[veggiegirl]

DD is 2 months old. From day 1 she has had this funky receeding hairline. I thought the tiny hairs would have fallen off by now, but they haven't. At her 2 month check-up, the doc said they will either fall off of fill in. This part of her forehead is always very light colored compared to the rest of her skin. It also looks very dry. I put Burt's Bee's Apricot Oil on it and it makes it look better, but it's still so light and it's also pretty noticeable. After a bath it just looks horrible - it looks like she's got vitiligo (aka "Michael Jackson disease" - causes lose of pigment). Any one else's kids have this? Just wondering if it's "standard" in AA babies? hairline.JPG

[Wisdom]

Are you sure the light color isn't cradle cap or something similar? Our DS had flaking in his scalp when his hair was dry and when I washed it his scalp was white looking, similiar to your daughter's. It was like a white film on his scalp. He's 6 1/2 months now and the flaking is now gone and so is the white film. I don't believe it's standard in all AA babies but I think it occurs often. I don't know if it was cradle cap or not, but I'd put Jojoba oil on his scalp and that seemed to help.

[Celesyee]

Devin used to have a dry scalp until I realized it was from Johnson's & Johnson's shampoo. We've changed products and it's no longer dry and ashy. His hairline used to also look like it was receding and it also had this "S" shape. He's now 4-1/2 months old and his hairline is filling in.

[Linny]

BTW......cute baby!

Our youngest baby...now almost 2yrs old......had this receeding hairline too. It bothered me, as I thought it would never 'fill in'. It did, but he continues to have this weird hairline...similar to the guy from the Today show who does a lot of anchoring. (His name escapes me just now.)
But, I have to say that there wasn't a color differentiation, as it seems to be in your submitted photo. I'm with the others asking if you're sure this isn't some cradle cap going on as well? (And cradle cap can happen with any race baby!)

Then again, it just might be your baby's that way......and regardless, a cute little girl! Ask your pediatrician about it and let us know what s/he says.

Sincerely,

Linny

[mom2behappy]

has the same exact thing she was referred by her docter to a dermatologist and was givin some crem for the scalp that cleared the scalp up destinine its a prescription cream

[megaphonemo]

When you shampoo, scrub that little area (gently of course) with a little brush. I mean, really scrub it. The hospital did that for DD#2 when she was first born. She still gets this a little after the tubbie - looks like dry scalp to me.... what is her heritage, full AA or mixed?? PM for the name of a great line of products...

Mega