baby acne...

Jess - posted on 06/22/2009 ( 11 moms have responded )

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does breast milk really help?

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Kristin - posted on 06/23/2009

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Yes. It's anatural healer. It cleared up my daughters acne. I just take the excess milk from her mouth or my breast and rub her little cheeks with it, it clears up by the next day.

Sarah - posted on 06/23/2009

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My son had baby acne for months. The dr said to leave it and it will clear up on its own, He said it tends to peak at 6 months(or something close to that. maybe 5, i don't remember exactly!) and will go away when my hormones balance better. He said it was due to my hormones in the first place. Anyways, its all gone now (he's 10 months)and has been for months. It didn't seem to bother him any. It just didn't look so nice in pictures! Good luck

Kyndra - posted on 06/23/2009

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My son has it horribly! I'm guessing that it doesn't work, because he has clogged tear ducts and my doc said to squeeze some breastmilk in his eye (sounds crazy I know, but it helps better than anything because of the antibodies). So when I do that it gets on his face also, and when he lets go of my boob sometimes it like sprays all over lol. And it's not gotten any better. The doc said just to leave it alone it will go away.

Chelsea - posted on 06/23/2009

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Baby acne is your babies way of detoxing from the hormones that they have in their body from being in utero. It is recommended to leave it alone. Do not wash it with soap (this is drying and it's not recommended to use soap on any infant anyway).

Susie - posted on 06/23/2009

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I heard that those so called acne are from their sweat, well not from their sweat, but when the baby was too hot they apear

Karen - posted on 06/23/2009

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We never did anything to our daughters baby acne on her head,chest and neck. The nurse told us it would go away and we just kept it clean. It lasted only a couple of weeks and went away on its own and for a bit she was quite speckled on her chest.

Wendy - posted on 06/23/2009

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I am not sure about breast milk, but I know Arbonne ABC line worked great on my kids!

Christel - posted on 06/22/2009

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It worked a little on my son's face. I did a test and only put it on half his face to compare, and I saw a little bit of a difference the next day but not much.

Susan - posted on 06/22/2009

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I didn't notice that it helped. My son had it pretty bad for a few weeks then it was gone. I don't know if the breast milk helped or not? He is 11 weeks now and has beautiful skin...I'd like to think it would help clear it up! Good question!

Susan - posted on 06/22/2009

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I didn't notice that it helped. My son had it pretty bad for a few weeks then it was gone. I don't know if the breast milk helped or not? He is 11 weeks now and has beautiful skin...I'd like to think it would help clear it up! Good question!

Emily - posted on 06/22/2009

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i got told that babies dont get acne on there face they get milk pimples speak to your health nurse there is different things u can try how old is bubs