Ever heard of baby acne?

Yes my 8 week old daughter has it on her face. My son also had it when he was a baby. Just keep your newborn's face clean and as dry as possible. No sented baby wipes either. They just make it worse. But it should go away in a couple weeks. Congrats on your new bundle of joy!

Neither of my children suffered from baby acne, but my niece that is going to be a year old tomorrow did experience more than her fair share of baby acne. I often wondered if besides the changes in hormones that children experience just after their birth if the fact that they are born a little bit premature could have something to do with baby acne as well. You see, Jaley was born about six weeks early and she was the only one of five children that have been through this. That is my two children as well as her and her two sisters.

My son had that on his face hen he was a baby, I did check with he doctor, and the doctor said it's very common, and they would just go off eventually, and asked me not to do anything with it. I just bathed my baby as usual, and I din't remember when those acne went off. I just used plain water to wipe his face and did not apply anything else on his face.

During my daughter, she had those as i never really know a thing about it.. lol.. but then i realized that too much touching on her face, kissing her face causes it.. just like our own acne / pimple.. so i tried my best not to let my hubby kiss her face as he is fond of touching and kissing it..

oh no u didn't do anything wrong with ur newborn! believe it or not, its a natural thing for babies to have baby acne. just remember babies have sencitive skin and it needs to be moisterized with good lotion. just go online to webmd and ask whatever...like baby acne. and itll tell u what to do what to buy and what not. i love webmd its like a free dr without paying

Yes it's very normal and its not your fault. You are not in control of your pregnancy hormones and what is and isn't passed to your baby while pregnant. My daughter had it as well. The best way to get ride of it isn't to wash it or put cream on them. Instead treat it like dry skin and put baby lotion on after every bath and before bed at night time. At this age a baby shouldn't be getting a bath every day it should be like every other. It should go away with in a few weeks to a month.

Baby acne is actually called milia. Both my children had it but with my son being the second child I knew from my first child to stop using all lotions etc. on his face when he started getting it. My kids had very sensitive skin especially my daughter. There wasent a single lotion or powder I could use on her face that didnt cause her to break out. It was massive little pimples all over her face and chest. It didnt bother her but looked awful.

Yes, my youngest one had it. I took her to the doctor right away, because I had never heard of it, either ... my oldest daughter never had it. The doctor pretty much told me the same thing that you have said - just use the gentle baby soap on it when I gave her a bath, but I had to make sure that the baby soap was fragrance free or it could irritate it and make it worse.

I knew it already before the birth of our son. My wife is a first time mom so she did more research on such topics. Good for us that our son does not have that baby acne. You are right is is just the hormone coming from their mothers since they are with the moms for nine months. It will eventually disappear as the remaining hormone vanished in their system. You are right, dont try to apply anything on the acne because it will cause more problems. Try to have your baby a tea bath by having tea extract on his waterbath. This can help your baby to have a smooth and flawless skin too. Just what we did for our son.

No I actually have never heard of baby acme... I do know about newborns having a rash resembling heat rash on their face and body but it was not called acme back in the day. Good luck and congradulations on the new addition...blessing be with you..

That is crazy. I have never heard of that before. Poor little baby. Well, that is interesting, and I hope the little girly is alrite.

Babies are just like us. My daughter happens to have a lot of hair on her body.