Most of the time, the baby acne will disappear after some months without any medications but sometimes they do not. To prevent your baby from acne you can do the following things:
- If your baby already suffering from acne, just wash your baby’s face using mild soap and water and do this twice in a day.
- Pat your baby’s face with soft towel and dry it gently.
- Cleanliness is very important factor in prevention of baby acne. This helps to control the further infections and also reduces the irritation.
- Every time after feeding your baby, just wipe the spilt milk and saliva from the face.
- Don’t apply any cream or lotion on your baby’s skin surface because it causes irritation.
- If you need any medication to control your baby’s acne, consult with your pediatrician and get the proper medicine.
- Take fistful of neem leaves in one liter of water and boil it for 15 to 20 minutes. Then allow it to cool and soak cotton in it and apply on the acne surface.
- Apply breast milk on the baby’s skin, leave it for ten minutes and wash it.
- Breastfeeding mothers should eat fresh vegetables, fruits and large amount of water. Avoid oily foods.
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