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Familiar with acne in infants
Small babies may develop acne because of lingering maternal hormones after delivery, which can lead to stimulation of the sebaceous glands of the baby. Your baby receives these hormones from the placenta after delivery.
Do not worry if your baby has pimples. Approximately 20% of newborns are affected by baby acne, also known as baby acne.
We will learn the various aspects of this particular type of acne. First things first, the treatment for infantile acne is not the same as acne treatment for any other age group.
Infant acne is gender bias. Male babies are more affected than their female counterparts. Usually babies get acne attack at the age of three weeks. Some babies who have since the time of delivery. In general, the types of acne that you will find babies are papules and pustules. Papules are red bumps and pustules are the white spots. They have a collection of pus. Read the rest of this entry »