Your child’s eczema: more than skin deep
Can ReMed help with your child’s eczema? Yes, in a specific, honest way: we do not replace the creams or your GP’s management, and we never advise stopping prescribed treatment. What we add is the investigation around the flares: trigger history, skin-barrier nutrition measured through nutritional testing, and gut factors where the story points there. The work follows the Moore Method: a 60-minute history first, testing only where clinically indicated, then a plan reviewed as your child responds, at Bundoora or by telehealth.
The cream cycle, and the question it never answers
Flare, cream, calm, repeat. You know the rhythm by heart: the angry patches behind the knees, the night scratching, the cream that settles things, the fortnight of good skin, and then the slow return. To be clear, the cream is doing its job, and it stays. The question it was never designed to answer is yours: why does the skin keep flaring? That is the investigation we run, patiently and without pulling apart your child’s diet on a hunch.
What we look at
The trigger map comes first: seasons, heat and sweat, bath products and washing powder, fabrics, dust, pets, pollens and foods, charted against the flare calendar your memory already holds. Then the skin itself as an organ with ingredients: zinc, essential fatty acids, vitamin D and protein intake, measured through pathology rather than assumed. Then the gut, because the gut-skin relationship is an active research area and digestive symptoms sit quietly behind many itchy kids. And the family history, because eczema, asthma and hayfever tend to travel together: our croup and asthma page covers the breathing side of that picture.
Testing pathways we commonly use
Recommended selectively after the history, and both work by home sample kits.
Patient process, no diet roulette
Understand
A 60-minute initial consultation covering your child's full history, not a 10-minute snapshot.
Investigate
Targeted functional testing where clinically indicated, so decisions follow data, not guesswork.
Support
A personalised plan, reviewed and adjusted as your child responds, coordinated with your child's doctors.
Initial consultations run 60 minutes and start from $242: fees and rebates are public, and you can choose your practitioner in 2 minutes.
What support can include
Depending on your child’s history and results, support can include repletion of measured skin-barrier nutrients through food first, evidence-informed supplementation where testing shows a genuine gap, gut-focused dietary work, practical bathing and bedding adjustments for itchy nights, and a structured, supervised approach to any suspected food trigger so nothing is eliminated on a whim. Plans are reviewed and adjusted as your child’s skin responds, with your GP kept in the loop with your consent.
Childhood eczema questions, answered straight
No. Never stop or change prescribed treatment without your doctor, and we will never advise it. Prescribed creams calm inflamed skin, and that job matters. Our work runs alongside: investigating why flares keep returning, supporting skin-barrier nutrition and looking at gut and trigger factors. Families usually find the 2 roles complement each other well, and with your consent we keep your GP across everything we recommend.
Sometimes food is a trigger; often it is only part of the picture alongside heat, fabrics, washing products, dust, pollens and skin-barrier genetics. That is why we investigate rather than guess: a structured history first, then targeted testing where clinically indicated. If suspected food allergy is on the table, that belongs with your GP and an allergist first: true allergy assessment is medical territory, and we respect that line completely.
Skin needs raw materials to maintain its barrier: zinc, essential fatty acids, vitamin D and adequate protein among them. We measure rather than assume, using nutritional pathology to see where your child actually sits, then address measured gaps through food first and supplementation where indicated. Bathing routines and moisturiser habits matter too. None of this replaces your child’s prescribed treatment; it supports the skin that treatment is calming.
Itch generally feels worse at night: skin warms under bedding, there are fewer distractions, and scratching then breaks sleep, which frays everyone’s next day. We look at the practical levers: bedding and room temperature, bathing timing, skin-barrier support, and the gut and trigger picture behind the flares. Better nights are usually the first thing parents ask for, so they get early attention in the plan.
We will not promise timelines, because every child’s skin, triggers and history are different, and honest practitioners do not guarantee outcomes. What we commit to is process: a thorough history, testing only where clinically indicated, a plan you understand, and reviews where it is adjusted as your child responds. Subsequent consultations run 30 minutes (from $149), and your GP stays part of the picture throughout.
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ReMed's care is complementary to, not a replacement for, conventional medical care. We work alongside your GP, paediatrician and specialists, and our support is not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment. In an emergency call 000. Every child is different: outcomes vary and no specific result can be guaranteed.