Most often it affects their cheeks and the joints of their arms and legs.
Baby eczema on face only.
If you can identify your baby s triggers try to find ways to eliminate or avoid them.
Babies can get the condition just about anywhere on their body.
For example if you notice that your baby s saliva is triggering eczema on the face apply plain petroleum jelly around your baby s mouth before feedings and naps.
However if your baby s eczema is difficult to control it may be recommended by your dermatologist.
This type of baby eczema causes dry scaly and itchy patches on baby s skin that often appear on the scalp forehead and face.
The good news for you is that most children with eczema will grow out of the condition by the time they are in their teens.
It s easy to confuse baby eczema also called infant.
It causes a dry itchy.
Baby eczema on face is a skin condition that affects up to one in five babies.
Eczema appears for the first time before your child is two years old.
Bleach bath therapy is rarely used for babies.
There are several types of eczema but the most common in babies is atopic dermatitis.
Patches of eczema that are particularly painful for your baby and get worse quickly.
Consider bleach bath therapy.
Fluid filled blisters that burst leaving small open sores on your baby s skin.
Eczema sometimes called infantile eczema or atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammation of the outer layers of skin.