Infant acne
We would usually associate acne with ones teenage years, between the ages of 12 and 24 when it causes awkwardness and frustration. On the other hand it is not only teenagers who can suffer from acne.
Discovering that their baby has acne can be an upsetting experience for parents. The idea that their newborn could have acne at such a young age may raise many frightening questions about what would have they done wrong.
Chances are that you may not have heard of it, but infant acne is not uncommon. On an average 1 in 5 babies suffers from it. It is in medical terms called acne neonatorum.
Some hormones are transferred to child from the mother naturally through the placenta. Some of these hormones stimulate the oil glands to produce more oil which turns into a breeding ground for acne causing bacteria.
What most parents don’t realize is that infant acne will clear itself in a month or two as the intensity of the hormones decreases. As a result of this lack of knowledge many remedies for baby acne are available. However baby acne doesn’t require any kind of treatment.
