Scarlett turned four on Saturday. Amazing, really. It just seems like yesterday she got here. The past four years have seen me moving from Superhero expert to Princess expert ... from feeding Kincaid anything we ate to adjusting to Scarlett's persnickety eating habits. But, all in all, she's just about as perfect as any princess-engrossed, pink-loving, smile that melts your heart, can always get herself out of trouble with a sweet cut of her eyes, four-year-old little girl.
To be honest, she really only came into the world with one stubborn, hard-to-resolve issue -- eczema. Actually, she didn't come into the world with it, I guess it started at about 10 months or so. At first it was worst in the spring & I could really correlate her outbreaks with spending time in the grass. Although that is probably a major trigger, she now struggles with it all through the winter as well ... which is more common because of the dry air. Sadly, her outbreaks can become terrible broken sores if I do not really keep up with treating it.
At any rate, I have a drawer full of "eczema-fixing" products. Monetarily they run the gambit in cost ... but considering that not one of them worked very well, they were all VERY expensive! The only thing I'd been able to find that worked was a steroid cream ... but due to side effects, you have to be very careful with how often this is used ... so really not a great option. The pediatrician's solution is to just lather her up in Aquaphor. Really? Have you ever tried to walk around or put on clothes when you are covered in what is basically an extra thick petroleum jelly? Not a very practical solution unless I want my daughter to collect lint everywhere she goes or have her clothes sticking to her in strange places. Sometimes I really wonder about exactly what they are teaching in med school. I mean, obviously, they haven't tried to get through the day lathered up in Aquaphor themselves, have they? Is this a serious recommendation - or just one of those they make up when they really don't have a good answer & just don't want to admit it? Not that Aquaphor won't help...if you want to sit in the bathtub all day & not touch anything or wear any clothes, I'm sure it works swell.
So what's a Mom to do? While not really wanting to add to my "eczema product graveyard", at the same time, I still have a little princess that needed help with her eczema, so I decided to try one more product after I joined Rodan+Fields. These docs have developed an amazing product for sensitive skin & it was touted to work on rosacea and eczema as well. Well, might as well try it, I thought! What do I have to lose? Nothing ... because the docs offer a 60-day, empty-bottle, money-back guarantee on all their products!!
Well, you probably guessed it ... it worked!! It is called SOOTHE & since I've been using it on Scarlett, her eczema has never been more under control. She has had no skin breaks or terrible bouts since I've started using SOOTHE & I've not had to use the steroid cream even once!
So does someone you know suffer with eczema? What do you have to lose? Just like me, nothing except super-dry, rashy, bleeding skin ... skin is a beautiful thing, and you can wear it well!
Check this link for more information: https://jenny.myrandf.com/Shop/Soothe
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