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What Does Dark Skin Tone In An Infant With Thalassemia Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 9 Apr 2015

Question: My baby is 41 days old.At birth baby had fair skin but its dusky.My concern is me and my husband are fair and baby is not.Till what age baby will get final skin color?She is thalessemia minor and have slight thyroid too.

Answered by Dr. Arun (56 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
may take a year

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for writing to us.
Baby complexion keeps changing up to a year.
After that there may not be much changes.
Your baby's just 41 days old.
You can wait for skin tone to change.
Few tips - use only standard baby products like XXXXXXX
Avoid powder.
Gentle oil massage twice weekly can be done.
Wishing your child good health.
Regards
Dr Arun

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E

Follow up: Dr. Arun (15 hours later)

Thanks doctor
We are using almond oil
Is thak ok?
Or we should use some other. Intially we were using figaro olive oil bt her skin was red afterwards so we switched too almond oil, still she looks dusky.

Answered by Dr. Arun (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
yes that is fine

Detailed Answer:
Almond oil is fine.
But if no improvement switch to standard baby oil like I mentioned earlier.
Regards
Dr Arun

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar