Cradle Cap - Utica, MI

Hi:

When my son had cradle cap (he was born in 1977), my grandmother massage a little of Johnson's Baby Oil on his scalp. Each time it dryed out a little, I reapplied some more baby oil. He stopped itching, the crusting on the scalp disappeared & was gone within a month. Hope this helps!

Marie

My son also had severe cradle cap. He was so bad that he was recommended to a dermatoligist, his was all over his bady by the time he got treated. It's weird, the only thing the Doc. told me to use was hydrocortizone cream .5% and it worked very well acctually. The cradle cap was gone in about 3 to 4 days. The one thing the Doc. told me was do NOT use baby oil because all it does is sit under the cradle cap and will only make it worse and if there is a odor, that is what it is. Also don't try to pick it off just after a bath use a soft brush and gentle brush it. I am telling you after you use the cream a couple of times you will start to notice a difference. Good Luck to you and let me know how it works.
T.

They have a bath brush, a sponge on one side and a rubber brush on the other(at target) youll have to keep brushing in the bath and follow with baby oil, thats helped when my baby had a mild case of that at around 4 months. Hope this helps

Hello, I would try a natural rememdy like white vinegar and water and just rinse his little head for week and it will ease the itching and probably clear up his scalp. I use it on myself to removed shampoo build up. Sure can't hurt and I found it soothing. Just a 1/4 cup vinegar and the rest water!!! Hope it works for you and baby. J.

Hi A.~

My youngest son had cradle cap on the back of his head but not too bad. Every morning and night I would put Johnsons baby oil all over his head and brush his head/hair with a soft bristle brush - this breaks the scales away from the skin. Yes this makes their hair greasy, but it will soak in after a while and this did the trick for me. I only had to do this for maybe 3 days and it was completely gone and has not come back. I hope this helps! Good Luck!

Apply Tea Tree Oil to head . Will go away in a week. Available at Walmart, meijer's anywhere.

Try gentle naturals. It's in a green bottle. I've bought it from Target. It has Winnie the Pooh on the packaging. It has a baby wash, a lotion, and a cradle cap wash I think. My son has really sensitive skin and these products have worked great.

First, I want to apologize for taking so long to respond to your request. I scrolled throught the first dozen or so responses you received and felt compelled to respond.

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Good luck.
Barb

Baby oil and a comb is what they told me at the Dr. office. You have to sit and comb all that stuff out. Its a pain, but worth it.

rub baby oil into his scalp. that moisturizes his scalp, and helps the dry skin come off. another thing is lanolin.. that is great for all dry skin!

HI Angieszka -
My daughter went through the same nightmare. I took her to the dermatologist. He gave her some oily cream. with in one day all the yucky yellow pealing off cradle cap came off and we havent had a problem. I feel your pain everything anyone suggested didnt work and she as well as I was misserable. The dandruff shampoo made her toooo dry and she would just itch. The other shampoos were not strong enough to brake through it all.
Good luck to you.

Try Selson Blue Shampoo! Worked really well for my son!

My doctor told me to massage some baby oil on the scalp, then shampoo it out, and comb it with a very fine tooth comb. Within a couple of weeks my daughter's scalp was clear and her hair was growing back in place. Good Luck!

Mustela Foam shampoo worked wonders for our little one and all her baby friends. It's gentle and it shouldn't take many applications.

Good Luck!

Try baby oil massage it into the hair and sculp. My son was a toe head and as frustrating as it is it will go away.

My baby had it bad also. I used head and shoulders shampoo and only washed his head every 2 days. Brush the babies head alot, even if they don't hve hair.

good luck

uugghh! it's cradle cap nasty? my daughters would get it till they were like 3 yrs. old!
i used to rub their heads with baby oil, then brush their scalps with a soft baby brush, then with a fine comb, then a bath

There is a glove that you can buy to use when you give your child a bath that exfoliates the cradle cap. A girlfriend of mine tried it and it worked for her pretty well.

A., When my babies had cradle cap (quite a bit of scaling and flaking) I used baby oil to soften it then I would wash it (VERY GENTLY!) with a soft toothbrush to get all the scales off. I found this teqnique worked best while they were very relaxed and cradled in my arms, I would apply the oil with a cotton ball and then like comb the scalp with the toothbrush. After that I would wash the scalp daily with a dandruff shampoo (being VERY careful not to let any of the soap into babys eyes) for about a week. Hope this helps.

Ask your Dr. for a prescription for nizoral (sp?) (Nye-zor-all)shampoo. That is finally what cleared up my sons after fighting it 4 months. It worked in about 3 shampoos (all gone-visable better each time though). You have to be careful not to get it in their eyes though. I wouldn't recommend Head and shoulders or t-gel. Both were too strong.
C.

