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Rash on my daughters chin that won't go away
My daughter developed a rash-like patch on her chin about 2 months ago. We have tried so many things to take it away but nothing has worked. Sometimes the rash seems like it's getting lighter but then becomes irritated and slightly more red again, especially throughout the day. It does not itch or irritate her. It just looks like a few small pimples or blisters.
Does she idly scratch it, possibly without being aware of it? What about contact dermatitis, is her chin often in contact with something that she might be reacting to?
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(Also, does she rest her chin in her hand a lot, and is she the right age to begin getting breakouts?)
Hi there! She actually just turned 5 so I don't think it's acne. It does look the most similar to contact dermititis but I just can't figure out if she's allergic to anything because we haven't done anything different. She does rub her face around a lot and she does sometimes bite on her nails. We took her to a dermatologist weeks ago and they prescribed her antibiotics and a steroid cream which didn't work either.
Does she regularly wear a mask on her face?
When my son was 5, a runny nose would give him eczema on his face. It took a long time to figure out it was solved by treating him for allergies.
When my son was 5, a runny nose would give him eczema on his face. It took a long time to figure out it was solved by treating him for allergies.
Thank you again for responding. She doesn't wear masks at all. How were you able to figure out what he had allergies to?
And can you please tell me how you treated the allergies
Working out that my son *had* allergies in the first place, was a long drawn-out process. He wasn't a classic case of sneezing in the spring, though by the time he got to kindergarten he was sneezing a big one every other day. (Before then, not so much, though he did have a runny nose sometimes in preschool.)
Once it finally seemed like his problem was allergies, we got an appointment with an M.D. who specializes in pediatric allergies. She ordered one blood draw, and it identified things he was allergic to (grass seed, cats, etc. etc.). It was a long list.
But that lab report didn't say the rash on his cheek was related to allergies. We only realized it was an allergic reaction because once he began to get allergy treatment, the eczema went away.
If we had known earlier, we could have prevented a lot of cheek rashes.
If you want to test the question of whether your daughter's rash is allergy-related, you could try giving her Children's Allegra for a week (or maybe two) at the appropriate dose. If the rash improves, that would be more information than you have now, and probably helpful to the doctor. It shouldn't be an issue to try such a short run of an OTC medication made for children.
If you don't want to do this, try keeping an eye on her when she doesn't know it, and see if she is randomly putting her collar, her hem or her toy in her mouth and chewing it or holding it there, or sucking a blanket edge at night. I knew a girl who always pulled down her headband and sucked on it, not when anyone was looking. It gave her a rashy chin.
Once it finally seemed like his problem was allergies, we got an appointment with an M.D. who specializes in pediatric allergies. She ordered one blood draw, and it identified things he was allergic to (grass seed, cats, etc. etc.). It was a long list.
But that lab report didn't say the rash on his cheek was related to allergies. We only realized it was an allergic reaction because once he began to get allergy treatment, the eczema went away.
If we had known earlier, we could have prevented a lot of cheek rashes.
If you want to test the question of whether your daughter's rash is allergy-related, you could try giving her Children's Allegra for a week (or maybe two) at the appropriate dose. If the rash improves, that would be more information than you have now, and probably helpful to the doctor. It shouldn't be an issue to try such a short run of an OTC medication made for children.
If you don't want to do this, try keeping an eye on her when she doesn't know it, and see if she is randomly putting her collar, her hem or her toy in her mouth and chewing it or holding it there, or sucking a blanket edge at night. I knew a girl who always pulled down her headband and sucked on it, not when anyone was looking. It gave her a rashy chin.
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