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9 Best Baby Eczema Creams & Skincare Products in Australia (2026)
Updated August 2026
By One Fine Baby Editorial Team
Baby eczema can be tough on little ones - and just as frustrating for parents trying to work out which products are gentle enough for dry, itchy and sensitive skin. While eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, may require treatment recommended by your GP, pharmacist or dermatologist, choosing the right everyday skincare can play an important role in keeping baby's skin moisturised and supporting its protective barrier.
So, what should you look for in a baby eczema cream or moisturiser? Gentle, fragrance-free formulas are a good place to start, particularly products designed for sensitive or eczema-prone skin. Ingredients such as ceramides and glycerin can help support hydration and the skin barrier, while simple washes and moisturisers can help minimise unnecessary irritation.
At One Fine Baby, we meet hundreds of baby and children's brands through our Australian baby expos and hear directly from parents about the products they're using on sensitive little skin. We've combined that experience with our latest product research to bring you our pick of the best baby eczema creams and skincare products in Australia for 2026.
From nourishing moisturisers and barrier creams to gentle baby washes, these are nine brands worth knowing if your baby has dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.
If your baby's skin is persistently itchy, inflamed, weeping, infected or not improving, speak with your GP or another qualified healthcare professional for individual advice.
The Best Baby Eczema Creams & Skincare Products in Australia for 2026
With more than 75 years of expertise in baby skincare, Mustela's Stelatopia range is specifically formulated for very dry and eczema-prone skin, offering families a gentle routine that covers cleansing, moisturising, face care and even the scalp.
Fragrance-free and dermatologist and paediatrician tested, Stelatopia is suitable for the whole family, including newborns outside NICU. Mustela is also a proud supporter of the Eczema Association of Australasia, adding another reassuring credential for parents navigating sensitive and eczema-prone skin.
Why It's Different
At the centre of the Stelatopia range is Mustela's patented Sunflower Oil Distillate, an ingredient used to help support the skin's protective barrier and replenish essential lipids.
The hero Stelatopia+ Lipid-Replenishing Cream takes this a step further by combining Sunflower Oil Distillate with the prebiotic BioEcolia® to help support the skin barrier and microbiome. Certified organic and made with 99% ingredients of natural origin, it provides up to 24 hours of hydration and is designed to soothe very dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin.
We also like that Stelatopia isn't just a single eczema moisturiser. Mustela has created a complete routine for eczema-prone skin, making it easier to choose complementary products without introducing unnecessary fragrance into baby's skincare routine.
Why Try It
For an everyday routine, start with Stelatopia Cleansing Oil, a fragrance-free cleansing and bath oil designed to cleanse without stripping away the skin's natural oils.
Follow with Stelatopia+ Lipid-Replenishing Cream, applying it regularly to help hydrate and support baby's skin barrier. For dry and eczema-prone skin on the face and eyelids, there's also Stelatopia Emollient Face Cream, while Stelatopia Foam Shampoo offers a fragrance-free option specifically formulated for an eczema-prone scalp.
It's a particularly good range to know about if you'd prefer to build baby's cleansing and moisturising routine around products developed specifically for eczema-prone skin rather than mixing and matching products from different ranges.
Key Features
- Specifically formulated for very dry and eczema-prone skin
- Suitable for newborns outside NICU, babies, children and adults
- Fragrance-free formulas
- Dermatologist and paediatrician tested
- Supporter of the Eczema Association of Australasia
- Backed by more than 75 years of Mustela baby skincare research
- Stelatopia+ Lipid-Replenishing Cream is certified organic
- Stelatopia+ contains 99% ingredients of natural origin
- Features Mustela's patented Sunflower Oil Distillate
- Complete routine includes cleansing oil, cleansing gel, moisturiser, face cream and foam shampoo
A familiar name in Australian bathrooms and pharmacies, QV Baby is a trusted choice for parents looking for simple, gentle skincare for dry, sensitive and eczema-prone baby skin.
