cradle cap??

Question

what can i do to make it go away on my baby, it keeps coming back??

Answer 1

Paul Mitchell baby shampoo. Wash baby's hair at least every other day and within 2 weeks it will be gone. As long as you continue using it, cradle cap will not return. I don't know why or what sets it apart from the others, but it works. My first baby always slept with her head wedged up against the bumper in the crib and had the most awful case of cradle cap. My best friend is a beautician and brought me a bottle of the shampoo. It cleared up her head and neither of my other kids ever had cradle cap.

Answer 2

I have search, and found nothing, here is a site that has some tricks, but also explains it great. But i have my own special trick, I take lubriderm lotion, for dry skin and hands, and just after i have bathed the baby, while their hair is still wet, I apply it to it about a nickel size, all over where the cradle cap is, and then i use a soft baby brush and brush it out for about 5-10 minutes or until hair is mostly dry. I did this step probably two nights in a row, and it was gone, and never came back. good luck

Answer 3

You don't really need to do anything, but if it bothers you, try shampooing more frequently and gently brushing your baby's scalp with a soft brush or a terrycloth towel.

For stubborn cases, some parents find an oil remedy helpful. (The oil helps to loosen dry flakes.) If you want to give it a try, rub just a small amount of a pure, natural oil — such as almond or olive oil — on your baby's scalp and leave it on for about 15 minutes. Then gently comb out the flakes with a fine-toothed comb or brush them out with a soft brush.

Be sure to follow up by washing your baby's scalp with a gentle baby shampoo — the last thing you want to do is leave oil on his head, which could clog the pores and cause the flakes to stick. You might try leaving the shampoo on for a few minutes before rinsing, to help cut the oil.



Should I take my baby to the doctor?
Talk with your baby's doctor if the cradle cap is severe or it spreads beyond your baby's scalp. She may suggest an over-the-counter or prescription seborrhea shampoo or, if the scalp is inflamed, a cortisone cream.

Can I stop it from coming back?
Once your baby's cradle cap is completely gone, it's unlikely to return, but to help remove dead skin while it's waning, you might want to give your baby more frequent shampoos. Don't overdo it, though, or you could further stimulate his oil-producing glands. A gentle wash two or three times a week with a mild shampoo should be plenty.

Answer 4

some babies just have lots of cradle cap. the safest, kindest thing to do is, when you bath the baby, put a little olive oil in your hand and gently rub it into your babies hair, leave in while you bath the baby and then wash out with a mild baby shampoo, then rinse out with water just before you take the baby out of the bath. if you use the olive oil once a week, it should clear up the cradle cap.don't be to concerned, its quite normal.

Answer 5

Our doctor told us to use either baby oil or the Cradle Cap you buy in stores... and use a comb and brush it away- like if it's in his/her eyebrows, comb it up towards the forehead. Using the comb really helped our baby! And if you comb most to all of it, it will eventually go away. We used the cradle cap, not baby oil, but I'm sure either could work!

Answer 6

Cradle cap is really just a build up of oils on the skin, it seems to me. I have one kid who never suffered from it and another who seems prone to it. I take a baby brush and kind of scrub in some olive oil and let it sit and soften it up for a bit, then wash it off. I think the key to keeping it gone is to brush the hair kind of vigorously with a soft baby brush and keep washing it (even if it's just with a warm washcloth) everyday.

Peace!

Answer 7

Get a soft baby brush, and use extra gentle shampoo, without fragrance. When you bathe your baby, put a small amount of shampoo on the wet brush, and GENTLY scrub the hair with this, to exfoliate the scalp, and clean it well. After bath, get some baby oil, and do the same. Do not wash the baby oil off. It will get gross from time to time, being all oily, but it will go away soon.

Answer 8

when you wash your baby's hair, use a baby brush and rub around in circles and then rinse - this will get rid of the cradle cap and as long as you do it every bath, it'll stay away

Answer 9

*Use a toothbrush*
use a drop of baby oil to loosen up the flakes on the baby's scalp and then lightly brush the scalp with a soft toothbrush. This loosens a lot of scale, which can then be removed by
shampooing your baby's hair with regular baby shampoo

Answer 10

i asked my mom and she said....use baby oil every couple days on warm wet wash rag. where cradle cap is, let soak in. also use a moisturinzing shampoo.