Neck Rash

Babies are super cute. With all those neck rolls and drool, who wouldn’t love a plump slobbering baby? But these neck rolls mixed with drool can lead to neck rashes. The combination of wetness, humidity, and darkness in those rolls is a ripe breeding ground for candida/fungal rashes, very similar to how most fungal diaper rashes occur in the same age group. To help prevent these rashes or stop them from progressing to those fungal types, we increase drying measures like using a hair dryer on a cool setting to help dry and air out the area and changing onesies often. But if it keeps worsening and spreading, let the pediatrician know and start an over-the-counter antifungal cream like clotrimazole 2-3 times a day for a week or so, but keep up those drying methods, too. 

These can return over and over until baby grows a bit more of a neck, making it harder for rolls to form.