Baby Care Blog

Here is an article on an infant condition called cradle cap. It was contributed by a site dedicated to dandruff

In some little baby infants there is a dandruff like condition which is called cradle cap.This condition is similar to that of dandruff and it occurs in young babies. Here is some information about how cradle cap is caused... older adults are constantly regenerating new hair skin cells at approximately or near the same rate at which they are losing their old dry hair skin cells. In many of the adults that have a healthy scalp condition, the old skin will just fall off and really don't even notice the process.

However with babies and young infants, the new hair skin cells may grow much faster on their scalp than they can fall off. This is the start of Cradle Cap. Cradle Cap usually will leave a dandruff like layer of somewhat crusty, extra skin. Cradle cap is a crusting and scaling rash and it is found in the hair of young babies may look somewhat similar to dandruff. The cradle cap condition will usually start at 3 months of age. The cradle cap condition will usually will disappear by the time the child is 1 year of age.

Cradle cap, can be treated in this way... rub a small amount of olive oil or a similar type of baby oil onto the infected scalp area of your baby infants scalp. Then wait several minutes to give the oil a chance to loosen and soften the dandruff like scales. One this has happened you should be able to easily brush them away.

You can find more information on cradle cap by clicking onto this dandruff link.