Eczema cream: Toddler's sore rash vanished after using this PS4 treatment

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Eczema cream is often doctor’s recommendation for clearing up the symptoms that occur with the condition.

Emollients, also known as moisturises, and topical corticosteroid creams come under treatment advice by the NHS.

But when it comes to eczema, different creams work for different sufferers, so the best thing to do is try a variety until you find one that suits you.

For one toddler, who experienced an unbearable bout of eczema, waking up every night scratching herself, a £4 cream her mum found in a high street store, relieved her painful skin.

Appearing on This Morning, Paige Sweeney told how she spent years trying to find a cure for her caught, Evie-Rae’s eczema.

She said: “She was constantly scratching and had to wear scratch mitts. She looked like a mummy because I had to wrap bandages round her.”

Doctors gave Evie-Rae steroid cream, and Paige tried a range of normal moisturises. But while these treatments initially worked, the eczema would then come back again.

Paige added: “I didn’t know what to do anymore.”

But one day, walking through Boots, Paige found Childs Farm Baby Moisturiser, which was priced at £3.99.

Paige said of the results after using it on Evie Rae’s eczema three times a day: “Within two days it had gone down, and within a week it had gone.

GP Dr George Moncrieff was on hand to give his advice on the cream and eczema treatments.

He said: “I like virtual all moisturisers, that’s the main message, to moisturise the skin and use the one that you like.”

He recommended eczema sufferers look for a cream they like the feel of, that soaks in well and smells good - that way you’re more likely to use it.

Dr Moncrieff also warned not to use a moisturiser that contains harmful ingredients, such as sodium laurel sulfate.

He added: “Some preservatives, some colouring agents, some fragrancies can cause allergic reactions in some people.”

How can you tell if you have eczema in the first place? There are four signs to look out for.

As well as itchy skin, Bupa says your skin may also become:

• Red or inflamed
• Dry
• Cracked, crusty or scaling
• Thickened, caused by repeated scratching

It adds: “During a flare-up, you may also develop blisters and your skin may weep fluid.

“The area of your body that’s affected often depends on how old you are and how long you’ve had eczema.”