Dont' use convential baby shampoo- it has tons of chemicals. You can use some pure coconut oil to relieve the itch- find a shampoo at the health food store that does not contain any "ethanol" ingredients.

My mom told me to buy mineral oil and put it in the hair during a bath and then use a baby comb and comb the opposite way the hair grows. I did it and it worked.

Dandruff shampoo works great. you can scrubb it pretty good and it should all go away. Just make sure you dont get any into his eyes.

TRY baby oil IT HELPS WITH CRADLE CAP

Dandruff shampoo and the soft brush you get from the hospital--it really does work!

GL:)

He could have an allergy to the creams you are using. My friend had that problem with her son. Everything over the counter she tried, make the situation worse.

She could use just plain Olive oil (sounds funny) but it helped some. He eventually out grew it.

When my daughter was born, the hospital gave me 'castor oil' shampoo for cradle cap. Around the 2-3-4 months, when she had cradle cap I would put her in the sink and get her scalp wet with warm water, the put on the castor oil shampoo and get a baby brush and use it to scrub her scalp. It all comes off and their little scalp is so fresh, clean & soft. For my second daughter, the hospital did not give my any, so I went to the health food store & bought some & it worked great for her too. Good luck!

My son had the same thing and I also got many people that gave me advice on many things to try even doctors. What I found out was that my son had allergies to food. You may find that your son is allergic to milk and that is why whatever you have tried so far has not worked. I would suggest bringing him to a pediatric allergy specialist and have him tested for food allergies.

My kids never had cradle cap but my hairdresser was telling me that her 2nd child did and one thing that she noticed and tried was that her first born was bathed daily. Her second was not. When she started bathing her second daily and washing her hair, it went away. I'm not sure how often you bathe your son so I don't know if this advise is useful or not. Good luck though.

In the baby section at Meijer's, there is a cradle cap remover. It is called gentle solutions or something like that. I know it has Gentle in the title and it has Winnie the Pooh on the box. I used that with all of my kids. Put it on, let it soak in and then use a comb or brush to gently peel it off. It worked wonderfully.

My dr. has us put some baby oil on the cradle cap, let it sit for about 10-15 minutes and then wash with Selsun Blue (be careful not to get it into his eyes). I usually scrub it with those really soft bristle baby brushes. $ of my kids had cradle cap really bad and this always helps. It takes a while for it to go away but this really does make it look better and gets a lot of the "crusties" off. Good luck!!!

Hi,
When my daughter was an infant she had Cradle cap. Doctor said to use a special dandruff shampoo VERY CAREFULLY on her head and to be very careful to not get it in her eyes. I think it was in a green bottle, and it was called seborrex I think. Not only did the patches clear up but so did the acne like appearance she had.
Good luck with this.
J.

Well when my son had cradlecap i a soft baby brush and some creamy baby oil,rubbed it on all over his scalp,then took the soft baby brush & brushed it all out

Our pediatrician prescribed a combination of hydrocortizone cream and Eucerin for our baby's cradle cap & eczema. He has it all over his body. Dr also said to put Crisco or Vasoline all over before bedtime but haven't tried it yet.

My son had the same problem. He had awful scratches on his forehead, and I felt so bad. I don't know if you have tried it yet, but the Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Moisture Cream (not the Aveeno Daily Moisture Lotion)worked for me. It only comes in 5 oz. size, and the writing is dark blue. If you call Aveeno, they will even send $1.00 off coupons. I also combed his forehead kinda hard after a bath (to loosen the cradle cap). The combination of the two took care of the problem for us. Hope it works for you.

cortizone 1% is what i used on my son ann arbor hospital had me do that but no more than one % and twice a day
good luck
L.

I know doctors say to leave it alone but I could not stand it on my kids. All three of them had it. I gave them a bath and when their head was still wet I rubbed baby oil on their cradle cap area. I than put on a snug fitting baby hat and off to bed. It looks oily when you do it and in the morning . But after a few nights of it - cradle cap was gone and never returned.

Good Luck

When my kids had cradle cap, I used Head and Shoulders. Be careful with it, but your child has dandruff. And now that my children are older they have sensistive skin, so keep watching the knees, elbows and hands for dry skin in the future.

Our kids really struggled with cradle cap, too. (Honest, it does go away eventually...). We used Head and Shoulders (I'm sure almost any dandruff shampoo would help) and were really careful not to get it in their eyes. Our doctor recommended baby oil, but I found it almost made it worse. Some baby lotions were OK too, but nothing seemed to really clear it up. We found olive oil seemed to help more than anything. Good luck with it!

Try Baby oil. My daughter and son both had cradle cap and Baby Oil worked great for both of them.

My cousin mother of 4 and foster parent to many, gave me a great tip.. in the bath tub use a baby brush and baby oil... it will go away.