Developed and manufactured in Australia by Ego Pharmaceuticals, the QV Baby range is paediatrician recommended and dermatologically tested, with gentle formulations designed specifically for baby's developing skin. The range is also free from common irritants including soap, fragrance and colour, making it an easy one to consider when you're trying to keep a sensitive skin routine simple.
Why It's Different
QV Baby focuses on two of the fundamentals of caring for eczema-prone skin: gentle cleansing and consistent moisturising.
The range includes everything from bath oil and gentle wash through to moisturising cream, lotion and barrier cream, so parents can build a complete everyday routine without needing to mix and match multiple skincare brands.
Our pick for dry and eczema-prone skin is the QV Baby Moisturising Cream. The rich, non-greasy formula combines glycerin to attract and retain moisture, niacinamide (Vitamin B3) to support skin barrier function, dimethicone to help form a protective barrier, and liquid paraffin to help reduce moisture loss.
It's also fragrance-free, colour-free and pH balanced, and QV is a proud supporter of the Eczema Association of Australasia.
Why Try It
For bath time, QV Baby Bath Oil is a gentle, water-dispersible oil designed to moisturise and soften delicate, dry skin while bathing. It leaves a fine moisturising layer on the skin to help reduce moisture loss and doesn't need to be rinsed away.
Prefer a wash? QV Baby Gentle Wash is a mild, soap-free and pH-balanced cleanser for baby's hair and body. It contains glycerin and niacinamide and is designed to cleanse without unnecessarily disrupting delicate skin.
After bathing, apply QV Baby Moisturising Cream while baby's skin is still slightly damp to help lock in hydration. There's also a lighter QV Baby Skin Lotion for everyday moisturising and QV Baby Barrier Cream for the nappy area.
Key Features
- Australian made
- Paediatrician recommended
- Dermatologically tested
- Suitable for sensitive and eczema-prone baby skin
- Free from soap, fragrance and colour
- QV Baby Moisturising Cream contains glycerin and niacinamide (Vitamin B3)
- Proud supporter of the Eczema Association of Australasia
- Complete range covering cleansing, bathing, moisturising and nappy care
- QV Baby Gentle Wash is soap-free and pH balanced
- QV Baby Bath Oil helps moisturise delicate, dry skin during bath time
If you're hearing more about the skin microbiome when it comes to baby skincare, Bunjie is one Australian brand worth knowing. Its playful-looking range has some serious skin science behind it, with products designed to support the delicate community of microorganisms that live on baby's skin.
Bunjie's skincare is formulated with its signature Minibiotics® blend of prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics, alongside gentle, naturally derived ingredients. The range is dermatologically tested and developed with sensitive little skin in mind, making it an interesting everyday option for babies prone to dryness and sensitivity.
Why It's Different
Bunjie's philosophy starts with the skin microbiome. Just like the gut microbiome, baby's skin is home to microorganisms that form part of its natural ecosystem and play a role in supporting the skin barrier.
Bunjie's Minibiotics® combine prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics to help support this environment. The formulas are also pH balanced between 5 and 5.5, helping to maintain the naturally slightly acidic environment of healthy skin.
The brand is particularly considered about what it leaves out, too. Bunjie says its products are made without more than 1,400 questionable ingredients and toxins, including parabens, phthalates, PEGs, sulphates (SLS and SLES), synthetic fragrance, petrochemicals, formaldehyde, nut oils and phenoxyethanol.
Why Try It
For little ones with dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin, Bunjie offers an easy everyday routine focused on gentle cleansing and maintaining hydration.
Born To Be Mild Top To Toe Wash gives parents one product for cleansing baby's hair and body, while Snug As A Bug Moisture Lotion provides everyday hydration for dry and sensitive skin.
For skin that needs an extra dose of moisture, Rock-A-Bye Baby Oil can also be used to help comfort dry skin.
We also appreciate Bunjie's transparency around eczema: the brand says its products are carefully formulated for sensitive skin but doesn't recommend using them in place of therapeutic eczema products where these may be more appropriate. For persistent, inflamed or troublesome eczema, speak with your child's healthcare professional about the right treatment.
