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Dear John,

I have been using the Repcillin and spray for a few months now....my son asks for it when he wakes up at night itching or any other time. He really likes the fact that it doesn't burn as so many other creams do. It is very soothing but his eczema keeps coming back.

He is allergic according to his allergist to; egg whites, nuts and dust mites. I am doing my very best to read every label before giving him even the most basic stuff. We have no carpet in the house and he has allergy covers on his entire bed, and I wash his sheets in the hottest cycle every 3-4 days.

We live in Atlanta, Georgia and have been told this is the worst state for people with allergies...humid and hot (bet dust mites love this place) Last year we spent 2 weeks in Vancouver Canada and my son came back with no exzema at all!

This summer we spent 7 weeks in Sweden and once again his skin looked beautiful within about a week. His eczema sometimes gets so bad he scratches til he bleeds on his legs and wrists and his upper lip...his eyeslids gets swollen and he looks so bad.

For some strange reason he now looks great for the past week and we have even slipped once and gave him meatballs with eggs in them! Also it hasn't stopped raining for the past week so now we have practically 100% humidity which is really bad for dustmites....I really don't know what elements adds up to his eczema....

I appreciate all your little tidbits of information and try to keep in mind a health diet...harder said than done with kids who wants what all the other kids eat...

Thanks again!

Annica Difrakhsh