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Struggling with itchy and irritated eczema-prone skin? Try these simple tips and over-the-counter eczema creams, soaps and skincare products to soothe, rebuild and repair your child’s skin
Looking for eczema creams in Singapore to help your little one’s eczema or atopic dermatitis? Often, these patches of inflamed, itchy skin can appear red, cracked or rough, and may even have blisters. If you suspect your child has eczema, it’s always best to consult your doctor. If your child’s eczema does not respond to over-the-counter eczema creams, if their condition worsens or if the skin has become infected, they may need a stronger prescription-only eczema product or steroid cream.
Help alleviate eczema symptoms with these tips:
- Bathe your child in soothing lukewarm water.
- Use a mild soap or a non-soap cleanser when washing.
- After a bath gently pat skin dry with a towel (don’t rub the skin which can irritate it and tear the skin).
- Follow the golden 3-minute rule: “lock in” moisture by applying moisturiser within 3 minutes of bathing.
- Moisturise daily with a good skin-barrier-healing moisturiser.
- Choose your child’s clothing wisely: avoid rough, synthetic and scratchy fibres in favour of cotton and soft fabrics.
- Keep your little one’s fingernails short to prevent their nails from breaking the skin if they scratch too hard.
- Keep a diary of what your child’s eczema triggers and skin irritants might be; these can range from harsh soaps, detergents, shampoos, and disinfectants, to things in their diet like dairy products, eggs, soy and wheat, or allergens like pets and pollen.
What causes eczema?
Unfortunately, the causes of eczema still remain unknown, and there are no cures or treatment options for eczema. However, what can help are eczema creams and products that are designed to control and minimise inflammation, while moisturising skin and building its natural protective barrier. We’ve sorted out some of the best eczema creams in Singapore, which aim to soothe and minimise symptoms of atopic dermatitis or eczema in order to heal the affected skin and prevent flare-ups of itchiness and other eczema symptoms.
Do note that some over-the-counter eczema creams contain steroids such as hydrocortisone. Always check with a doctor or paediatrician before applying these eczema creams on a baby’s skin.
Read more: Eczema Triggers and Tips to Avoid Them
Best eczema creams and eczema skincare in Singapore
Suu Balm: eczema products formulated by the National Skin Centre
Crafted by the esteemed National Skin Centre, Singapore, Suu Balm’s range has become a go-to choice for parents seeking relief for their little ones battling eczema. What sets Suu Balm Kids Moisturiser apart is its rapid itch relief within 5 mins* thanks to its formulation with natural mint leaves, allowing your child to get back to the joy of playtime! Furthermore, with three types of skin-identical ceramides, this cream goes beyond mere relief, actively replenishing the skin barrier. And worry not, their premium formula is steroid, paraben, preservative, and fragrance-free, ensuring the utmost safety for your little one’s precious skin. Pair this with Suu Balm Kids Head-to-Toe Wash which is crafted for ultra-gentle cleansing. This wash is soap and sulfate-free, ensuring it gently cleanses without stripping away natural moisture. With its rich, creamy texture, enriched with five moisturising ingredients, your child will enjoy a soothing experience that leaves their skin feeling soft without any tightness or discomfort.
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Eczema creams suitable for: Newborns and children with dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.
Where to find eczema cream: Guardian, Watsons & Unity retail stores or online on Shopee, Lazada and Qoo10.
Suu Balm, www.suubalm.com
Bepanthen: a simple solution for eczema
We’re about Bepanthen’s newest range, specially formulated for those who struggle with eczema. With over 75 years of experience in helping people protect and heal damaged skin, Bepanthen takes special care in selecting ingredients that will bring much-needed relief to eczema-prone skin. Taking care of your child’s skin barrier begins with cleansing it gently with a body wash that won’t irritate their skin. Bepanthen’s SensiWash Daily Gentle Body Wash is a gentle yet effective body wash for dry, sensitive and eczema-prone skin that will clean without leaving it feeling dry and itchy. After a soothing bath, apply Bepanthen’s SensiDaily Moisturizer, a moisturising eczema cream that has a unique Derma Defense Formula to strengthen the skin barrier, protect the skin from flare-ups and provide long-lasting hydration up to 24 hours. Both Sensi products are made of 90% natural origin ingredients, enriched with prebiotics and have been clinical tested for efficacy. Bepanthen’s Itch Relief Cream (available later this year) is a non-steroidal eczema relief cream that soothes itching and redness within 30 minutes while helping restore the skin barrier. Plus, did we mention that all of their products are free from nasty chemicals like fragrances, colourants, preservatives and steroids? Read more about the wonders of Bepanthen’s Eczema range here.
Eczema creams suitable for: babies 1 month and up with eczema-prone skin
Where to find this eczema cream: Online or in-store at Guardian, Watsons and Unity
Bepanthen, www.bepanthen.com.sg
Mummybrand: handcrafted eczema cream
Mummybrand is a homegrown brand that offers a solution to skin problems ranging from mild to very severe. Founded by a mother who has two family members who battle with severe skin conditions, she embarked on a journey to create handmade, natural remedies for skin problems including eczema that are effective for all ages, including infants. Made from high quality raw ingredients without water or additives, you can rest assured that the eczema cream you apply on your child does not include any nasty chemicals that may cause other side effects. All fragrances are from natural plant extracts such as Lavender, and all products can last one year from the order date. They are committed to using pure ingredients straight from the source plantation and will continue to ensure that their formula only consists of the most natural products that are safe for your children. Their hyper-sensitive skincare products have helped thousands of children and adults overcome itchy skin and calm inflammation, restoring the joy to little kids again.
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Eczema creams suitable for: babies to adults
Where to find this eczema cream: Online
Mummybrand, mummybrand.com
Aveeno: eczema creams and skincare
Aveeno has a whole range of eczema creams and skincare for skin that’s prone to eczema, or atopic dermatitis with their Aveeno Baby Dermexa Range. These specially formulated eczema creams and products have been clinically proven to help relieve dry, itchy and irritated eczema-prone infant’s skin. Made with triple oat complex, it promises to keep baby’s skin moisturised for up to 24 hours. It also contains avenanthramides, a concentrated oat extract proven to reduce itching and scratching, oat oil rich in lipids to help strengthen the skin’s natural moisture barrier and ceramides to help prevent the recurrence of extra dry skin.
Eczema cream suitable for: Babies
Find it: Available at all major retailers.
Aveeno, www.aveeno.com.sg
AweMed: itch-relieving eczema skincare
Developed in partnership with local dermatologists, AweMed has become a popular brand for their proven itch-relieving formulas. The AweMed spray is often recommended for on-the-go use to relieve itch quickly, while the AweMed Repair + Daily Moisturiser serves as an eczema cream, is great as an everyday moisturiser, and is suitable for babies.
Eczema cream suitable for: All ages.
Find it: Online.
AweMed, www.awemedseries.com
Babyganics Eczema Care Skin Protectant Cream
Formulated with soothing ingredients like colloidal oatmeal and NeoNourish (the brand’s unique blend of 100% natural seed oils), this eczema cream by Babyganics is famous the world over for protecting and nourishing baby’s sensitive skin. Adults love it, too! It’s clinically proven to give long-lasting relief by increasing and improving skin hydration and protecting and supporting skin barrier function.
Eczema cream suitable for: All ages.
Find it: Online at Lazada, RedMart, Shopee, Qoo10 and ShopCorlison
Babyganics, www.babyganics.com.sg
CeraVe Baby Moisturizing Cream: eczema cream
CeraVe Baby Moisturizing Cream is a hit with parents and dermatologists, thanks to its rich, hydrating formula. If you’re looking for something other than hydrocortisone cream, this moisturiser does wonders. This eczema cream works by protecting and restoring the skin’s natural barrier due to essential ceramides. It’s free from parabens and phthalates and is a great itch-relief eczema cream for quick relief from itchiness.
Eczema creams suitable for: Babies four weeks old and up
Where to find it: Guardian & Watsons stores or online on Shopee, Lazada, Amazon SG
CeraVe, www.cerave.com.sg
Cetaphil: eczema creams and washes for eczema-prone skin
Cetaphil’s gentle range of eczema creams, body washes and lotions are dermatologist-recommended and formulated with synthesised oat extract and dihydroavenanthramide D. These ingredients mimic the natural calming effect of oats in reducing itch and irritation, so you or your baby can break the scratching cycle. Their products are easily available and often come in larger sizes so you can use them for the whole family.
Eczema cream suitable for: All ages.
