil has worked for us, so I haven't tried it. I have even noticed a difference when I use the cream over lotion, esp in Colorado winters. Good luck!

My son has eczema too. We use Vanicream, per the pediatric dermatologist's advice. It has worked wonders. You have to order at the pharmacy, they don't usually keep it in stock. It's about $14 a jar. Lasts my 3 year old about two months. If the eczema is really bad, you can put hydrocortisone on the bad spots, let soak in for about twenty minutes, then vanicream the area. Do it two to three times a day until it's under control, then just vanicream the entire body after bath. My son used to get secondary skin infections which caused us to go to the dr., get an oral antibiotic, steroid skin cream. That's a lot of rx, money and time! Since using this cream, no more problems.

Good luck!

We were directed to use the cream by our pediatrician (whose own kids have eczema). My SIL, whose daughter also has pretty serious eczema on her face & body uses the cream also, as directed by their ped.

We recently switched our son from Cetaphil to Cera Ve (not sure if it's Cerave, or Cera Ve) because he has nut allergies and Cetaphil has sweet almond oil as an ingredient (sweet almond oil is actually wonderful for the skin; just not good for nut allergies).

We have found that for our LO, at least, the summer weather & humidity in Ohio, plus being out in the sun (more vitamin D, which is very good for skin), has calmed his eczema down a lot. I'm expecting a recurrence this winter, though, even with the cream, but the cream is better than our prior attempts with Aveeno baby products (which are good for general use, but not good enough for some eczema, in our experience. YMMV).