Red raw skin on baby's neck

[snowmoon]

Hi. My DS has quite a fat neck . Recently the crease in his neck has become red raw. Sometimes it oozes a little clear liquid. Sometimes when I dry the crease (carefully) after his bath he cries, so I think perhaps it's a bit sore for him. Has anyone had experience of this? And is there anything I can use on it to calm it down? Thanks.

My ds has this at the moment - it is really red and sore where it gets wet a lot with dribble/milk etc. I try my best to dry it as often as possible and liel him on his back and keep him looking up at something to get a little air to it. I've also put a tiny bit of sudocreme in there. I dont think theres an awful lot you can do - although please correct me if there is!!! I remember dd had it too and it eventually went away as she could keep her head up more.
Thinking about it, a bit of vaseline might help to keep the sore bit dry....

Hi snowmoon. I'm assuming your DS is a baby still? My DS2 had something very similar (still a chunky kid at 2, but very cuddly!)

I found one of the best things for him was Sudacrem or a similar barrier cream in the creases just to keep the dribble from accummulating and making his skin sore! I suppose it's similar to using it on their bottoms to keep the skin dryer? HTH x

coat it in vaseline

Had exactly the same with DD2 this summer, made worse by heat, sweat as well as milk - and a bugger to keep clean and dry. Docs gave me some anti fungal cream, because it was persistent and also occured on the back on her chubby knees. It got so bad sometimes it would bleed. Awful.

Anyway - the upshot is it does indeed get better the stronger their head gets, the cream helped and after her bath, and morning top n tail - I would get a cotton ball and dip it in talc and run it through the creases to make sure it was all def fry. I know talc is frowned upon these days - but it did make me feel better!

my ds2 got this when he was tiny, we used a muslin square as a dribble catcher then twice a day used 'weleda calendular baby oil' and for extra help 'weleda baby nappy change cream'. i can't praise the stuff enough and its all organic.

Thanks for all your responses. Dec yes my DS is a baby still. He's 3 months and 2 weeks I have also just discovered that he has another red raw patch behind one of his ears.

I'm using a Boots own nappy cream for his bottom, presumably I can apply a little to his neck crease and behind his ear? Or is Sudocreme a special thing?

Catbert the tip about cotton & talc sounds worth a try too.

snowmoon, my ds gets them in his neck and behind his ears - the sick/milk/dribble all seems to collect here, but like the others suggested have found sudacream to clear it up really quickly.

I found sudacrem made it worse. Conatrane cream is fab - you can get it at the chemist. It was a nurse friend of mine who recommended it.

I uesd to use teatree cream for this - the tea tree is both anti-fungal and anti-bacterial so works on both counts!

Keeping it dry before putting the cream on is important - try drying it off with a hairdryer on a gentle setting.

DD used to get this in her armpits for some reason. I found using a medicated talc on it worked really well, better than the creams. You just have to be careful when applying it that they don't breathe any in.

Hi snowmoon
HMy 5 month old gets the same thing and has done since she was born really. I use curash powder on it (its antifungal baby talc) don't know if you get it there but it definately works. and try to keep it dry. I put the powder in my hand and then rub it on with one finger carefully. It can be dangerous if inhaled (talc in general).
HTH

My baby also had this tried loads of things and in the end started cleaning her neck with cotton wool dipped in olive oil instead of water a cuople of times a week.

paolosgirl I got some Conotrane cream you recommended from the pharmacy yesterday. I've used it twice now on DS's neck and it's already cleared the redness. At approx £1.40 it's also much cheaper than Sudacreme and other creams. Thanks.

Snowmoon, another vote for sudocrem here. A useful hint.....if you lie baby on his tummy after his bath, he will rather helpfully lift his head and you will be able to get into the creases to dry his neck and apply the cream.

Like Shrub, I use calendula cream for DD2 as she has the same problem. She's sensitive to Sudocrem, though TBH I tend to lean more towards natural remedies, particularly when they are as young as DD2 is . It works wonders and within a really short period it clears up.

The easiest and least intrusive way of sorting this is simply to wipe the area gently with warm, wet cotton wool every couple of hours and dry it carefully. It gets like this because it's mucky / sweaty / warm and not getting dried in the air.