Bath oils used for eczema 'do NOT help': Watchdog tells NHS doctors to stop ... trends now
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Bath oils used to treat children with eczema offer little benefit and should not be provided on the NHS, according to the prescribing watchdog.
Emollient bath additives are ‘not clinically or cost effective’ in the treatment of eczema for children under-12, new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines say.
But doctors should continue to prescribe emollient creams, which are proven more effective at easing symptoms, they suggest.
Eczema is the most common inflammatory skin condition in childhood, affecting around one in five children.
It causes patches of skin to become itchy, cracked and sore with many sufferers experiencing regular or even continuous flare-ups, often triggered by irritants and allergens.
Eczema is the most common inflammatory skin condition in childhood
Emollient bath additives are ‘not clinically or cost effective’ in the treatment of eczema for children under-12, new NICE guidelines say
Treatments for atopic eczema include moisturising treatments, known as emollients, which can be creams, soap substitutes and bath additives -