I had the same problem with my daughter when she was a baby, I can't remember what I used but it was recommended by her pediatrician and it worked. I would suggest a visit to her doctor.

have you tried vaseline? Or sometimes its an infection that requires antibiotics. :)

My pediatrician also recommeded head & shoulders. We did it once and it was taken care of! Good luck!

Our peds recommended Aquafore ointment (in the lotion section). Its really greasy and we had to rub it into his hair. It was a mess but cleared up his cradle cap in a couple treatments. After it was on for an overnight (wed do it at bed time) wed give him a bath in the morning with some dandruff shampoo and COMB IT OUT. It only reall helped when we would comb the cradle cap out. It didnt seem to bother our son at all. Within a couple times of doing thins routine the cradle cap was gone! Best wishes!

Hi there,

My son too had some serious cradle cap. Our doctor told us to use Head and Shoulders twice a week, we did and it cleared right up. Just be careful when you rinse not to get the shampoo is his eyes. Good luck!

try rubbing in olive oil then combing or picking at the scales. Wash with selson blue. This worked for me!

Doesn't really sound like cradle cap to me. That is usually on the top of the head, it is kinda thick flakey stuff that you can usually pic off (not that I would recommend that though) when my son got it years ago the doctor just told me to keep rubbing baby oil on it a couple of times a day to soften it up and make to come off and keep the skin moisturized.
Hope this helps!
V.

Hi,
I used baby oil on my daughter, it tok care of it after about 3 treatments.
J.

my doctor told me not to use baby shampoos because it has a drying agent in it that makes it tearless. Use regular shampoo just be careful of their eyes. Also dont wash the hair every bath time unless necessary. My son had it really bad and this did help. M.

Try this gost milk lotion - it is made right here in Michigan by a goat farmer and there is no alchol in it - great stuff.

http://www.goatmilklotion.com

I use the body butter on my dry heels - it is awesome.

S.

it will clear up on it's own. olive oil will help to soften the scales and they will rub or fall off when ready. don't pick, scratch, or try to brush it off - the rubbing will irritate the skin even more. moisturizers will make it worse, mineral oils are not recommended. it will take awhile for baby's skin to get balanced, after 9 months in water getting used to air is a transition. hang in there! i know it's hard to look at sometimes.

As others have said, dandruff shampoo worked. I could see a change in one washing.

This happened to us... and it turned out to be an allergy to the real Christmas Tree. I know how much it breaks your heart to see a little one itch soo much! Try and see if there is anything new that was introduced to the environment. I just had to use Cortizone cream for a little once the irritant was gone from the house. Good luck!

My son had cradle cap - as did all babies in my family. At 5 mos, he my sleeping through the night or for longer stretches at night. Before bedtime, put a generous amount of baby oil on his head and put on a cap on his head. When he wakes up from a nap and use a baby brush to remove the flaky skin. Continue for as many days as needed. If the cradle cap is really thick, apply oil a few times a day. You'll notice a difference in less than a week. If this tried and true remedy doesn't work, I suggest taking him to your Ped.

seep green tea for about 20 minutes, put in fridge over night and rinse and massage scalp. i would warm it up so it doesn't freeze your baby. you may have to do this a couple of times, but it helps. i also used a fine tooth comb and brushed my daughters scalp and you wouldn't believe all the scales that came off. hope this helps.

I just wanted to let you know that there is something that does work great. It is called Melaleuca oil. It is a mixture of Melaleuca oil and olive oil. If you know someone that is a customer to Melaleuca(Health and Wellness Company)you can get the oil. I hope this helps.

Hi A.,

You didn't really give much background as far as if you have taken him to a doctor, or how long this has been going on. The only thing I could suggest is to maybe get him an appointment with his pediatrician. He/she would be best at diagnosising what might be happening and then give you or recommend what to use on it. At 5 months babies skin is still pretty sensitive and so you should be careful what you use.
Hope this helps. Good luck and I hope all turns out well.
L.

My daughter, that is 9 months, has cradle cap too. I don't know if you've tried this one yet, our peditrician recommended Zinc Oxide Ointment. It works for us. You find it near the antiitch creams. Meijer brand comes in a green and white tube. Hope this helps.

V.

Believe it or not, when my daughter had cradle cap, a little dandruff shampoo cleared it right up. Sounds weird, and make sure it kdoesn't get in his eyes, but it worked for us!

Scaly too? What I used was a moisturizer and rubbed it in, then washed the scalp. You may want to find an organic one without any propylene glycol (used in antifreeze). Overly processed products will eventually sink in the skin and can cause trouble. Find a Better Health or Whole Foods store and find some safe, quality products. But that's what I used to do is creme the scalp and lightly scrape the scales off, then shampoo it. Right! A hair conditioner for the first step and then shampoo. If the hair is coming in well, use a comb to comb some of the scales away.