Rash on baby face

[babybaby121]

Does this look like it could be eczema? Baby is 12 weeks old and the rash appeared out of nowhere

Yes that does look quite like eczema to me

Is there atopic family history?

Yes, I think that's exactly it. On the side of the face? That's where it started on my son's face. Brace yourself for all sorts of advice - in the end we went privately to a specialist. It was brutal before that.

Thanks for the replies. I guess I was hoping people would say no. My son had severe eczema which started around this age. It was really hard and I'm so anxious this is happening again. I don't think I can go through it again.

@Tealpins Can I ask which specialist? With my son it took a while to get seen by a dermatologist, we were given the usual steroids and emollients. In the end we went the homeopathic route.
But I'd like to try and get on top of it before it gets that far

Hi Op, my daughter had the exact same rash in the exact same spot....will look for a photo....
But hers spread into her scalp and neck.
She was about 4 months old.

It was eczema. The doc prescribed a mild steroid cream and I stuck to the application recommendation religiously. Apply twice a day. And it disappeared in two weeks. Didn't ever come back.

Hi @pottypotamus thanks for the reply. I'm glad your little ones eczema healed quickly

It could be contact dermatitis ? Possibly from something like washing powder ? Contact with your clothing when you hold them on that side?

Both my children developed eczema around 4 months. It spread across their whole bodies quickly, then disappeared completely, forever after 2-3 applications of steroid cream.

I can't remember his name but basically a senior consultant in paediatric dermatology at Great Ormond Street - paid privately because I was going out of my mind with the varied and contradictory advice we were getting from GPs, all while my baby couldn't sleep because his skin was weeping. It was savage. And then it was much better with the consultant's regime, which in essence we still do - zap every tiny bit of eczema immediately. (None of this reducing slowly, no more than a week of steroid cream blah blah.) Nuke it at the beginning and then zap it. We also did emollient bathing and all that stuff you know. But also cetirizine every night before bed when it was at its worse. Good luck.