Baby acne which in medical terms is called Neonatorum. . Sometimes after delivery baby’s and infants will develop this neonatal acne from over stimulation from the baby’s sebaceous glands which are remaining from the maternal hormones.
Don’t be alarmed by the neonatal acne or baby acne because it is normally just a temporary condition and your newborn baby should outgrow it with in the first few months of his or her life. Also do not be worried that this is a predisposition that your child will have severe acne when they grow into an adolescent, teenager or adult.
It is true that Baby boys will more than likely be affected by infantile acne more so than by baby girls.
Baby acne does not require any fastidious forms of treatment. Most of the time it can be helped by gently cleansing the baby’s face at least once a day with water and some sort of mild soap for babys.