Cradle cap (seborrheic dermatitis) is a common, harmless condition in infants characterized by flaky or greasy scales on the scalp, sometimes with mild redness on the forehead or cheeks; it typically resolves on its own within 2-5 months as the baby's skin matures, but can be treated by applying mineral oil, olive oil, or coconut oil for 20-30 minutes before bath time to soften the scales, then gently washing with baby shampoo and brushing to remove the loosened flakes.
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Let's talk about some cradle cap, yeah.
>> [music] >> I know you had mentioned her having a little bit of cradle cap, but she actually just has a very mild and sometimes the way I kind of tease that out is I kind of scrape a little bit and you can see a little bit of the scales there. If you left it alone, it would [music] clear in about 2 3 4 5 months.
It will eventually go away. If you actually look at the forehead, you see there's a little reddish bumps, you know, on the forehead and maybe a little bit on the cheeks. Sometimes that's just irritation from the scales.
>> [music] >> And what you can do is before bath time, you can soak it up with a coconut oil or olive oil or just baby oil for [music] like 20 30 minutes, let it soak and get real soft, and then you can use a baby shampoo and a baby comb and kind of scrape that off gently. Each time you she has a bath, some of it will come off and eventually [music] that should all come off. Again, even if you did nothing about it, it's not a big deal, it'll go away. I think where it starts to cause constant skin rash and irritation and maybe it's helpful to take care of it.
But yeah, it's not too much.
She'll >> [music] >> She'll be easy. Easy peasy. All right, do you please be a good girl? She's like, "Yeah, I agree."
>> [music]
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