Little babies may develop acne because of the lingering maternal hormones after delivery, which may cause stimulation to the baby’s sebaceous glands. Your baby receives these hormones from the placenta, after the delivery.

Don’t worry if your baby has pimples. About 20% of the newborn babies are affected by baby acne, alias acne-neonatorum. Let’ know the various aspects of this peculiar type of acne. First things first, the treatment for infantile acne is not the same as that of acne treatment for any other age group.

Gender-biased is infantile acne. Male babies are more affected than their female counterparts. At the age of 3 weeks, normally babies have the acne onset. From the time of delivery, some babies have it. Generally the types of acne you find in infants are papules and pustules. Papules are pustules and red bumps are whiteheads. Some babies also have acne on the scalp. Acne in babies does not require treatment as such. Use mild baby soap and gently clean the face once in a day with water. If you or your family doctor feels that the baby has severe acne, treat it with benzoyl peroxide, keratolytic agents or topical creams like retinoids.

The mysterious ways is acne. That doesn’t mean that your baby will have acne, if you have a family history of acne. And just because the baby has acne, it doesn’t mean that, it will suffer from the attack of acne, when it grows up. Acne has its own attacking strategy and working style. normally appears after the age of three months in a baby is the Infantile acne, quietly disappears after the age of 12 months. It is due to the genetic makeup of your baby. Relating to the treatment part, you have nothing to do with the infantile acne. Just observe its departure and arrival. Well, arrival with departure and anxiety with pleasure!

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