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pumpkino 
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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 6:24pm |
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Can anyone recommend a good cradle cap shampoo that can be used preventatively as well as for treatment?
In the UK we used Dentinox but when I sent my husband to the pharmacy just now the pharmacist said they didn't have anything similar (they googled it to check the active ingredients). The only thing they had to treat cradle cap was a lotion that is obviously really strong as you have to be careful not to put it on any non-affected areas. I'm reluctant to use it on a newborn's scalp even if he had bad CC. DS2 is 6 weeks old and it's not that bad, but I can see it starting to come through and want to knock it on the head.
I did a search and found a post about something slightly different but there was mention of shampoos, although not by name, so I'm sure there are some out there.
Any ideas much appreciated!
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squoggs
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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 6:55pm |
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best thing I have found so far is olive oil. Both of my kids had/have cradle cap, and I just rubbed olive oil onto their scalps half an hour before bathtime, then combed and washed off in the bath. Tried all the expensive treatments like mustela, with no luck. Save your $$ and try this!
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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 9:11pm |
Just the other night I used baking soda and made a paste with water then washed it out in the bath, there is no sign of it now (should have done it earlier rather than just picking at it  )
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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 9:13pm |
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Almond oil works a treat and of course is natural and gentle.
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Posted: 24 April 2012 at 10:44pm |
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The Mustella Foaming Shampoo for Cradle Cap is BRILLIANT but expensive at $20! But then DD's cradle cap was gone in about a week and hasn't come back
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Posted: 25 April 2012 at 7:53am |
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I agree with myfullhouse 100%!!! Mustella is the ONLY thing that worked for Ava for Cradle Cap and we tried so many things including going to the Dr for treatment.It is well worth it!
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Posted: 25 April 2012 at 9:02am |
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Thanks so much for your replies ladies, have lots of things to try now :)
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Posted: 25 April 2012 at 11:25am |
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I used oil on my DD's hair leave it in for 30 mins combing it through then washing it out with shampoo and it worked well and repeat depending on bad it is. Not wasting my $$$ for something that will get use once or twice.
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Posted: 25 April 2012 at 7:31pm |
Pumpkino - we tried everything on our little ones cradle cap, then I ran into a lovely lady in a shop and she was told by her 'aunty' just to put petroleum jelly on the cradle cap over night and it worked for her. So I tried it but we had Tui Balm so I used that then combed the hair/head backwards the next morning and it was all lifted off and stayed away!!!
Anyway sorry for the long winded response but it was someones old school remedy and it worked so thought I would pass it on.
Good luck with it. 
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Posted: 26 April 2012 at 8:03am |
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Olive/almond oil. Leave it on to soften the cradle crap then gently comb it. Much nicer than using the bottled nasties :)
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Posted: 26 April 2012 at 5:58pm |
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i had the opposite to all the others, we tried everything and nothing worked except picking it off when he was about 6 mos
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Posted: 01 May 2012 at 8:18pm |
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almond oil worked well for us
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LittleBug
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Posted: 17 May 2012 at 11:26am |
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1/4 cup olive oil and 15 drops tea trea oil seems to work nicely. Leave it on under a hat or something for a bit, and then wash it out with baby shampoo.
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Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years).
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Posted: 17 May 2012 at 8:54pm |
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I tried the olive oil repeatedly, it didn't work. The Mustela stelaker lotion is brilliant and non-oily, so didn't stain clothing, bedding etc. Only used it a few times and cleared it up completely. I didn't like the ingredients in the other pharmacy solutions.
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Posted: 18 May 2012 at 7:22pm |
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the neutrogena t shampoo was suggested by my dr and it works, just use a tiny tiny amount. I would imagine if you used a drop of tea tree in regular baby oil it'd work similar.
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Posted: 19 November 2012 at 6:30am |
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We used baby oil and that kept it at bay but not rid of it. Then while getting jabs Dr gave us a prescription for Miconazole cream and the CC was gone and not returned.
Edited by Dizzi79 - 19 November 2012 at 6:31am
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Cradle cap shampoo?
