I was rather amazed when a mother told me that urine treats eczema and suggested she shares her own experience on the blog in the hope of helping other desperate mums out there.
Urine consists mostly of watern with small amount of urea (a substance that can be harmful if it enters the blood stream) and excreted enzymes, minerals and hormones–which many believe can be beneficial to the body. Urine therapy involves using one’s own urine to address a number of illnesses and conditions. (ehow.com)
Urine Treats Eczema Says One Mum; Her Experience
When my daughter was 2 weeks old I stopped exclusively breastfeeding her and started combine feeding. It was then that I noticed her skin started to dry out. Our Health Visitor suggested rubbing her body in olive oil.
Each day we would dab the olive oil all over her skin, leave it a while then bath her. After 3-4 weeks we didn’t notice much difference. In fact it had started to get a little red and sore on her face, elbows and knees. So once again we spoke with the Health Visitor, to which she told us to keep up with the olive oil every day.
After a further 3-4 weeks and still no change in sight, we sought out the advice of a doctor. We were told she had eczema and she was prescribed two steroid-based creams and bath oil. We used the creams and bath oil religiously for a month, but still her skin flared up.
By this stage my poor daughters face and limbs looked practically burnt as they were so red and sore. The doctors continued to brush it off as if it was nothing.
This went on until she was 4 months old. By this stage she was red raw and looked scaly, she was scratching holes in her skin and crying with the pain and irritation.
We had to dress her carefully and only use 100% cotton clothing.
We got stared at when we took her out and our friends even considered phoning Social Services on us. By this stage we were both very fed up of doctors not taking us seriously. We asked to see a dermatologist and asked about wet wraps. We were told to wait for an appointment, so we waited, and waited and our daughter got worse and worse.
As the seasons changed her skin flared up and left her sore and bleeding. It was at this point that I realised the only place on her skin that wasn’t sore and red was her nappy area as she still had a smooth baby bottom.
So I did a little test on her arm, I rubbed her wet nappy on a small patch of her skin every time I changed a soggy nappy.
After 2-3 days that patch was almost clear.
So I started this routine on both arms, by the end of the week her arms were clear, not perfect and to this day they aren’t perfect, but they looked normal again at least.
A further week of this routine on her torso and legs and they too were clear.
After the whole of her body was back to normal, I started on her face, the worst part.
Low and behold, 2 weeks later my beautiful daughters face was baby smooth again.
She had lost all her hair due to this problem and stayed bald until 7 months old, when she finally started getting a little bit of hair.
She’s 17 months now and I’m happy to say she is still clear of her eczema and finally has some hair, not a lot, but some.
People now comment on how gorgeous she is and such good complexion.
If it wasn’t for her urine, my daughter would be scarred and sore for the rest of life, I’m sure of it.
I urge anyone who is having problems with eczema, please try urine therapy, it was the best decision I ever made.
It’s completely sterile and clean, there is nothing bad in your own urine and is also safe to drink. Ignore the fact it seems weird and smells a little – they can always be bathed. This was the best and most gentle thing that I ever used on my precious baby’s skin.
It didn’t burn, hurt, or irritate her like the creams did and it was inexpensive and so easy to do. Please, for your child, try urine therapy.
Would you try this treatment?
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You advised me to do this a few months back, and it works! my daughter has terible eczema and this helps much better than the creams, also no chemicals or repeats to put in! dont tell my OH tho
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haha love the don’t tell my oh bit
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That’s an amazing technique. I’ll be sure to use it if any of my babies get bad eczema x
ive heard of this before. my daughters eczema has flared up really bad again, the backs of her knees are so sore! ill try this techniqe altho not sure how as she is toilet trained! xx
Ive heard this before and know a few people that have tried it and it really does work. If either of my children suffered with eczema then i would 100% try it!! x
Fantastic, thanks for sharing that information.
thats amazing how it works. when my sons ezcema flares up i might just do this. will they stink of pee though? thinking about it id rather him smell of pee and his skin be better then it being red raw and smell free. what are baths for eh lol. xx
Amazing thing the human body. X
learn something everyday on here lolx
have yoou got any photos???
wow, its amazing the things the human body can do!! x
this is my blog, there are photos yes, ive emailed emma them and waiting for them to be added to the blog.
