My ds (12 wks) has had cradle cap since he was 5 wks (which extended to his forehead, eyebrows). Have been putting various oils on these areas and over the weeks have picked/lifted off the scales with (shock horror) my tweezers (i was extra extra gentle when using them though before someone questions my sanity). Am now feeling very bad and guilty now (having read all the threads on cradle cap) that i might have infected his scalp or worse still hindered/damaged his hair growth as some of the scales came away with small clumps of hair (though my ds didn't have much hair to start with) and left his scalp looking red and a bit shiny/glistening. The cradle cap has come back on his scalp though not as thick and crusty as originally and it doesn't smell anywhere near as bad as it originally did. Just wanted to hear back from other 'pickers' of scalps to see if their babies hair grew back, how long it took to get rid of the cradle cap and should it just be left alone? The general consensus is that it will go away on its own but when you're in the midst of it all it seems hard to believe. And harder still to imagine that such scaly stuck on crusts could drop off on their own without any help. I feel really bad that i couldn't exercise any restraint to leave it alone and kept on picking at it for weeks with tweezers no less!!!