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What Causes Severe Itchiness On The Face Of A Baby?

My baby, a 1 1/2 month old suffering from itchiness on her face. Our dermatologist said that it is an acne, she give us some creams but it gets worsen. Will you please give me a meds that I can substitute with lacticare-hc 1%lotion. Lacticare is not available in our market.thank you
Mon, 6 Apr 2015
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Hi,
When it comes to itchiness on face in a 1 1/2 month old baby, first diagnosis considered is the atopic status of baby. For that you need to moisturize baby a lot as this condition is going to persist for quite a long time as moisturization helps a lot.
Babies can get acne also, mostly due to circulating maternal hormones, which starts subsiding on their own within 3-4 months. Still you can start using clindamycin gel to be applied once a day as using topical steroids (Hydrocortisone) can worsen the condition.
I hope this will be helpful to you.
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What Causes Severe Itchiness On The Face Of A Baby?

Hi, When it comes to itchiness on face in a 1 1/2 month old baby, first diagnosis considered is the atopic status of baby. For that you need to moisturize baby a lot as this condition is going to persist for quite a long time as moisturization helps a lot. Babies can get acne also, mostly due to circulating maternal hormones, which starts subsiding on their own within 3-4 months. Still you can start using clindamycin gel to be applied once a day as using topical steroids (Hydrocortisone) can worsen the condition. I hope this will be helpful to you.