Hazel,
                Have they tried aloe vera gel? The food grade might
be more gentle than the usual topical kind.
                                                Sue H
 
> P.S. Does anyone out there have a child with severe allergies to the
> extent that they get really bad excema from milk, eggs, corn and
> tomatoes. I know someone that her skin gets so bad it just hurts. She is
> looking for something to put on her skin other than cortisone creams as
> she has been on them for too long. Even water hurts her skin.