When a newborn child appears in the house, all attention is focused only on him. With a thorough examination of the skin, parents can find white pimples in the baby. Such a rash on the skin can appear quite often and causes increased anxiety in the parents.
Small white pimples on the face of the baby
White pimples in a newborn child are most often localized in the face area. They do not cause any inconvenience to the baby and do not require special correction. Over time, the white pimples of the baby pass by itself.
White pimples on the face: causes
Parents should not be frightened if they meet white pimples on the face of their newborn baby. They can appear as a result of the following reasons:
- as a physiological response to adaptation of the baby to environmental conditions, resulting in a complete restructuring of the entire child's body;
- white pimple in a child as a result of an excessive amount of the hormone estriol in a woman during pregnancy. Therefore, in the future, her child may have a rash of this kind, called flowering in newborns ;
- unformed sebaceous glands, resulting in white pimples appear - milium. Such acne does not require intervention and, as a rule, passes through 1.5 months;
- acne can act as an allergic reaction to the nutrition of the mother if the baby is breastfed. In this case, the nursing mother needs to adjust her diet.
White pimples in a child: ways to care
Despite the fact that such pimples eventually go away on their own, they need careful care to maintain hygiene: you need to wipe the pimples every day with a baby lotion or a non-alcoholic solution. If a child has oily skin, then you need to rub the pimples several times a day with the use of warm water. After carrying out hygienic procedures, the baby's skin is not wiped, but gently soaked with a terry towel to avoid injury to the pimples. It is forbidden to squeeze them out, as this can cause serious complications in the form of skin diseases, which in the future may require long-term treatment.
If, while hygiene is observed, the white pimples of the child remain and do not pass after the time has elapsed, you should consult a pediatric dermatologist to select the optimal treatment and eliminate infectious diseases that are often accompanied by a rash on the baby's body.