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oooh never though of doing this people no ones ever told me about it. thanks kirsty, my sons hand were terrible untill a few weeks back its calming down now thinks to some cream of a doctor that actually listened to me but if it ever gets bad again n its hard to get in to docs think i will give it a try xx
Wow thats great. Little man has got patches of dried skin so if it gets any worse or turns into anything i shall be trying that =D x
Have you ever even thought that the reason your daughter got eczema was because you started feeding her food too soon. Her stomach and digestion were not ready for food yet. Had you kept up the breastfeeding only, you would never have had this eczema problem in the first place.
i totally disagree with that, whats wrong with combine feeding breast milk and formula? some people cant even breast feed so have to use formula. this has been going on for many years. if formula was so bad for babies it wouldnt be made avaliable. formula is not the cause of eczema what so ever.
I am not categorically saying that it was the change from only mother’s milk to formula and mother’s milk but I do have read that eczema is caused by an unbalance of the gut bacteria that causes yeast to take over which causes eczema. But all in all there are various types of eczema, I actually ended up here from a contact eczema caused by allergens in dish washer soap. So there is definitely room for your daughter’s eczema to have been caused by something else than a diet change that millions of babies go through without any obvious harm.
I have been researching on eczema for 1+ years and this is the first time I’ve heard of urine therapy! Without doing further research, off my mind, I think it may be some antiseptic properties? Do visit my blog eczemablues.com for some of the more conventional and doctors recommended techniques.
Eczema come and go but definitely, if it’s red and full body, it requires medical attention. It’s sad that the anonymous mom who posted said that the doctors were dismissive, they should not be. Eczema causes a lot of stress and irritation for the child and the whole family.
Standard ways:
1. See specialist – get skin prick test or blood test to have some ideas as a start what is /not causing the eczema.
2. Moisturizing must be done – do check out my blog on sensitive skincare series to learn how to read the label and avoid irritants
3. Steroid creams must be applied as directed by doctor – again, if you click steroid on my blog tag, you’ll find posts telling you how much to apply (generally, as thin as you can and not more than 2xs a day)
4. Use antiseptic – chlorhexidine to clean the eczema patch – get rid of the staph bacteria that is preventing the skin from healing
I’m happy for parents to find a way that works for their child’s eczema but do do practice safe methods and don’t jump to miracle cures.
Take care everyone.
You can also learn more at the twitter party on 16 March 9pm EST #4Eczema
My baby was exclusively breastfed no formula at all til 9 months and she developed eczema at 8 weeks so there goes your theory. I tried elimating dairy, went on elimination diets but the truth is when I weaned my daughter onto prescription formula at 9 months her skin improved so much. I hate to say it but her head to toe eczema only started to improve when I weaned. So don’t make people feel guilty for combine feeding. Good on the author for continuing to breastfeed as so many give up after a short time. My little girl is 21 months but still has bad eczema on her hands feet and face. Would liked to have tried this but her nappy area is often rashy too but this could be due to her numerous food allergies and intolerances.
It is true that applying urine on eczema solves the problem because even i had eczema on my foot i used this method and in few weeks it disappeared which non of the other treatments could do it really works
besides being the best costume medicine that no money can buy even better u can make your own homopathic medicine just look it up u take like a drop to 50 drops of distilled etc etc i am just beginning doing this for my daughter but it is hard to collect the urine so now im putting in klenexx this is the best thing for anyone that suffers any allergies i mean to drink your own it works better than just applying it on your skin best diet to create a healthy ecology is bodyecology add fermented veggies and coconut water kefir get rid of all dairy gluten and sugar and add enzymes and probiotics
Wow!!!