my daughter is two?
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My now 24 year old son also had very little hair and terrible cradle cap from infancy until he was about 6. Do not pick at it, that may cause injury to the scalp. What worked the best for my son was during his bath we would lather up his head with thick lather(using just a little water) with Johnson's Baby Shampoo and let it sit on his head throughout all the time he played in the tub and got washed, rinsing his head just before he got out. We would brush his hair/scalp everyday with a soft baby brush. That worked well to loosen up the crusty scales and most would usually come off with the brushing. Oddly, cradle cap is caused by too much oil and not because the scalp is too dry like I originally thought. It is basically the same thing as what we call dandruff in adults. At one point, our doctor recommended using a dandruff shampoo - Selsun Blue - which we used for about 6 months when he was 4 and was having a really bad time with it and the baby shampoo wasn't working anymore. It was hard to use because it caused stinging in his eyes and he hated the smell. I wouldn't use anything like that unless your doctor tells you to, though.
i would ask the peditrician, i think they have medicine for that .
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