Water softeners - do they help?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:56 pm
Hello,
I have a young son with eczema.
He has some allergies, which tend to flare up his eczema often. However we do not want to remove foods from his diet so some of the allergies don't worsen (all guided by Dr's at leading allergy clinic).
We recently travelled to Spain and his skin has never looked better. However we went to the same area a couple of months ago and his skin actually worsened. The only difference I can think of is that he did not have as much contact with grass and his bedroom was air conditioned.
Since returning to the UK his eczema has increased and his skin feels allot dryer.
We always use emollient in his bath however his skin is very itchy and dry during the bath and after. Our dermatologist thinks water softener systems won't make a huge difference if were using emollient but his skin seems very dry from the bath here so I am hopeful it would help.
Would a water softener make a difference as we live in a hard water area?
Does anybody have their own experience with this?
Does anybody suggest a good water softener over another as there seem to be many products on the market?
Appreciate your time and thoughts.
I have a young son with eczema.
He has some allergies, which tend to flare up his eczema often. However we do not want to remove foods from his diet so some of the allergies don't worsen (all guided by Dr's at leading allergy clinic).
We recently travelled to Spain and his skin has never looked better. However we went to the same area a couple of months ago and his skin actually worsened. The only difference I can think of is that he did not have as much contact with grass and his bedroom was air conditioned.
Since returning to the UK his eczema has increased and his skin feels allot dryer.
We always use emollient in his bath however his skin is very itchy and dry during the bath and after. Our dermatologist thinks water softener systems won't make a huge difference if were using emollient but his skin seems very dry from the bath here so I am hopeful it would help.
Would a water softener make a difference as we live in a hard water area?
Does anybody have their own experience with this?
Does anybody suggest a good water softener over another as there seem to be many products on the market?
Appreciate your time and thoughts.