Skincare interventions in infants for preventing eczema and food allergy: A cochrane systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
Maeve M KelleherSuzie CroEleanor Van VogtVictoria CorneliusKarin C Lodrup CarlsenHåvard Ove SkjervenEva Maria RehbinderAdrian LoweEishika DissanayakeNaoki ShimojoKaori YonezawaYukihiro OhyaKiwako Yamamoto-HanadaKumiko MoritaMichael CorkAlison CookeEric L SimpsonDanielle McClanahanStephan WeidingerJochen SchmittEmma AxonLien TranChristian SurberLisa M AskieLelia DuleyJoanne R ChalmersHywel C WilliamsRobert J BoylePublished in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2021)
Regular emollients during infancy probably do not prevent eczema and probably increase local skin infections.