How to remove the crust on the baby's head?

With the birth of a newborn baby, a young mother has a lot of new troubles. A woman very closely follows the state of her child and is frightened of any changes taking place with him. In particular, even in the maternity hospital or a few days after returning home, mothers often notice that the head of their son or daughter is covered with peculiar crusts.

Although such seborrhoeic growths do not cause any uncomfortable sensations in the crumbs, they do not pose a danger and can normally last up to a year, many mothers tend to remove them as soon as possible. In this article, we will tell you how to remove crusts on the head of a baby so as not to cause harm to it.

How to get rid of crusts on a baby's head?

To quickly and painlessly remove the crust on the head of a baby, use the following scheme:

1. The areas of the head on which there are growths, abundantly grease with vegetable or cosmetic oil. Leave it for 20-30 minutes. At this time, you can put on your baby a thin knitted hat - this will facilitate the further process of combing out.
2. Very gently and gently squeeze the crust from the surface of the head crumbs with a special children's comb. Do the movements in different directions.
3. After that, wash the baby's head with baby shampoo and rinse well with water. In this case, the areas on which there were crusts, intensively massage with pads of fingers.
4. A quarter of an hour after the end of washing, when the hair is a little dry, once again comb the head of the crumbs with a special comb.

Of course, there is no guarantee that after one such procedure, unpleasant growths will finally disappear from the surface of the scalp of the baby's head. If necessary, repeat the session, but not earlier than 3-4 days.

Clean the baby's head from the crust will also help shampoo brands such as Mustela or Bubchen. Thanks to the presence of softening agents in the composition of these agents, they replace the oil, so it is much easier to use them. Similar shampoos should be without preliminary preparation to put on hairs of a crumb, wait for 2-3 minutes, and then to wash off with warm water. After using one of these tools, you need to comb out the baby's head with a brush or a comb, just like in the previous version.

Seborrheal growths do not appear in all babies. So that parents do not have the question of how to peel off crusts from the baby's head, preventive measures can be taken, namely:

• from the first days of life, refuse from excessive wrapping of crumbs. Do not wear a cap or hat in a warm room;
• maintain the humidity in the room in which the baby is most often at an optimum level of about 60%;
• wash the head of the crumbs with detergent not more than 2 times a week;
• carefully choose the cosmetic products that are allowed for babies from the first days of life;
• Every day, comb the baby's head, even if there is still no hair on it.