Cradle Cap : How to Manage if Occurs on the Head ?

The neonatal disease known as cradle cap can occur in any part of the body. However, the places where it occurs very often are the scalp, the rear side of the ears, the eyebrows and the eyelids. Since it is a harmless disease, it is not necessary to take up any serious treatment to cure the skin condition. The main aim should be to manage it well. In this regard, different methods can be used to manage it different parts of the body.

In order to take care of cradle cap when it occurs on the scalp, the rear side of the ears, the eyebrows and the eyelids, a few special methods can be applied. The common means that everybody can come by easily is oil. Any kind of oil, vegetable or mineral, can be applied on the scalp liberally and left for some hours so that the scales can soak the oil very well.

After few hours, when the scales get enough oily and soft, they can be brushed away with something soft. In this case, parents should be very careful about the fact they do not cause any harm to the baby while brushing away the scales. They should use something really soft and do it very gently so that the affected area is not disturbed. That the baby does not feel any pain should also be taken care of.

Use of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) is yet another remedy for treating cradle cap when it occurs on the scalp, the rear side of the ears, the eyebrows and the eyelids. Vaseline can be applied and left overnight and the softened scales can be brushed away next morning if they do not fall of automatically. Paste made from bicarbonate (baking powder) is also prescribed. However, the least risky one is the use of commercial lotions.