My toddler has dry skin on his face?

My little boy has always had very dry skin. For some reason, his face seems to be drying out more than usual. All I can think of is that it's pretty hot down here for this time of year. His little cheeks will get red and dry and his chin dries out too. I've been using Aveeno Baby lotion on him and it works great on the rest of his body, but it's not working very well on his face. Anyone have any suggestions on how to reduce the redness and dryness on his poor little face?

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My daughter has something that sound a lot like what your son has but its on other parts of her body as well. Her doctor gave her this cream called desonide. In addition to that I wash her with black soap and I use pure Shea butter on her skin. You can find it at any African Store or I recently bought my stuff from this website called sheabutterhut.com. Just google Sheabutter and you can learn about all what shea butter and black soap can do. My daughter doen't scrach as much as she use to. Good Luck.

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VASALINE INTENSIVE CARE, BUT CHECK WITH BABY'S DOCTOR FIRST!

Try Curel or Cetaphil, You might give his doctor a call - could be excema or something related to a food allergy - has he started eating any new food?

Yeah I would definitely go see his doctor, he might have eczema or some other kind of skin condition that would be better treated from a doctor.

There is a skin cream called Elidel that is without steroids. It is pretty good. You may want to take him to the allergy clinic though. He may have an allergy to something he is ingesting or it may just be eczema.

oh yeah, time for the doc to check it out. My son has excema, and food allergies...better to address it now than wait. Aveeno works GREAT!! but if it's not touching it, a good doc visit will do the trick.
poor little guy...I know it can be tough!

My 3 year old has excema and that's all they tell me too. Just moisturize. I LATHER her up with Vaseline twice a day and put baby oil in her bath. Sounds gross, but it works for the most part

My son has the same thing and his doctor told me he has eximatitis and gave me a perscription and it cleard up within two hours.

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