For the treatment of dermatitis: are EpiCeram or MimyX (skin barrier creams) as effective as Elidel (skin-selective inflammatory cytokine inhibitor)? I have dermatitis on an area of my body where the skin is already naturally thin(genitals) and am not interested in using steroid creams, so my doctor prescribed elidel. After researching it and finding out that it has a black box warning, I also asked for a prescription for EpiCeram which I am currently using and have used for almost a month now. My condition seems to be slightly improving very slowly, so I just wondered if Elidel would be any more effective than EpiCeram and clear my problem faster? Also, how long should I expect it to take for each of these topicals to work if applying them twice a day?