A baby went from having the worst case of eczema one doctor had ever seen to being blemish free - because of a £12.50 cream.
Nicki Hume's son Cameron suffered from dry, itchy skin since birth. By the time he was three months old, his entire face and body was covered in oozing, red patches.
The youngster was referred to a dermatologist who prescribed various creams and soaps but nothing worked.
Mrs Hume said she 'couldn't see an end point' until she heard about the skincare brand MooGoo last May.
She was so desperate to help her son she claims she even travelled an hour from her home in Kirkcaldy, Fife, to the only pharmacy that stocked the range.
After a couple of months in and out of hospital, Mrs Hume, 37, was thrilled when the range's cleared up Cameron's skin in just four weeks.
At three months old Cameron Hume's eczema-ridden skin (pictured left covered in bandages) left him screaming in agony. The youngster is now blemish-free (seen right) thanks to a balm from an Australian skincare brand his mother Nicki Hume came across online
Mrs Hume (pictured with her son after his skin cleared up) 'couldn't see an end point' when she turned to the balm as a last resort after creams prescribed by dermatologists failed to help
Speaking of her son's condition, Mrs Hume said: 'He scratched all the time, he was grumpy and just not happy.
'It is hard looking back at the pictures because it looks so sore. Some days Cam didn't even look troubled by it and others he would just scream.'
Cameron's oozing skin later become infected, with the youngster requiring antibiotics to clear it up.
Mrs Hume, a sports administrator for Scottish Rugby, said: 'We were seriously worried about his eczema and couldn't see an end point.'
Eczema is an inflammatory condition of the skin that leads to redness, blistering, oozing, scaling and thickening.
It usually appears in the first few months of life and affects around 10 per cent of babies.
Eczema's cause is not fully understood but it is thought to be brought on by the skin's barrier to the outside world not working properly, which allows irritants and allergy-inducing substances to enter.
It may be genetic due to the condition often running in families.
As well as their skin being affected, sufferers may experience insomnia and irritability.
Many factors can make eczema worse. These may include:
Heat, dust, soap and detergents Being unwell, such as having a cold Infections Dry skin StressThere is no cure for eczema, however, 70 per cent of childhood sufferers no longer have the condition in their teens.
Patients should avoid known triggers for flare ups and use emollients.
Source: British Skin Foundation
Cameron's troublesome skin even landed him in A&E on February 14 last year after he 'had been upset most of the
