Our 3 year old son had bad eczema since birth. Last year this culminated in a serious infection (ecema herpeticum) resulting in a hospital stay. This was due his constant itching at night, breaking his skin (even with short nails) and continual itching not allowing the skin to heal. Since then we purchased a pair of scratch sleeves, and they have HELPED MASSIVELY. At night, even if he itches he rarely breaks his skin, he can still rub away but it just allows us to get some sleep and has just given us some piece of mind. He enjoys wearing them too as he thinks he becomes a lion with paws! It isn't the ultimate solution, but since purchase we no longer wake up to bloody sheets and excoriated skin. The only small criticism is perhaps the mittens portion could be slightly more hard wearing, our last pair seemed to come apart at the hands. But overall a very good product.