Scratch Pad: Support and Tips from our NEA Community

The Scratch Pad provides support and tips from our NEA community!

This section contains full-text versions of the most recent inserts from NEA's quarterly newsletter, The Advocate. The Scratch Pad contains eczema tips, stories, comments and successes submitted by patients, parents, and professionals.

Please share your eczema tips! We encourage our readers to share what works for them. Have you changed your diet, used emotional coping tools or altered your routine to help your eczema? Have you used supplements, traditional medications or alternative treatments?

12-Year-Old Son: Warm Tub & Aquaphor A 3-Year-Old's Story
A Combination of Things Helped Me AD Late in Life
Adult Eczema - Pollen & Dust Mites Allergy Adult Hand Eczema - Mr. Clean Nyplex Gloves
Allergic to Chloramine Alpha Keri bath & Cortaid
Aveeno and Cotton Dacron Blends Azathioprine
Bag Balm for Adult Hand Eczema Banana Skin for the Treatment of a Rash
Bathing Daily with Avon Skin So Soft Replenishing Body Bar Original Beeswax and Olive or Almond Oil
Best Habits for Six-Year-Old Son Blood Thiners & Quitting Smoking
Children Eczema - Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant Chlorinated Swimming Pool Helped
Cider Vinegar Warm Bath Corn Allergy Triggers
Daily Quercetin Daughter's Eczema: Combination of Products
Diet Helps Discovered Compound
Elimination Diet Gluten Allergy
Gluten Allergy Good Results with Multivitamins
Homemade Oats Poultice Helps Soothe Skin Improvement with Vitamin D Supplements
Latex or Rubber Against Skin Leather Gloves Lead to Flares
Less Medication Resulted in No Eczema Mathylisothiazolinone - in Shampoo - Allergy
Milk Allergies My Son Doesn't Like Messy Creams
Never Quit Trying Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Soap Nuts Helps Son's Seborrheic Eczema
Probiotics Salt Baths, Petroleum Jelly and Probiotics for Daughter
Socks Help Child to Seal In Moisture Steroids, Coal Tar Shampoo for Severe hand Eczema
Switching to Petroleum Jelly after Pump Lotion Does the Trick Tomato & Chocolate Allergies
Triamcinolone Cream Vegetarian Diet
Vitamin D Vitamin D & Eczema
Wary of Rip-Offs

Please be reminded that opinions expressed in letters are the writers' and do not necessarily reflect the position of NEA, its Board of Directors, its scientific advisors, or its contributors. The National Eczema Association does not recommend individual physicians, specific treatment regimens, or particular products. Patients should discuss any treatment option with a qualified professional, and should keep in mind that what works for one person may do little for another. Letters to the Scratch Pad may be edited for length or clarity.