is cradle cap itchy? should it bleed? How to treat it please

[cosima]

my 3 mths ds has what I thought was cradle cap, but it is obviously itchy and now he has scratched it and it is bleeding? Should I treat it? I am a natural kinda mum and i don't really like using chemicals or unnecessary medication. Will it clear up on its own?

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Rub olive oil into it each day
don't worry about greasy hair
it will clear up soonish
ds had it for a while
kept rubbing in olive oil
one day noticed it had completely gone

cool, this looks quite sore tho and patchy blistery. will try olive oil

DS used to scratch his and it bled.
It dries up quickly so applying olive oil shouldn't be a problem

olive oil and a soft baby brush, brush the hair backwards should remove most of it. Though I prob wouldn't brush tip it stops bleeding.

*til not tip! Blardy predictive text.

bleeding and blistery?
Do NOT put anything on it, get it checked first, I thought ds had cradle cap and put olive oil on it, turned out it was some fungal horse disease, his hair fell out and everything, then DD got it.
It has scarred his head and altered his hair pattern.
You mustn't put oil on broken skin.

Ugh horrid vs
no, I'd only put olive oil on once the scabs were completely dry

okay VS. [worried now], how would he get a horse disease though?

No idea, but it was basically a horses version of ringworm, if it's cradle cap it'll pretty much clear up by itself, if it's not it will get worse.
It probably is cradle cap, but just wait til it clears up a bit before you use the olive oil.

ok. ta

Yikes. My DS still has some kind of cradle cap thing at 30 months. I always thought it would disappear and hasn't.

My ds had it until he was about 9. He's 14 now, so it must have gone at some point................

Thanks, Fizz. Phew.

Its worth getting it checked out by GP as some other forms of Seborrhoeic dermatitis which look like cradle cap but are itchy may need a zap of hydrocortisone or poss antifungal agent. Only know this as Ds now 4 months had this at 3 months and had scratched his forehead to bits. I'm back to the olive oil now and all is peachy. hth