What is the cause of acne on the baby's face?

When taking care of their babies, many parents always find that if they are not properly cared for, the baby's face will have symptoms of acne. However, inexperienced parents are always panicked and don't know what the cause is. In fact, there are many reasons for acne on the baby's face, such as eczema or skin allergies. Therefore, parents should not blindly give their babies medicine. They must understand the cause of the disease and then prescribe the right medicine. Let's understand why acne appears on the baby's face?

What is the cause of acne on the baby's face?

Infant eczema is a common skin disease in infancy. It is an allergic disease, and the exact cause is sometimes difficult to find. Infant eczema is usually called "milk ringworm". If drugs used to treat "ringworm" are used to treat infant eczema, the condition will worsen. Infant eczema is first seen in infants aged 2-3 months, mostly occurring on the cheeks, forehead, between the eyebrows and head. In severe cases, it may also occur on the trunk and limbs. In the early stage, it is erythema, and later it develops into small dot-like papules and blisters, which are very itchy. The blisters are broken, exudate flows out, and scabs are formed after drying. The lesions are often distributed symmetrically. Eczema is sometimes a dry type, with a small amount of grayish-white bran-like scaling on the small papules. It can also be seborrheic type, with light yellow oily liquid oozing out of small maculopapules and later forming scabs. It is more common on the top of the head, between the eyebrows, beside the nose, and behind the ears, but the itching is not too obvious.

After getting baby eczema, the following treatment measures should be taken:

1. The general treatment principle is: find out the cause, treat the symptoms, feed reasonably, and provide careful care.

Generally speaking, we should first observe whether there is food allergy, especially allergy to animal protein such as milk, breast milk or egg white; secondly, the mother can eat fish, shrimp, crab, chicken, etc., which can also be passed to the baby through breast milk. After eating these animal foods, we should observe whether the baby's skin disease worsens. If it is related to the above situation, the baby should change the feeding method; if it is allergic to breast milk, use milk instead, if it is allergic to milk, use breast milk instead, or the mother should not eat fish, shrimp, crab and other foods during breastfeeding. At the same time, the baby's indigestion, constipation and diarrhea should be treated in time.

2. Commonly used internal medications include diphenhydramine syrup, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, etc. Antibiotics should be added when secondary infection occurs.

3. The topical medication should be determined according to the condition of skin lesions. When there is water exudation, erosion, redness or swelling, apply wet compress with 2% boric acid aqueous solution or 0.1 reflavonoid aqueous solution. After the exudation and erosion disappear, apply topical corticosteroid preparations, such as eczema cream, dehumidifying oil, skin relaxing cream, etc.

Here are some things to keep in mind when caring for a baby with eczema:

1. Avoid contact of irritating substances with the skin. Do not wash the affected area with alkaline soap or overly hot water. Do not apply cosmetics or any oils.

2. The room temperature should not be too high, otherwise it will aggravate the itching of eczema. Wear loose-fitting clothes, preferably made of pure cotton.

3. Breastfeeding can prevent eczema caused by allergy to foreign proteins caused by milk feeding.

4. During the period of infant eczema, do not vaccinate against smallpox (smallpox has disappeared and smallpox vaccination is no longer used), and do not come into contact with people with herpes simplex to avoid herpes.

The above is an introduction to what causes acne on a baby’s face. After understanding it, we know that taking care of a baby is not an easy task. When taking care of a baby, we must ensure that our living environment has good air circulation and try to keep the baby’s facial skin dry. In addition, if the cause cannot be confirmed, be sure to take the baby to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.