For most people, cotton is less irritating than synthetic fibers or wool. Heavy activities Avoid overly strenuous activities that can make you hot and sweaty or places with abrupt changes in temperatures and humidity. Sweating irritates the rash if you have flare-ups. If you don t have symptoms, practice good skin hygiene. Having Seborrhoeic dermatitis isn t really something that people lose sleep over. As mentioned before, it is harmless unless the condition turns into something worst because of infection. Usually, these forms are treated with moisturizers and oil to lessen the disadvantages. Those who have dandruff turn to commercial products to solve their problems. In infants, these patches develop on the scalp and face, especially on the cheeks. Skins sometime swell, crack and develop scale. Without treatment, the skin protects itself from damage caused by scratching by developing a thick crust over the affected area. Causes Medical experts have not pinpointed the exact cause or causes of atopic dermatitis. However, these studies are too small at present and their results, while encouraging, are not sufficient to draw significant conclusions from. What came out is that keeping calm with a positive attitude could be very good in keeping eczema (and its symptoms) manageable. Emotional support Skin diseases like eczema may dampen a person s enthusiasm for life. Care must also be taken to avoid the eye part. That is why corticosteroids are not given for long periods of time. This is to prevent the side effects from happening. However recent studies show much promise on topical corticosteroids. Topical medications do not seem to affect the skin and does not result in thinning. What is even more a problem is that it is hard to manage eczema in one so young because of the lack of medicines that has no side effects. Children are more vulnerable to the side effects of drugs and as much as possible, they should not be given anything. This does not mean though that your child should not have been given a medicine for eczema.