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Do Not Use Oat-Containing Skin Products for Atopic Eczema

Posted on January 22, 2008

When my son was still a baby, until perhaps about 3, he had severe bouts of atopic dermatitis, also called skin asthma, neurodermitis, or atopic eczema. He would have scaly and itchy patches of skin, usually on the wrists, the fold of the elbows and behind the knees. We tried various sorts of creams and other products, including an oatmeal bath, which was supposed to be good for moisturizing the skin, but only a cortisol-containing cream really made a difference.Luckily he was not allergic to oats. Apparently, a study of more than 300 children with eczema showed that about a third of kids with...

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