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Cradle cap between eyebrows only?

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Elibean · 13/01/2007 18:46

dd (7 weeks old) has dry, almost crusty skin between her eyebrows...bit red and sore looking, but doesn't seem to bother her. If she was older, I'd suspect eczema - but as she's just the age dd1 was when cradle cap started, am thinking might be that?

She has none on her scalp though, is this possible?

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frenziednester · 13/01/2007 19:43

Both my boys did a similar thing where they almost 'peeled' and around about this age. With mine it started at the hair line and worked all the way down the face, each area in turn went crusty and then shed the dry bits and they had new skin underneath. It did end up at the scalp eventually. with DS1 I panicked about it and made it more sore with endless lotions and potions - with DS2 I just put a little bit of olive oil on it if it started to look too uncomfortable and had a lot less screaming as a result! Hope this helps

Elibean · 13/01/2007 20:06

Yes,thanks,it does! Since writing post I've spotted first signs of it on her scalp too...so does look like that. Almond or olive oil it is.

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