Key Features
- Microbiome-focused baby skincare
- Features Bunjie's Minibiotics® blend of prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics
- Formulated for sensitive baby skin
- Dermatologically tested
- pH balanced between 5 and 5.5
- Designed to help support baby's developing skin microbiome and skin barrier
- Made without synthetic fragrance, SLS, SLES, parabens, phthalates and nut oils
- Everyday options for cleansing and moisturising dry, sensitive skin
- Australian brand
Simplified skincare, safe by design and backed by science, Australian-made VEEORÈ has been created specifically with newborn, sensitive and eczema-prone skin in mind. Developed in alignment with paediatric and paediatric dermatology research, the range is dermatologically tested and approved, and VEEORÈ is proudly partnered with the Eczema Association of Australasia.
At the heart of VEEORÈ is a focus on baby's developing skin barrier. Its unique Trio-Ceramides are designed to mimic the lipids naturally found in the skin, helping to support the skin barrier and retain essential moisture. The brand also uses prebiotics in targeted formulations to help support the skin's microbiome.
Another point of difference? VEEORÈ replaces water with soothing aloe vera, giving its formulations a hydrating base from the very first ingredient.
Every VEEORÈ product is 100% fragrance free, including essential oils. Its Everyday Sensitive Range goes even further, formulated without nut oils, food extracts, botanical extracts, propylene glycol, cocamidopropyl betaine, decyl glucoside, lanolin, linalool and limonene.
What makes VEEORÈ different?
Formulated by a mum following three years of formulation research, VEEORÈ takes a considered, science-led approach to baby skincare. Rather than creating an overflowing bathroom shelf, the range keeps things refreshingly simple with three targeted products:
- All-In-Wonder Wash: An ultra-mild, soap-free and pH-balanced hair and body wash featuring an amino acid surfactant system to gently cleanse without stripping baby's natural oils. Aloe vera, saccharide isomerate and glycerin help support hydration from the very first bath.
- Magical Moisturiser: A rich, fast-absorbing moisturiser featuring VEEORÈ's Trio-Ceramides and phytosphingosine to help support and strengthen the skin barrier, alongside aloe vera and dimethicone to help lock in hydration.
- Dream Barrier Cream: A waterless protective balm combining zinc oxide with VEEORÈ's dual prebiotic blend, plant ceramide and nine carefully selected plant oils and butters to moisturise, comfort and help protect delicate skin.
All three are also available together in the VEEORÈ Complete Care Bundle for a simple head-to-toe routine.
Customer Reviews
"My bub has eczema and it was starting to spread all over her body. We tried a lot of different things; her skin was red and inflamed, and after one night of the Magical Moisturiser it had calmed down a lot. We're nearly through the whole bottle and will be ordering more."
"Super gentle, lovely kit. I'm so pleased with all three of the products. I have been looking for a good body wash for our toddler that we could also use for our newborn. I am always so confused why apparently 'sensitive' baby washes will have fragrance and essential oils in them... I've been so pleased with how gentle and sensitive-skin appropriate the wash is."
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An Australian skincare favourite with a loyal following among families with sensitive skin, MooGoo has a dedicated Baby Eczema & Psoriasis Cream formulated to provide symptomatic relief from mild eczema, dermatitis and mild psoriasis.
Unlike an everyday baby moisturiser, this is an AUST L listed therapeutic product (AUST L 335464) designed specifically to help calm red, itchy, irritated and inflamed skin. It's suitable for all ages, including babies, making it one to know about when your little one's skin needs more targeted support.
Why It's Different
MooGoo's Baby Eczema & Psoriasis Cream combines several soothing ingredients, including Centella asiatica, chamomile, aloe vera and sage oil, with nourishing olive and almond oils, squalane and allantoin.
The lightweight, fast-absorbing cream is designed to help relieve inflammation and irritation while reducing the scaling and crusting associated with mild eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis.
Interestingly, the Baby Eczema & Psoriasis Cream contains the same formula as MooGoo's original Eczema & Psoriasis Cream - the product that helped establish the brand - presented in its Baby & Child range for parents.
