cradle cap

Hi olive oil is the usual method of treatment for cradle cap. Try using it again, but put it on every night for about a week to see if this prevents it from returning. If this doesn’t work, your Health Visitor will be able to prescribe you a thick greasy emollient such as Epaderm or Hydromol which are great for moisturising very dry skin. Hope this helps Liz (health visitor and gurgle expert)

hi i have found the oilatum shampoo (dont know if thats how you spell it) really good my son had cradle cap and eczema and this has cleared his head up hgreat there is nothing there now.

i went to the dr just tell em u have tried everthing they gave me some shampoo that smells like tar but has worked x

I must admit that my son did develop cradle cap not long after he was born and when he used to sleep on me I did rub/massage his scalp and remove a large proportion of his cradle cap. I am sure a HV will tell me off for doing this but when I rubbed/massaged his scalp it just used to come away from the scalp.

use pure extra virgin olive oil to get rid of it and then i use dentinox cradle cap shampoo that helps prevent it but make sure u r throughly rinsing the hair too as this can make it worst if residue is left xxxx

Does anyone know of any treatments for cradle cap that work? when my eldest had it I bought some shampoo that did nothing, my 3 month old now has it the health visitor said put some oil on his head leave it over night and wash it out in the morning I did this and his head was lovely.... for a day then it came back twice as bad with really thick flakes and I know its so so wrong but I can't look at it without giving it a pick I know im so bad but im the kind of person that if i get sun burnt and peel im pulling at my skin for hours.