Infant Pimples

Babies experiencing pimple and acne flare ups? You might think that it's a bluff, but no - some infants really do get pimples after they are born. You might be interested to know more about infant pimples since you may become a parent one, two or ten years from now.

Small infants may develop pimple because of the lingering maternal hormones after delivery, which may cause stimulation to the baby's sebaceous glands. Your child receives these hormones from the placenta, after the delivery.

Don't be too concerned if your child has pimples. About 20% of the newborn babies are subjected to child pimple, also known as acne-neonatorum.

Let us recognize the various aspects of this peculiar type of acne. First things first, the treatment for infantile pimples is not the same as that of pimples treatment for adults and teens.

Infantile pimple is gender-biased. Male infants are more involved than females. Normally babies have the pimple attack at the age of 3 weeks. Some babies have it from the time of delivery. Generally the types of pimples you find in infants are papules and pustules. They have a collection of pus.

Some babies also have pimples on the scalp. Pimple in infants does not require treatment as such. The lesions will be rid of themselves w/in a period of four months. But do take the normal care of the child as you would take care of the other body parts.

Use gentle child soap and gently clean the face once in a day with water. Do not try other methods by using oil and other lotions w/c you think are good. They may even at times, worsen the condition. Know for certain that infantile pimples will disappear when it has to.

If you and your family physician feel that the baby has severe pimple, treat it with benzoyl peroxide, keratolytic agents or topical creams like retinoids.

The ways of pimples are indeed mysterious. If you have a family history of acne, that doesn't mean that your child will have acne. And just because the child has pimples, it doesn't mean that, it will suffer from the attack of pimples, when it grows up. Pimple has its own working style and attacking strategy.

Infantile pimples, which normally appears after the age of three months in a baby, quietly disappears after the age of 12 months. No special efforts of treatment are required. In some infants, the condition may last up to 3 years. It is due to the genetic makeup of your child. You have something to contribute to it, as the hereditary part.

You have nothing to do with the infantile pimples, relating to the treatment part. Just observe its arrival and departure.