Find it: Online, baby shops, pharmacies and selected supermarkets
Cetaphil, www.cetaphil.com.sg
Eucerin Eczema Relief Cream: over-the-counter eczema cream
The Eucerin Eczema Relief Flare-up Treatment is a highly-rated over-the-counter eczema cream that’s easily available online and in stores. The rich, soothing eczema cream formula is formulated with Colloidal Oatmeal (a skin protectant), Ceramide-3 to lock in moisture, and Licorice Root Extract to help soothe minor irritation, and to help strengthen the skin’s protective moisture barrier. This eczema ointment is free of steroids, fragrances, and dyes. For daily use, try the Eucerin Eczema Relief Cream.
Eczema cream suitable for: Adults, children and babies 3 months and up.
Find it: Amazon SG, Guardian and Watsons
Eucerin, www.eucerin.sg
Mummybrand: local eczema balms
Mummybrand is a homegrown natural skincare brand that creates specialised skincare products with their own proprietary formulation. If you check out their IG stories, you will see how they’re a family of topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) sufferers where the husband and son suffered from severe TSW. Not being able to find suitable products for their own use, they decided to formulate the own consisting of only raw ingredients with no water and no added additives. Try their Z-Advanced Moisturiser, an eczema cream, made of 100% natural ingredients for effective relief of dry and itchy skin.
Eczema cream suitable for: All ages.
Find it: Online mummybrand.com
Mummybrand, www.mummybrand.com
Mustela Stelatopia Emollient Face Cream: eczema cream for babies
Looking for a hydration cream for your bub in sweaty Singapore? You’ll want a lightweight, fast-absorbing eczema cream that hydrates without leaving a sticky residue. Mustela Stelatopia Emollient Face Cream has essential lipids derived from simple plant ingredients like sunflower oil and avocado – with no nasties – 0% fragrance, paraben, phthalate, phenoxyethanol, EDTA, and SLS. This fragrance-free cream is super on baby’s face, soothing eczema-prone skin, but can be used for the whole body.
Eczema cream suitable for: Newborns and older kids.
Find it: Online and Amazon SG
Mustela, www.mustela.com
QV Skincare: quick relief eczema cream
QV Skincare is a favourite with local skin specialists. The soap-free QV Gentle Wash and highly concentrated moisturising QV Flare-Up Eczema Cream are best-selling sensitive skin products in Singapore’s hospitals and are just the thing for dry, sensitive and eczema-prone skin. Take note of the QV Flare Up Wash, it’s what to reach for when eczema is in full force. Unlike soap, this gentle wash cleanses skin without stripping away the skin’s natural oils yet it gets rid of Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria that can aggravate eczema.
Eczema cream suitable for: Young children or adults.
Find it: Online and at major pharmacies and hospital pharmacies.
QV Skincare, www.qvskincare.com/sg
Rivadouce Dermo: hypoallergenic eczema creams
Specially formulated for very dry skin with atopic tendency, the Rivadouce Dermo range repairs, protects and nourishes the fragile skin barrier of eczema-prone skin. You’ll be glad to know that this range of eczema products is hypoallergenic (skincare tested under dermatological control) and is formulated to minimise the risk of allergic reactions. It’s also paraben and phenoxyethanol-free. The eczema range is made in France with natural extracts of alpine plants as well as water purified by osmosis (in order to eliminate chemicals and anything harmful to the skin including heavy metals, nitrates and pesticides).
Eczema cream suitable for: Newborns and older children.
Find it: Online. (Local shipping is free for orders weighing above 30kg.)
Rivadouce Dermo, www.scenze.com/collections/rivadouce-dermo
Topicrem: eczema cream for sensitive skin
Topicrem AD Emollient Balm has been developed for very dry, sensitive and atopic skin and is suitable for bodies, as well as the sensitive faces of infants, children and adults. It’s a light, non-sticky and non-greasy formula that has been tested under dermatological and paediatric control on atopic skin. There are no parabens, fragrances, silicones, colourants, or alcohol.
Eczema cream suitable for: The whole family
Find it: Online at Amazon.sg and in-store at selected Guardian, Watsons, Unity, as well as Ng Teng Fong Hospital and local polyclinics.
Topicrem, fr.topicrem.com
Vanicream: moisturising eczema cream for dry, itchy skin
All of Vanicream’s products are made free of dyes, fragrance, masking fragrance, lanolin, parabens and formaldehyde releasers. Their cleansers and moisturisers are all highly rated by those with eczema and sensitive skin. They even have a gentle SPF 50+ sunscreen!
Eczema cream suitable for: The whole family
Find it: Amazon SG, iHerb, Shopee and Lazada
Vanicream, www.vanicream.com
Remember, finding the right eczema creams and products to treat your kids’ eczema is often a trial and error process, so don’t give up mama!
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