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Yep. Ds has a patch on his foot and a patch on his knee that WILL NOT CLEAR. Seriously they have been there for a year plus. They improve when I keep them moisturized but the older he gets the harder that is. We do short baths with either goats milk soap or dove sensitive soap then a HEAVY moisturizer. Sometimes if it is prticularly bad I put cortisone cream on it

My 4.5 month old has sensitive, rashy skin. And so do I, so I know where it comes from. Sadly, I don't think there's much to be done about it. No advice, just commiseration.

My kiddos have sensitive skin too. My youngest does have eczema and what seems to help best other than prescription hydrocortisone is Cerave moisturizing cream and less frequent baths. Both of them get bad diaper rashes quick. Poor kiddos inherited mama's sensitive skin.

Our older has the bumps on her arms/legs and sideburns. We saw a dermatologist for it and got a diagnosis for keratosis pilaris. We treat over the counter for it. The dermatologist told us we could do prescription creams, but that as soon as we stop the creams it will be back. She said to let it be until she's bothered by it or hope she outgrows.

The derm recommended dove sensitive skin soap and Eucerin cream with alpha hydroxy acid. She indicated the alpha hydroxy acid is key.

Yes! My 8 month old has what looks like ringworm covering her back and legs about 70% of the time. If I keep her super moisturized it's okay but if not it gets bad looking (never seems to bother her and the doc says it's not ringworm, just eczema). She doesn't mind it but it makes me feel so bad for her.

@regberadaisy: Yes, when I'm consistent I see a difference. Consistency is hard for me

AHA helps with sloughing off the old skin. Essentially with keratosis pilaris, the skin doesn't shed efficiently and it clogs the pores. I know that's oversimplification.

We went to a dermatologist at the recommendation of our pediatrician. We had always treated her as having excema and everything suggested wasn't making a difference. And she wasn't itchy. I'm just glad our pediatric dermatologist was realistic and wasn't pushing treatment on us.

@MamaG: which eucerin do you use? I see they have intense repair, smoothing repair, and professional repair that have alpha hydroxy. I want to try this on my LO.

@regberadaisy: I know, it stinks. I try to look at the positive. It cuts down on our bedtime routine time. My little guy usually gets patches around his wrists and since it's gotten incredibly colder in the past few days his wrists and his hands are so red from the cold and hand washing. Ugh!

@mamag: thanks. I'm all about store brand for cheaper if it's the same thing.

@regberadaisy: I bought some on Sunday and so far so good. But his wrists are still rashly but I'm thinking it must be from hand washing at school and the increasingly cold temps in the past few days. Poor little guy keeps saying itchy and points to his wrists.