Alarming when it appears, cradle cap is a harmless scalp condition common in newborns. Your child may have a mild case of flaky, dry skin that looks like dandruff, or a more severe case marked by thick, oily, yellowish, scaling, or crusting patches.
Cradle cap can appear anytime between two weeks and three months after birth and usually clears up on its own after several months. Cradle cap results when oil-producing sebaceous glands produce too much oil, which turns into oily patches and then dries and flakes off. Many experts think the extra hormones that a mother produces and passes to her child during childbirth cause the oil glands to act up. When the hormones in your baby's body level out after the early months, the condition will go away.
Bums ‘n Roses®, gently applied to the scalp, eliminates almost all cradle cap.
* These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.
