Details Of Baby Acne
After delivery, little babies may develop acne because of the lingering maternal hormones, which may cause stimulation to the baby’s sebaceous glands. After the delivery, your baby receives these hormones from the placenta.
If your baby has pimples, don’t worry about it. About 20% of the newborn babies are affected by acne-neonatorum, alias baby acne. Let’ know the various aspects of this peculiar type of acne. First things first, the treatment for infantile acne is not the same as that of acne treatment for any other age group.
Infantile acne is gender-biased. Male babies are more affected than their female counterparts. At the age of 3 weeks, normally babies have the acne onset. From the time of delivery, some babies have it. Generally the types of acne you find in infants are pustules and papules. Papules are red bumps and pustules are whiteheads. Some babies also have acne on the scalp. Acne in babies does not require treatment as such. Use mild baby soap and gently clean the face once in a day with water. If you or your family doctor feels that the baby has severe acne, treat it with benzoyl peroxide, keratolytic agents or topical creams like retinoids.
The ways of acne are indeed mysterious. That doesn’t mean that your baby will have acne, if you have a family history of acne. And just because the baby has acne, it doesn’t mean that, it will suffer from the attack of acne, when it grows up. Acne has its own working style and attacking strategy. Infantile acne, which normally appears after the age of three months in a baby, quietly disappears after the age of 12 months. It is due to the genetic makeup of your baby. Relating to the treatment part, you have nothing to do with the infantile acne. Just observe its arrival and departure. Well, arrival with anxiety and departure with pleasure!
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