Skin care: Does it help treat eczema?

Baths and moisturizers play an important role in treating eczema. By bathing and moisturizing your child’s skin as your dermatologist recommends, you can:

• Ease your child’s discomfort

• Decrease eczema flares

• Improve your child’s response to treatment

• Reduce the need for medicine

Baths give relief

Baths and moisturizers play an important role in treating eczema.

In this section, you'll find skin care advice that dermatologists give parents.

Baths and moisturizers

• How to use moisturizer to reduce eczema flares

• Eczema types: Atopic dermatitis skin care

Dermatologists' tips to relive dry skin, itch

• ​​In winter, will my child need different eczema skin care?

• Home remedies: What can relieve itchy eczema?