Acne problem among babies
December 16, 2009 by Mihir Doshi
Filed under Children's Health
Small kids may build up acne problem because of lingering maternal hormones after the delivery which can even cause stimulation to the baby’s sebaceous glands. After the delivery your baby obtains these kinds of hormones from the placenta.
There is nothing to worry about the pimples what your baby must be having. There are 20% of new born babies which are really affected by baby acne which is also called as acne-neonatorum.
There are various aspects of this weird kind of acne. The medication for the infantile acne is not as same as that of the acne treatment for any age group.
This problem is gender-biased. Male babies are mostly affected that the female counterparts. Generally babies have acne attack during the age of 3. And many babies have it from the delivery time. Simply the kinds of acne you look for in infants are papules and pustules. Pustules are actually whiteheads whereas papules are the red bumps. They have an assortment of pus.
There are some babies who have acne on scalp as well. Acne in small babies does nt need any such medication. Just take the normal care of the baby. Try to use mild soap for the baby and softly clean the face of the baby with water once in a day. Do not try any kind of harsh technique by applying oil and other type of lotion which you believe that they are good.
At times they can even worsen the situation. When you want to click the pictures of your baby then don’t try to cover his/her cheeks or any other parts with artificial cosmetics and if you really want to do touch up then better you do it in an imaginative way.
In case you or your child specialist feel that baby is suffering from sever acne then try to treat them with benzoyl, keratolytic agents or any topical creams such as retinoids.
The means of acne are really mysterious. If you got a family of acne that it doesn’t mean that your baby will also suffer from the same problem. And only because the baby has acne it doesn’t say that he will get attacks of acne when he grows up. Acne carries its own running style as well as attacking strategies.
You just have to observe the arrival of acne and also its departure. There is nothing related to the treatment part of the infantile acne.


