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Baby acne

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Elkalv · 21/08/2017 22:52

Hi, did you experience baby acne and if so how long did it last? Any tips to reduce it? Also how can I tell acne from rash or reaction to maybe some food that I ate? I also suspect it might be reaction to antibiotics that I had to take for mastitis. Little one covered in red inflamed spots, looks so poor((

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2littlemoos · 21/08/2017 22:53

Lots of babies have this in the early days. Mine both did. I used coconut oil on the first. Nothing on my second. Both disappeared after a couple of weeks

CosyPinkBlanket · 21/08/2017 22:58

My little one had baby acne. I've heard breastmilk or aqueous cream helps clear it up. I just washed her face (carefully!) with mild baby soap but didn't do anything else and it went away on it's own.

MoHunter · 21/08/2017 23:16

With DS1 it was quite bad, lasted several weeks then went away by itself - breastmilk helped.
Didn't have it with DS2.

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user1480334601 · 21/08/2017 23:21

It only lasts a couple of weeks :) I was told just wash face with damp cotton wool with just water.

fredmay · 21/08/2017 23:35

My DD had this cleared up by the time she was 6 weeks. Just washed gently when bathed her didn't put anything on it went of its own accord

kingfishergreen · 21/08/2017 23:38

DD had it quite badly from 6-8 weeks.

We just washed it gently with cotton wool and water and dabbed a bit of Sudocreme on he reddest bits before bed.

CleanFreak123 · 22/08/2017 02:46

My daughters was horrendous, poor thing. We where prescribed, oilatum for the bath (bath every evening) and then zero base and aveeno. We tried to zero base twice a day and aveeno twice a day. Baby acne almost went within the week (she was 6 weeks if I remember right) and she does still get the occasional spot but we still use oilatum and aveeno everyday x

McCheese · 22/08/2017 05:41

My DD had it and it's now almost gone at 8 weeks.

She had 'whiteheads' come and go all over her face and red rash like spots on her face chest and back. I think there may have been heat rash in there somewhere too!

You can imagine me with my glass on her skin 6 times a day panicking!

I didn't use anything based on HV advice, just cleaned her face daily with cotton wool and warm water

We use aveeno baby body wash which is like an oat milk which I always think helps skin recover

RedSkySuperStar · 22/08/2017 09:48

My little one also had this till he was about 6 weeks old. Cleansing his face every morning with cooled boiled water and cotton pads helped.

FartnissEverbeans · 22/08/2017 18:09

I didn't do anything at all to it. Obviously I put some water on it when he had a bath a couple of times a week but that was it.

It cleared up in a couple of weeks and he has beautiful skin now.

ODog · 23/08/2017 13:52

Both mine had it horrendously. Dad's lasted for at least a month. DD not quite so long. Nothing worked really and it just got better n it's own. I was horrified by it though and I'm ashamed to say, quite embarrassed.

Eskimo16 · 24/08/2017 11:18

I second using a damp cotton cloth to clean baby's face. I had been using just my hands but after a few turns with the cloth her face was clear and silky smooth. My little one gets a few spots on her cheeks but they disappear after a few days

Poppet1308 · 24/08/2017 22:07

I used aveeno too! It's brilliant, really cleared it up

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