When a rash shows up on their child’s skin, parents tend to worry. And that’s understandable because rashes can look serious – especially hives
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During and after the summer season, we get lots of questions from parents about white patches appearing on their kids’ cheeks. Of course, without seeing your child’s skin, I can’t tell you for sure what they are – you’ll need to reach out to your pediatrician for that. But in most cases, they’re what’s called pityriasis alba. Pityriasis alba is a common, benign (non-harmful) skin...
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At this point in the summer many of us are really tired of the whole sunscreen routine. You have to grab an unwilling wiggly kid and slather them all over while trying to maintain a grip on their increasingly slippery body.
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Styes are painful, red, swollen lumps on the eyelids that are common in kids. Although they can be irritating, they rarely require medication and can easily be treated at home. What are styes? A stye is essentially a pimple on the eyelid. There are glands that secrete oily protection onto the eyelashes. You never think about these glands until one gets clogged. When the edge...
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All the FAQs about hand, foot, and mouth disease: how to treat it and when your child can go back to daycare or school.
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Newborn babies’ skin is often red, blotchy, and bumpy but most of these imperfections are nothing to worry about!
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If you are seeing crusty sores around your child’s nose or mouth, they probably have “impetigo.” Many parents will tell me their child has “infantigo” – which isn’t a bad name for this easily treatable skin infection commonly found in young kids!
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They aren’t scary enough to lose sleep over, but warts and molluscum do make your skin go bump in the night! Daytime too. Both are caused by viruses (not kissing frogs or toads) that infect your skin and make it grow a little bump.
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