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My son Morgan aged 17 months suffers from terrible cradle cap i have tried all medicated shampoos and rubbing warm olive and baby oil and tried brushing it out. I'm all out of ideas. If anyone has any ideas however strange (i'll try anything once) i would love to hear them. Thanking you in advance.

Hi, my son had cradle cap when smaller but quite mildly. Have you tried leaving the baby oil on overnight and washing out in the morning? My hairdresser also recommended pure vegetable oil left on overnight. She also says to wash their hair and use a hairbrush to rub the scalp at the same time to lift it. we always wash Kierons hair this way now and it has kept it from forming again. good luck, hopr this helps.

my 6th month old daughter suffers from cradle cap occasionally and my health visitor gave me a prescrption for something very similar to vaseline called white soft parrafin in liquid parrafin. it works wonders for my girl. hope this helps. x