What is the best shampoo for Cradle Cap?

My son has it, and it is worsening.





We've tried the baby oil, and brushing with a soft bristled brush, and egozite cradle cap lotion, to no avail.





I know there is no harm in cradle cap, but my nurse told me the cradle cap is quite thick, and could feel a bit tight on his scalp


(I honestly thought she was making that up, so I guess i must be a bit uneducated on the matter!)





So, is there any shampoo that helps with cradle cap, here in Australia?


I understand nothing will cure it, but is there anything that is even slightly helpful?





Thank you in advance!What is the best shampoo for Cradle Cap?
my daughter had cradle cap pretty bad i found sorbelene creme to be the best thing, i would just smear it on her scalp whenever we were sitting around and leave it for 5min or so then use a small comb to get it out also i would just put the creme in her hair and just keep re appling it whenever and only wash her hair every few days letting the moisturizer seep in so my advice go with sorbelene!!!What is the best shampoo for Cradle Cap?
WELL I USE DETINOX CRADLE SHAMPOO JUST GO TO YOUR LOCAL SUPERMARKET OR PHARAMACIST AND ASK FOR ANY KNOW CRADEL CAP SHAMPOO THEY WILL POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Report Abuse

1 of my 3 kids had cradle cap badly, on my doctors advice I stopped using shampoo at all. the idea is that cradle cap is an over reaction to the oil/ph balance of the scalp. By not shampooing we allowed the skin to balance out. We had pinetarsol for the water in babies bath (due to exema) and just a light rinse with the water, and rubbing with a baby brush during feeds, loosened the existing cap, which washed out in the next bath.





It worked for us, and worth a try.





This only took about a week, and all clear.
I get it sometimes,I use olive oil with a few drops of Tea Tree oil and it seems to help wash it away if you leave it on for a day or so.I have psoriasis too and sometimes just mix in the psoriasis medication called Betamethasone with the the olive oil and tea tree oil and apply it all over my scalp after a shower and it goes away fast so it could be the steroid cream Betamethasone more than anything else.I also use a shower brush on my scalp.
When my son had cradle cap, it was a pretty minor case of it. But it did take a while to go away and we had to treat it everyday. Shampoo alone was not effective. We used baby oil and let it sit on his head for 10-15 minutes and then we brushed his head. We did wash his hair everyday as well, but the baby oil was really what helped get rid of the cradle cap.
I've read that Cradle Cap is connected to yeast. Coconut Oil kills yeast. just put some on and leave it. Coconut Oil is not harmful and its natural. I cant believe people are recommending dandruff shampoos for babies!


My daughter had cradle cap and the coconut oil cleaned most of it up, the rest I just left, its not harmful.





The second thing is the more you wash your little one the more your babes natural oils are removed and then the body produces more oil. Same thing happens with us and shampoo'ing our hair, if we stopped shampoo'ing our hair in about two weeks it wouldn't get oily.





Good Luck.
Looks like all us Aussies are on tonight





Not sure about the problem the person above me has but we used Olive Oil





Cradle Cap is a form of dermatitis and it took our daughter 6 months to outgrow it (our first had nothing) - it was likely cuased by her milk intolerance (not allergy)





Olive Oil is good but Sorbolene is better - dont' use baby oil as it has mineral oil it and will make it worse.
My baby had a touch of cradle cap when she was about a month old, and her doctor told us to get adult Head and Shoulders. It worked! We stopped using the head and shoulders, and it came back. So now we wash her hair with it every time and her scalp looks great.





I'm not sure if they have Head and Shoulders in Australia.. it's an adult anti-dandruff shampoo.
almond oil is the best for getting cradle cap off. heat it a tiny bit, make sure its not too hot and massage onto babies head, use a babys brush to brush hair and you should see the flakes coming off, then just wash hair with normal baby shampoo. you will prob have to do this a few times. HTH
Old wives tale,use it don't use, olive oil, i used it and it works like a charm, try not to wash their hair to often and when you do dry it properly then gently comb olive oil through with a small comb, do it for a week, see mabe it works for you aswell.
WELL for a start your in Australia (WHERE I AM) and your Not gonna find ANYTHING you need at all!!! what is wrong with yu guys.





the Only thing that would work and be good is to use Head and Shoulders or Palmolive, the blue one that says anti dandruff. it smells pretty good too,.





just regularly wash with this and hopefully you will get rid of it. sometimes it will just come and go
I call it ';cradle crap'; lol. It may take several baby oil treatments before it completely clears, or it may stay for a while. My eldest daughter had it until she was 4-





You can also try an anti-dandruff shampoo, but you should ask your pediatrician before doing so-
We smothered our sons hair in olive oil and gave it a really good brush with a comb, got all the 'scales' off then a good wash with ordinary baby shampoo in the bath and it went and never came back.
MY BABY HAD A LiTTLE BiT OF CRADLE CAP AND THE THiNG THAT i DiD WAS WHEN i WAS BATHiNG HER, TO BRUSH HER HAiR WiTH A COMB NOT A SOFT BRiSTLE BRUSH; AND USE BABY OiL. ;] THAT WORKED FOR ME AND STiLL DOES.





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Dandruff shampoos are supposed to work, the ones with salicylic acid and/or sulfur.
Hi fellow aussie mum, I use to use baby oil on my babies heads, %26amp; while feeding them or in the bath I'd gently scratch away at it.