https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:02:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selsan-for-cradle-cap#post-442486 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:19:50 +0000 erinpye 442486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used Head and Shoulders once and it cleared it right up. Then we made sure to wash LO's hair every night with gentle shampoo (Weleda's Calendula) and brush her hair. It never came back! (The not washing so often, as often recommended, actually made her CC worse.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selsan-for-cradle-cap#post-440485 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:30:53 +0000 matador84 440485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all. I got the unmediated kind so hopefully it will work its magic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selsan-for-cradle-cap#post-440483 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:29:07 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 440483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Selsun works great and you only have to use it a few times. I always recommend it and I used it with my first daughter. Just know that it makes their little heads a bit tarry smelling... but it works like a charm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selsan-for-cradle-cap#post-440468 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:08:01 +0000 erwoo 440468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That shampoo smelled and didn't work for my oldest. I ended up using Aquaphor. With my second I used a newborn brush on his scalp after every bath and worked out as much of the dead skin as I can and he never had cradle cap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selsan-for-cradle-cap#post-440464 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:05:54 +0000 prettylizy 440464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with coconut oil, I use that stuff for everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selsan-for-cradle-cap#post-440453 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:56:23 +0000 T.H.O.U. 440453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ehh I would not use selsun blue on a baby. Try some Coconut oil. </p> <p>Ps I just used selsun blue tonight on my own head and its burning right now. It is medicated. I would not use on a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selsan-for-cradle-cap#post-440399 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:22:02 +0000 T-Mom 440399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For cradle cap what worked for us is using baby oil and using a soft baby brush to work it off, brushing firmly, getting under the dead skin. Then shampoo to make sure you get the oil off. If it is scabbing, though, you may want to avoid that area and let it heal first. I also used selsun but it was so medicated smelling and didn't make much of a difference for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selsan-for-cradle-cap#post-440306 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:07:31 +0000 matador84 440306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has terrible eczema but the pedi has us using cetaphil with kenalog and it has almost cleared it up. He is 14 weeks and still has cradle cap, I think as a result of the eczema. I noticed today he must be scratching the back when he is sleeping because it is getting scabby. Someone told me selsan blue will clear it right up so we will try that tonight. Any other remedies? </p>