Transforming the Itch-Scratch Cycle
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Welcome to Kids in Control!
This is a NEW and DIFFERENT programme to help children with itchy eczema take control by teaching you to change your scratching behaviour.
This will help YOU if you want to learn more about how scratching your skin makes it worse.
And it will help YOU if you would like to learn new ways of scratching less and the first step is to notice when you scratch.
Kids in Control is not about giving you creams but about helping YOU learn new ways to help you when your skin is itchy skin and you want to scratch.
What is the 'KiCP'
Part 1
Get your skin care routine right. This means using emollient moisturisers every day to help dry skin and using flare control creams to treat eczema flare-ups.
What is the 'KiCP'
Part 2
Notice your scratching behaviour
What is the 'KiCP'
Part 3
Healing your skin by dealing with the itch and scratch at the same time
Part 1
What is eczema?
Welcome!
Kids in Control is a programme to help children with eczema take control and manage their scratching. You'll find out more about...
Eczema and eczema treatments
How scratching makes eczema worse
Tips to help with itchy skin
Other children's stories about how they've coped with itchy skin
Help to take control of your scratching
Back to basics: Facts about eczema
Eczema is a condition that makes skin dry and itchy.
Back to basics: Facts about eczema
The skin can be dry and sometimes flaky.
Eczema is a condition that makes skin dry and itchy.
Back to basics: Facts about eczema
The skin can be dry and sometimes flaky.
Eczema is a condition that makes skin dry and itchy.
Eczema can be different colours in different people.
Back to basics: Facts about eczema
The skin can be dry and sometimes flaky.
Eczema is a condition that makes skin dry and itchy.
Eczema can be different colours in different people.
1 in every 5 children have eczema
Five million people in the UK have eczema
You are not alone!
"My eczema really annoyed me and I used to scratch all the time but now I know what I'm doing I scratch much less than I used to."
Polly's story
What happens in your skin when you have eczema
This short video tells you more about eczema.
Click to start watching
Many people can feel confused about how to treat eczema. It can be hard to know what treatments to use and when as eczema can change over time.
There are 2 main treatments for eczema...
Back to basics: Treating eczema
Remember you are not alone. Your doctor or nurse can help if your creams are not working.
They work in different ways but both treatments are needed.
There are 2 main treatments for eczema...
Back to basics: Treating eczema
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Get control of eczema
You can keep control with
moisturising creams
Some people call these emollients
moisturising
Get control of eczema
About moisturising creams
They stop eczema flare-ups by keeping out things that may irritate the skin.
They make the skin soft by locking water in the skin.
They reduce soreness.
Most people with eczema will need to use moisturising creams every day.
Get control of eczema
There are lots types of moisturisers.
Some are oily and others are not so oily
You can choose the ones you like.
Moisturisers should be applied all over.
About moisturising creams continued
They stop itching.
They work in different ways but both treatments are needed.
There are 2 main treatments for eczema...
Back to basics: Treating eczema
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Get control of eczema
You can get control with
flare control creams
Some people call these steroid creams
Get control of eczema
They treat sore and itchy skin.
What are steroid creams?
Most people with eczema will need to use flare control creams at some point.
They Help with sore, itchy and bumpy areas of skin
They are used for a short time during ‘flare ups’ to help eczema get better
They work in different ways but both treatments are needed.
There are 2 main treatments for eczema...
Back to basics: Treating eczema
Click on a card to learn more
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What is the 'KiCP'
This 3 part programme will help you heal your skin by:
Helping you to reduce scratching and rubbing of your skin.
Understanding how to use your eczema treatments.
Does the programme work?
"It’s really hard to ignore the itch, even though I know it will be worse if I scratch it. I also know that if I start scratching I will break my skin and it will take longer to heal. Kids in Control helped me figure out what I can do to stop breaking the skin and control that itch."
Days's story
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In the next part you will learn more about how to start to notice your scratching behaviour.