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my son is 1 year old and from past 3 days, he has started scratching his head a lot. there is a lot of itching. gave him a head bath and applied olive oil yesterday but still he has been scratching day and night. upon close lookup, it shows some.dead skin/ like dandruff but no solution even after applying oil. what should i do? continue to apply oil every single day. which oil to be used.
hope this is all normal and nothing problematic.

Note: till now, we haven't got his mundan done.

please advise asap.

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#asktheexpert

my son is 1 year old and from past 3 days, he has started scratching his head a lot. there is a lot of itching. gave him a head bath and applied olive oil yesterday but still he has been scratching day and night. upon close lookup, it shows some.dead skin/ like dandruff but no solution even after applying oil. what should i do? continue to apply oil every single day. which oil to be used. 
hope this is all normal and nothing problematic.

Note: till now, we haven't got his mundan done.

please advise asap.

Accepted Answer

hello this can be due to the cradle cap and it would be better if you can apply pure coconut oil or baby hair oil which contains tea tree oil in it which can help to prevent the dandruff problem and keeps bay hair sift and smooth and very effective too