Wet wraps are what this special treatment is all about. Not only does this treatment perform the eczema prevention functions, but if the eczema has flared already when the wrap is doing the healing work, it will also prevent infections from forming in your child's' eczema lesions that had been scratched open.

Use the wet wraps to help when you are having problems with other treatments working. The procedure is to first wash and moisturize your skin. If you use a bath salt that is good for eczema, as the wash, the benefits of treating the bath can also assist the wet wrap so that the problem goes away sooner than if you were using the wet wrap alone.

After washing you will apply the moisturizer you want to use. The next step is to cover the areas that are affected with a wet bandage, to wet the bandage you would want to use warm or tepid water. (In all of this you should remember not to put hot water onto your babies' skin. It can make him itch.)

After the wet bandage, apply a dry one over it to keep it in place. The majority of the effects will take place during the first few hours, but the wrap can stay in place for up to 24 hours with no problem.

The word of caution that you need to be aware of is that you do not want to use wet wraps in combination with topical steroid medicines unless you have the approval of a professional. This treatment greatly enhances the effects of whatever is in or on your child's skin when the wrap is applied. This means that if his skin is covered with irritants the wrap will make the irritant that much more irritating to his skin. So only apply wet wraps to skin that you know is clean.