Why Try It
This is a good option to consider when you're looking for something more targeted than baby's everyday moisturiser.
MooGoo recommends applying the Baby Eczema & Psoriasis Cream directly to problem areas before following with a moisturiser to keep skin hydrated.
For everyday care between flare-ups, the wider MooGoo Baby & Child range also includes moisturisers, washes and scalp products, making it easy to build a simple routine around dry and sensitive skin.
One important ingredient note for allergy-conscious families: the Baby Eczema & Psoriasis Cream contains almond oil, so check the full ingredient list before use if nut oils are something you've been advised to avoid.
Key Features
- AUST L listed therapeutic product (AUST L 335464)
- Provides symptomatic relief of mild eczema, dermatitis and mild psoriasis
- Suitable for all ages, including babies
- Helps calm red, itchy, irritated and inflamed skin
- Helps reduce skin scaling and crusting
- Contains Centella asiatica, chamomile and aloe vera
- Olive oil, almond oil and squalane help support skin hydration
- Lightweight, fast-absorbing formula
- Part of MooGoo's dedicated Baby & Child skincare range
- Australian skincare brand
Always read the label and follow the directions for use. If symptoms persist, speak with your healthcare professional.
If there's one skincare ingredient you'll hear about again and again when researching dry and eczema-prone skin, it's ceramides - and they're at the heart of CeraVe's approach to baby skincare.
Developed with paediatric dermatologists, the CeraVe Baby range is designed to gently care for baby's delicate skin while helping to support its developing moisture barrier. The formulas are fragrance free, paraben free and sulfate free, and are suitable for all skin types, including mild eczema-prone skin in babies, toddlers and children.
Why It's Different
CeraVe is known for its use of three essential ceramides - Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP and Ceramide EOP - which help support and maintain the skin's natural moisture barrier.
That's particularly relevant for babies with very dry or eczema-prone skin, where keeping the skin well moisturised and supporting its protective barrier is an important part of everyday skincare.
The hero of the baby range is the CeraVe Baby Moisturising Cream, which combines three essential ceramides with fatty acids and cholesterol - lipids that are naturally found within the skin - alongside hyaluronic acid and glycerin to help attract and retain moisture. The rich but gentle formula provides up to 24 hours of hydration and can be used on baby's face and body.
Why Try It
CeraVe keeps the routine refreshingly straightforward.
Start with CeraVe Baby Wash & Shampoo, a tear-free, soap-free and pH-balanced cleanser that can be used across baby's hair, face and body. It's formulated with three essential ceramides, hyaluronic acid and vitamin E to cleanse without unnecessarily disrupting baby's delicate skin barrier.
Follow with CeraVe Baby Moisturising Cream to help replenish moisture and support the skin barrier. Both products are allergy tested, non-comedogenic and accepted by the US National Eczema Association, making the range particularly worth knowing if you're looking for simple, fragrance-free skincare for a baby with dry, sensitive or mild eczema-prone skin.
Key Features
- Developed with paediatric dermatologists
- Suitable for mild eczema-prone baby, toddler and children's skin
- Formulated with three essential ceramides
- Baby Moisturising Cream contains fatty acids and cholesterol
- Hyaluronic acid and glycerin help attract and retain moisture
- Provides up to 24 hours of hydration
- Fragrance-free and paraben-free formulas
- Baby range is sulfate free
- Allergy tested and non-comedogenic
- Baby Wash & Shampoo is tear-free, soap-free and pH balanced
- Accepted by the US National Eczema Association
When you're dealing with dry, sensitive or eczema-prone baby skin, DermaVeen Baby Calmexa is one of those pharmacy ranges worth knowing. Australian made and specifically formulated for delicate baby skin, the range combines 100% natural colloidal oatmeal with ceramides and Kakadu plum to help soothe, hydrate and support baby's developing skin barrier.
The range is also fragrance free, hypoallergenic and dermatologically tested, with more than 99% naturally derived ingredients - ticking plenty of boxes for parents looking to keep baby's skincare routine gentle and uncomplicated.
