Burns with emollients

Effectiveness and safety of lotion, cream, gel, and ointment emollients for childhood eczema: a pragmatic, randomised, phase 4, superiority trial

“…Interpretation of our findings will be strengthened by a planned formal health economic analysis. Although our study supports the safety of emollients, recent evidence has highlighted associated risks of burns, 29 slippages, 30 and skin infections, 30 and further work is needed to elucidate a possible association with food allergy. 30 Ointments that contain emulsifying agents deserve evaluation, as they might be more acceptable than the simple ointments we compared, as do emollients that contain urea or antimicrobials, because these might be more effective in people with more severe eczema.…”

Cochrane corner: Skin care interventions in infants for preventing eczema and food allergy

“…Emollients are a relatively low‐cost intervention and are seen as cost‐effective in patients who already have eczema as they prevent the need for topical corticosteroids and reduce the number of appointments required 8 . However, this Cochrane review highlights potential harms associated with regular emollient use in early life, in addition to the established risk of burns associated with emollient use 9 …”