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Cradle Cap (infantile or neonatal seborrhoeic dermatitis, also known as crusta lactea, milk crust, honeycomb disease) is a yellowish, patchy, greasy, scaly and crusty skin rash that occurs on the scalp of recently born babies. It is usually not itchy, and does not bother the baby. Cradle cap can occur in any baby, and most commonly begins sometime in the first 3 months. The same rash is often prominent around the ear, the eyebrows or the eyelids. It may appear in other locations as well, where it is called seborrheic dermatitis rather than cradle cap. Some countries use the term pityriasis capitis for cradle cap.
Cradle cap is extremely common in developed countries, with about half of all babies affected. Most of them have a mild version of the disorder. Severe cradle cap is rare.
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