Why It's Different
The hero ingredient here is colloidal oatmeal. DermaVeen uses its OatActiv+® 100% natural colloidal oatmeal, a finely milled form of whole oat that can help soothe itch and irritation, maintain moisture and support the skin's protective barrier.
Baby Calmexa pairs this with ceramides, which help maintain the skin barrier and reduce moisture loss, plus Australian Kakadu plum, a natural source of antioxidants.
It's a clever combination for eczema-prone baby skin: colloidal oatmeal to soothe and hydrate, ceramides to support the barrier and Kakadu plum to help protect delicate skin.
Why Try It
There are three products in the dedicated Baby Calmexa range, making it easy to create a simple bath-and-moisturise routine.
Baby Calmexa Soap-Free Wash & Shampoo gently cleanses baby's hair and skin without soap or fragrance, while Baby Calmexa Daily Moisturising Lotion provides lightweight everyday hydration.
For particularly dry and eczema-prone skin, our pick is the Baby Calmexa Extra Rich Moisturising Cream. The richer formula is clinically proven to provide 24-hour moisturisation and improve skin hydration after just 15 minutes, while remaining fragrance free and hypoallergenic.
Both Calmexa moisturisers are also described as skin microbiome friendly, making this a particularly well-rounded range for supporting delicate baby skin day to day.
Key Features
- Australian made
- Specifically formulated for delicate, dry, sensitive and eczema-prone baby skin
- Made with 100% natural colloidal oatmeal
- Contains ceramides and Australian Kakadu plum
- More than 99% naturally derived ingredients
- Dermatologically tested
- Hypoallergenic and fragrance free
- Skin microbiome friendly
- Free from soap, parabens, sulphates, phthalates, alcohol, silicone, mineral oil, phenoxyethanol and artificial colours
- Extra Rich Moisturising Cream provides clinically proven 24-hour moisturisation
- Three-product range covering cleansing and moisturising
When baby's eczema-prone skin is particularly dry and itchy, Avène XeraCalm A.D is a pharmacy favourite worth knowing. Developed specifically for very dry, eczema-prone and itch-prone skin, the range is suitable from birth and offers everything from a gentle cleansing oil to rich daily emollients and targeted care for particularly itchy areas.
Behind it is some serious skincare research, too. Avène developed the XeraCalm A.D range following 12 years of research, with formulas designed to soothe dryness and itching while helping to restore and support the skin's protective barrier.
Why It's Different
The standout ingredient is I-modulia®, Avène's patented postbiotic active derived from Avène Thermal Spring Water. It's used to help reduce itching sensations associated with skin dryness, while Cer-omega, lipids similar to those naturally found in the skin, help nourish and strengthen the skin's protective barrier.
Another interesting difference is Avène's Sterile Cosmetics® technology. It allows products including the XeraCalm A.D Lipid-Replenishing Cream to be formulated without preservatives while keeping the formula sterile throughout use.
The result is a particularly considered range for babies and children whose skin needs more than a basic everyday moisturiser.
Why Try It
Start bath time with XeraCalm A.D Lipid-Replenishing Cleansing Oil, a very gentle, soap-free cleanser designed to cleanse while protecting skin against the drying effects of water. It's suitable from birth and can be used on very dry and eczema-prone skin.
After bathing, our pick for babies is the XeraCalm A.D Lipid-Replenishing Cream. Fragrance free and preservative free, it hydrates and nourishes very dry skin while helping to soothe itching associated with dryness.
If baby's skin is extremely dry, there's also the richer XeraCalm A.D Lipid-Replenishing Balm, while the XeraCalm A.D Soothing Concentrate provides more targeted care for recurring areas of intense dryness and itching.
Avène reports that its XeraCalm A.D baby routine provides 24-hour hydration, while a clinical study involving children aged seven months to nine years with atopic dermatitis found a 97% reduction in itching sensations associated with skin dryness after one month of twice-daily use of XeraCalm A.D Cream.
