This is a common skin rash in babies and occurs often by day 2 or 3 of life. The rash consists of white spots which feel raised to touch which are surrounded by redness - a bit like a white head pimple surrounded by a red area.
The spots occur all over the body (but not the palms of the hands or soles of the feet) and can come and go.
No treatment is required. The rash will eventually disappear by itself after a few days but they can come back over the first few weeks.
This is also known as Prickly Heat. The rash is red and there can be small blisters. It usually occurs on the face or on the body under clothes. It can be seen over the first few weeks of life.
No treatment other than cooling is required. If the spots are under clothes, change to looser, cooler clothing.Back to list
Mongolian Blue Spots
These are blue spots that look a lot like bruises and are usually located at the base of the spine or over the buttocks. This infant skin rash syndrome is more common in babies of African-American, Afro-Caribbean or Asian ethnicity.They don't cause any pain and will eventually fade by themselves. No treatment is required.
No treatment is required. If the strawberry is knocked, it can bleed - just apply firm pressure until the bleeding stops.Sometimes there will be a hemangioma that is completely below the surface of the skin - in these cases, there will be a swelling that is soft to touch and gives a blue tinge to the skin. Occasionally such a swelling will have a strawberry on top like the photo on the right. This type of hemangioma is also likely to shrink in size. Occasionally strawberry hemangiomas are in places that interfere with normal life - around the eye, around the mouth and neck. In those cases, treatment with laser or steroids may be required.
Remember, a strawberry hemangioma gets bigger before it starts to shrink.
