Best oils & butters for severve cracked skin/eczema?

[Desirae]

So it's been quite a while since I've posted, or made body cream/lotion. My grandson has really bad eczema and my hubby, well dermatologist said he has a severe case of it, but it's only on his hands, the ointment dr prescribed is useless, alot of reading i think he has psoriasis.

I want to try making either a lotion or body butter but not sure of what the best options are aside from horsetail butter & babassu oil, however with all oils at least 12 different oils say there the best for either or both. Since we're not sure I need oils/butters that can be used for both skin conditions, and a thick hand cream would work better for my hubby and likely a lotion for my grandson( he's 8months old) but his is all over his body where hubby it's ONLY his hands. I want to get it made this week so please those that have had successfully made and helped lower eczema & psoriasis id really appreciate your input and if your willing with a recipe of best % of each oil or butter and what is the best to use and help lower if not rid of this id greatly appreciate your input

 

[Saponificarian]

If he is not allergic to any of these, what I have found works for my girls and me with dry skin in arid Calgary are Lanolin, Lecithin {The brown sticky goo}, a certain percentage of Shea, oil or butter, and Hydrogenated Polyisobutane. This combo worked like magic. However, although it feels light and rich, it is a heavy cream.

I can use all these ingredients because I am a home crafter and can experiment with them as a hobby. A simplified version of this is a combo of Vaseline, a thickener like glyceryl stearate, a humectant like glycerine and mineral oil emulsified with water, which will probably get you the same result and be cheaper. There is less chance of allergies, and don't forget the preservative.

 

[Zing]

Oof, @Desirae , I feel for your hubs, and especially your grandbaby. I am NOT an expert on psoriasis, eczema, or infants and I will just share my experience. Do you make soap? For decades, dermatologists told me to use Dove Sensitive for my rashy skin. The rashes mainly affected my hands. For decades, I used many prescription and over-the-counter creams and lotions and potions. My skin turned around only when I started using my homemade cold process soap.

In addition to my rashy skin (not disabling but hugely irritating) in the winter time I was plagued with dry hands to the point of splitting and bleeding fingertips. Trigger warning as the kids say -- it was not a pretty sight. I took to using Crazy Glue both after the fact and pre-emptively every winter.

And then -- cue angels singing in the heavens above -- I discovered lotion bars. My hands -- and other skin -- did a HUGE turnaround. My fingertips no longer split and bleed in the winter. AND a coupla years ago I moved further north from Chicago to Minnesota (it's not Canada, I know, but gets really cold, it is -5 degrees F right now.)

My lotion bars are easy, cheap, and quick to make. For materials, they're like $1/ bar. I use 1/3 each of beeswax, butter, and soft oil. I prefer mango butter because it absorbs quickly but have also liked cocoa and shea. For soft oils I use a light oil like fractionated coconut oil, coconut oil, meadowfoam seed oil, jojoba oil, or sweet almond oil. It's easy to tweak if it's too soft or too hard. I also add essential oil and 1% vitamin E oil.

Look, as I've testified ad nauseum before, I spent decades stashing my prescription creams everywhere -- the car, coat, desk, bedroom, tv room, garage, briefcase -- and applied several times per day. Now I use only several times per year.

I also had a dermatologist recommend pine tar and I make a salve made of pine tar, I can't find the recipe right now. It works on bug bites, rash flare-ups, and plant-caused allergic skin reactions.

I'm not sayin' I have all the answers. But I do think there is something about using homemade products minus a lot of additives that are used in commercial products.

Best wishes to your husband and that little one. Keep us posted.

 

[Desirae]

If he is not allergic to any of these, what I have found works for my girls and me with dry skin in arid Calgary are Lanolin, Lecithin {The brown sticky goo}, a certain percentage of Shea, oil or butter, and Hydrogenated Polyisobutane. This combo worked like magic. However, although it feels light and rich, it is a heavy cream.

I can use all these ingredients because I am a home crafter and can experiment with them as a hobby. A simplified version of this is a combo of Vaseline, a thickener like glyceryl stearate, a humectant like glycerine and mineral oil emulsified with water, which will probably get you the same result and be cheaper. There is less chance of allergies, and don't forget the preservative.

I've never heard of using Vaseline & mineral oil in creams, wouldn't Vaseline make the lotion super sticky and mineral oil leave behind a oily mess on the skin?

 

[Saponificarian]

I've never heard of using Vaseline & mineral oil in creams, wouldn't Vaseline make the lotion super sticky and mineral oil leave behind a oily mess on the skin?

I don't believe it will. Many brands are built on this combo. Cerave, Oilatum and Eucerine just off the top of my head. If you are using this combo, I will suggest dry-feeling emulsifiers like Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG 100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, and Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Ceteareth-20. These are the INCI names as they are called different names by suppliers.

For a simple sample Formula, you can try: {When is it ever simple. }

Water - 74.5% {Moisturization}
Petroleum Jelly - 5% {Occlusive}
Mineral oil - 3% {Occlusive} {Can use lanolin here as well; it will be slightly thicker but more occlusive and will be more resistant to wash off}
Glycerine - 5% {Humectant}
Ceramide - 3% { Moisturization}
Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG 100 Stearate - 5%
Glyceryl Stearate - 2% {This will help impart a powdery feel to cut greasiness}
Either Cyclomethicone/C12-C15 Akyl Benzoate - 2% { To help cut greasiness and improve spreadability}
Liquid Germal Plus - 0.5% {Preservative}

If you are using fragrance oil, remove an equal percentage from the water. I will be wary of using essential oil in a cream for compromised skin.

Start with a 100g formula and tweak based on skin feel.

 

[Desirae]

I don't believe it will. Many brands are built on this combo. Cerave, Oilatum and Eucerine just off the top of my head. If you are using this combo, I will suggest dry-feeling emulsifiers like Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG 100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, and Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Ceteareth-20. These are the INCI names as they are called different names by suppliers.

For a simple sample Formula, you can try: {When is it ever simple. }

Water - 74.5% {Moisturization}
Petroleum Jelly - 5% {Occlusive}
Mineral oil - 3% {Occlusive} {Can use lanolin here as well; it will be slightly thicker but more occlusive and will be more resistant to wash off}
Glycerine - 5% {Humectant}
Ceramide - 3% { Moisturization}
Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG 100 Stearate - 5%
Glyceryl Stearate - 2% {This will help impart a powdery feel to cut greasiness}
Either Cyclomethicone/C12-C15 Akyl Benzoate - 2% { To help cut greasiness and improve spreadability}
Liquid Germal Plus - 0.5% {Preservative}

If you are using fragrance oil, remove an equal percentage from the water. I will be wary of using essential oil in a cream for compromised skin.

Start with a 100g formula and tweak based on skin feel.

Thank You ill have to look up each of those ingredients as idk what they are. I don't plan to put any fragrance into the cream as it won't help with the broken skin and will cause more issues in itself. And I don't work with EO's anymore as I've stepped away from making soaps and such, o ly do the occasional lotions cream and body bars for friends and family.

 

[squidstings]

I discovered that I have psoriasis this year. Doesn't react as well to eczema treatment as it does to a psoriasis aimed treatment. Both are chronic. Feed the inner organs first.

Anything you put on the outside is only a band aid if not treated from within. Watch for sugars. Tap water minerals were a trigger for me. The help I can offer in healing the skin needs to follow improvements from within.