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My DD is 5 and I have only just noticed she has a big patch of dry skin on her scalp. She used to get cradle cap when she was tiny, but I haven't noticed anything since then, until now. Would it be cradle cap or dandruff, or is it all the same thing, just a different name? Can I do the usual treatments for her which I used when she was a baby, I used to use olive oil on it to help lift the skin off? Is there anything else I could do to prevent it, or is the oil enough?
Dandruff could be due to dry or oily skin ... it is a bit different to cradlecap I think as cradlecap is whole chunks of scalp lifting off? If it is dandruff, it's finding out which is her type - I have oily dandruff which means that drying the scalp helps .. with dry dandruff, making the scalp oily helps. Although, if she's scratching, it may be headlice :( I'd go to the pharmacy and have a chat with the pharmacist, they are pretty good at diagnoses.
Thanks Kaz. I know it's not lice. She's not scratching and it's not at all bothering her. I will try the oil on her scalp to remove the skin and see what happens I guess. It can't hurt, being that it's only olive oil.
How's it going? Did the olive oil work?
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