Elimination of inflammation in the skin will eliminate eczema. Anti-inflammatory treatment is the main approach presently available for treating eczema. But it is important to realize this is not a specific treatment since it is not attacking the basic cause of eczema.If the basic cause of an eczema continues to operate, anti-inflammatory treatments will only be effective as long as they are used, or put another way, suppression of the inflammation is a treatment and not a cure.