By: Romondia Hardison

Romondia Hardison — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:30:00 +0000

My daughter is 19 months old. At birth her skin was clear and at 3mos. she would get an occasional tiny red bump that appeared on her face every once in a while which could disappear almost as fast as it came. Since she’s been 14 months old (Since February) she has been receiving a consistent cluster of red bumps on her face (cheeks, nose, around eyes, and around mouth) They would appear to clear at certain times and start up again. I notice sometimes when she gets highly upset more may appear. I took her to a pediatric dermatologist 1.5 months ago, and he thinks it was caused by the various antibiotics that her pediatrician placed her on while having reoccurring ear infections which she has had since about the age of 3 months up until she tubes placed in her ear in April at 16 months. He said that they just have to work their way out of her bloodstream and the bumps will continue to come until then. He prescribed a cream for morning and another for evening to put on her face. It help to clear the bumps that were there, but seemed useless as we can’t prevent new ones from coming. Since she eventually started getting light spots in the areas that the topical creams were used, I decided to stop the creams for right now and just wash her face hoping that will clear in the near future. I’m tired of people talking about how pretty she is and following up with “what is that on her face? Does she have the chicken pox?”

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By: Romondia Hardison