Key Features
- Developed specifically for very dry and eczema-prone skin
- Suitable for babies from birth, children and adults
- Developed following 12 years of research
- Contains patented I-modulia® postbiotic active
- Cer-omega lipids help nourish and support the skin barrier
- Lipid-Replenishing Cream is fragrance free and preservative free
- Sterile Cosmetics® technology helps keep the formula sterile throughout use
- Lipid-Replenishing Cleansing Oil is soap free
- Options for cleansing, daily moisturising and targeted itchy areas
- Made in France
Oat-based skincare has long been a go-to for dry, sensitive skin, and Aveeno Baby Dermexa takes that approach specifically into the baby eczema category. The small but targeted range includes a moisturising cream and gentle wash, both clinically proven suitable for eczema-prone baby skin.
Developed with leading US dermatologists, the Dermexa range combines the soothing properties of oats with barrier-supporting ingredients, making it a particularly easy option for parents looking for an everyday wash-and-moisturise routine for dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin.
Why It's Different
The hero of the range is Aveeno Baby Dermexa Moisturising Cream, formulated with Aveeno's naturally active Triple Oat Complex, which combines oat essence, colloidal oatmeal and oat oils.
The formula also contains Ceramide NP, helping to support the skin's natural moisture barrier and improve its ability to retain moisture. It's designed to soothe dry, itchy skin, reduce the appearance of redness and scaling and provide 24 hours of moisturisation.
It's also fragrance free, cortisone free and formulated without lanolin or dyes - useful considerations when you're trying to keep an eczema-prone baby's skincare routine simple.
Why Try It
For bath time, Aveeno Baby Dermexa Moisturising Wash is an ultra-gentle, soap-free and pH-balanced cleanser formulated with colloidal oatmeal, oat essence and rich emollients. It's designed to cleanse delicate skin without drying it out and is fragrance free and hypoallergenic.
Follow with the Baby Dermexa Moisturising Cream, applying it twice daily or as required to keep dry skin well moisturised.
Aveeno Baby is also a US paediatrician-recommended brand, while the Dermexa wash page identifies Aveeno Baby as a proud supporter of the Eczema Association Australasia.
Key Features
- Specifically formulated for babies with eczema-prone skin
- Dermexa Moisturising Cream contains Triple Oat Complex
- Triple Oat Complex combines oat essence, colloidal oatmeal and oat oils
- Contains Ceramide NP to help support the skin's moisture barrier
- Clinically proven suitable for eczema-prone baby skin
- Moisturising Cream provides 24-hour moisturisation
- Helps soothe dry, itchy skin
- Fragrance-free formulas
- Moisturising Cream is cortisone free and contains no lanolin or dyes
- Moisturising Wash is soap free, hypoallergenic and pH balanced
- Developed with leading US dermatologists
For parents who'd prefer to build their little one's entire eczema skincare routine around one range, Dermal Therapy Little Bodies makes things refreshingly straightforward. The Australian-made and owned paediatric skincare range has been specifically developed for delicate children's skin from newborn, with targeted products for cleansing, everyday moisturising and those particularly itchy, uncomfortable flare-ups.
The dedicated eczema line includes Little Bodies Eczema Wash & Shampoo, Eczema Moisturising Lotion and Eczema Relief Cream, giving parents a simple three-step approach to caring for dry, sensitive and eczema-prone skin.
Why It's Different
Rather than relying on one hero moisturiser to do everything, Little Bodies separates everyday eczema care from targeted flare-up relief.
The Eczema Moisturising Lotion is designed for daily use from birth to 12 years and contains 2% colloidal oatmeal to help relieve symptoms of mild eczema and dermatitis, including dryness, irritation and itchiness. It's also clinically proven to provide 24-hour hydration from a single application.
Then there's Little Bodies Eczema Relief Cream, a non-steroidal formula designed specifically for babies and toddlers experiencing uncomfortable flare-ups. It contains 5% colloidal oatmeal, alongside aloe vera and calendula, and is dermatologist recommended and clinically tested.
Why Try It
Start with Little Bodies Eczema Wash & Shampoo, an ultra-gentle cleanser designed for sensitive and eczema-prone skin. In clinical testing commissioned by Dermal Therapy, it was found to be as low-irritating as water under the study conditions.
