What to do if baby's thigh turns black after eczema heals

After eczema improves, darkening of the skin is also a common phenomenon. This is mainly due to eczema, which causes pigmentation. This pigmentation often takes a long time to fade slowly. For babies, their skin is more delicate and more susceptible to eczema. At this time, you should pay attention to skin cleansing, and receive timely treatment and conditioning, especially to prevent eczema caused by some allergies.

How to care for your baby with eczema

1. Baby bathing

During the period when the baby has eczema, you can ensure to bathe the baby with warm water once a day, and gently clean the baby's skin. After washing, you should also gently wipe off the pollen on the baby's skin, and then apply some moisturizer that can be used for baby eczema. It should be noted that you cannot clean the baby's skin excessively, especially when bathing, use some soaps that are irritating to the baby's skin, disinfectant water, etc., and you cannot use hot water to bathe the baby.

2. Clothing

During the period when the baby has eczema, it is best to choose clothes for the baby made of natural cotton materials. Cotton materials are generally more breathable and can keep the baby's skin fresh. Avoid letting the baby wear wool or chemical fiber clothes close to the body, which will make the baby's skin feel itchy and then scratch it. Clothes should also be washed regularly, and then in sunny weather, you can put your baby's clothes in the sun to effectively kill bacteria.

3. Avoid irritants

Once eczema occurs, patients should try to avoid irritants, including scratching, washing with boiling water, scrubbing with soap, drinking alcohol and eating spicy food, so as not to aggravate the condition of eczema and have an adverse effect on the treatment of eczema. What you should pay attention to is to avoid re-irritating the local area, avoid scratching the local area with your hands as much as possible, do not use hot water or soapy water to clean the local area, and do not apply those highly irritating drugs locally. Special attention should be paid to not applying hormone drugs locally casually. These are common factors that can easily worsen the disease or reoccur.

4. Stay away from allergens

Any diet of the baby cannot be ignored. Some foods that seem healthy and safe may also cause allergies in the baby, such as tomatoes, noodles, pears, bananas and other common foods. It can be said that baby food allergies vary greatly, and parents still need to observe and identify carefully. Simply applying topical medication cannot cure baby eczema. The most important thing is to find the allergens and avoid them to stop the allergy. This is also the most effective way to prevent and treat baby eczema.

5. The indoor temperature should not be too high

When a baby suffers from eczema, the indoor temperature should not be too high, otherwise the baby's eczema will become more itchy and aggravate the symptoms. The baby's living environment should be kept ventilated, dry, clean and at a suitable temperature. The baby should not wear clothes too warm to avoid sweat secretion that may irritate eczema.

6. Prevent scratches

When sleeping, children may use their hands to scratch the eczema areas to get relief, but in fact doing so can irritate or worsen the development of dermatitis. So, it's best to keep your child's nails short and choose soft sheets and cribs.

7. Put socks on children’s hands

If your child has trouble sleeping due to itching from eczema, talk with your doctor. To better help your child rest, antihistamines are recommended, and you can also try putting socks on your child's hands to prevent scratching.