Follow with the Eczema Moisturising Lotion for everyday hydration and skin maintenance. When red, itchy or irritated patches flare up, the Eczema Relief Cream provides more targeted, non-steroidal relief and can be applied directly to affected areas as directed.
There's also a Little Bodies Nappy Balm within the wider kids' range, providing a barrier-care option for the nappy area.
Key Features
- Australian made and owned
- Paediatric skincare range developed for children from newborn
- Dedicated three-product eczema care routine
- Eczema Relief Cream is non-steroidal
- Relief Cream contains 5% colloidal oatmeal
- Moisturising Lotion contains 2% colloidal oatmeal
- Moisturising Lotion provides clinically proven 24-hour hydration
- Eczema Wash & Shampoo designed for gentle cleansing
- Fragrance-free eczema care options
- Designed for dry, sensitive and eczema-prone children's skin
- Nappy Balm also available within the Little Bodies range
Always read the label and follow the directions for use. If symptoms persist, speak with your healthcare professional.
FAQs About Baby Eczema Creams & Skincare
What is the best cream for baby eczema in Australia?
There isn't one baby eczema cream that's best for every child. Look for a thick, fragrance-free moisturiser suitable for sensitive or eczema-prone skin, and consider formulas designed to support the skin barrier. If your baby's eczema is persistent or severe, speak to your GP or pharmacist.
What ingredients should I look for in a baby eczema cream?
Simple, fragrance-free formulas are generally a good starting point. Depending on the product, ingredients such as ceramides, glycerin and colloidal oatmeal may help moisturise dry skin and support the skin barrier. More ingredients aren't necessarily better: for eczema-prone babies, a straightforward formula that keeps the skin well moisturised without unnecessary irritants can be preferable.
Should baby eczema cream be fragrance free?
Yes, fragrance-free skincare is generally recommended for babies and children with eczema. Fragrances and perfumes can irritate sensitive skin, so check the ingredient list rather than relying solely on terms such as "gentle" or "natural". The Royal Children's Hospital recommends avoiding moisturisers containing fragrance and using fragrance-free, soap-free bath products for children with eczema.
How often should I moisturise my baby's eczema?
The Royal Children's Hospital recommends generously applying moisturiser from head to toe at least twice a day, including after bathing, and reapplying whenever the skin feels dry. Keeping eczema-prone skin consistently moisturised is an important part of everyday management, even when there aren't obvious eczema patches. Your baby's doctor may recommend a different routine depending on the severity of their eczema.
Should I use lotion or cream for baby eczema?
For particularly dry or eczema-prone skin, a thicker cream or ointment is generally preferable to a light lotion because it can provide greater moisturisation and help reduce water loss from the skin. The Royal Children's Hospital specifically recommends a thick, plain moisturising cream with a high oil and low water content. Lighter lotions may still be useful for everyday hydration depending on your baby's skin and the product formulation.
What should I use to wash a baby with eczema?
Choose a gentle, soap-free cleanser or bath product rather than traditional soap, which can further dry or irritate eczema-prone skin. Keep bath water lukewarm rather than hot and moisturise baby's skin afterwards. A number of eczema-focused ranges offer cleansers designed to complement their moisturisers.
Can moisturiser treat a baby eczema flare-up?
Moisturiser is an important part of eczema management, but it may not be enough to control an active flare. Topical corticosteroids are commonly used to treat eczema inflammation and are considered safe for children when used correctly and as directed by a healthcare professional. Don't avoid a recommended eczema treatment because a product is marketed as "natural" or "non-steroidal". Speak with your GP or pharmacist about the appropriate treatment for your baby.
When should I take my baby to the doctor for eczema?
See your GP if you're unsure whether your baby has eczema, their symptoms aren't improving with appropriate skincare, eczema is widespread or severe, or you're concerned about infection. Weeping, crusting, blistering, increasing redness or a baby who seems generally unwell should also prompt medical advice. Babies with difficult-to-manage eczema may need assessment by a paediatrician, dermatologist or allergist.
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