What to do if you get prickly heat on your forehead

Prickly heat mainly appears on parts of children's bodies with more wrinkles, and the forehead is also a place where prickly heat is prone to appear. Having prickly heat on the face makes children very uncomfortable. The itching makes them unable to help scratching, which can easily cause infection. If there is prickly heat on the forehead, parents should seek treatment as soon as possible to avoid persistent prickly heat which may have a greater impact. So, what should you do if you get prickly heat on your forehead? Let’s take a look below.

1. Use soap and shower gel moderately when bathing your baby, and avoid using anything too irritating.

2. Prepare high-quality sweat-wicking clothes and breathable cotton clothes for your baby.

3. After coming back from playing outside, you should take a shower with clean water immediately.

4. Use a wet towel dipped in cold water to cool down the sweating baby's body. Especially placing a wet towel on the area where prickly heat rash occurs can help the baby reduce itching and pain.

5. Babies with prickly heat should not use moisturizing creams or lotions, as this will aggravate the blockage of sweat glands.

6. When washing your baby’s clothes, be careful not to leave any detergent residue on the clothes.

7. If you want to help your baby relieve itching, you can use calamine lotion

8. You can turn on the air conditioner or electric fan at home to allow air circulation, and place your baby in a room with good air circulation and ventilation.

9 .Give your baby a bath immediately after he sweats. You can put some baking soda in the baby’s bath water.

10. To treat baby's prickly heat rash, you can use hormone ointments, steroids, etc., which have a better antipruritic effect and can be used for various skin inflammations. Antibiotic ointment may also be used.

Using fruits and vegetables to fight prickly heat

1. Watermelon

It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, relieving restlessness and quenching thirst. Eating watermelon can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and prevent prickly heat. Wash the watermelon rind, peel off the pulp, and apply the rind to the affected area several times a day to eliminate prickly heat.

2. Winter melon

It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. Mash the winter melon slices and apply them to the affected area to treat prickly heat.

3. Cucumber

It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, detoxifying and reducing inflammation. Apply fresh cucumber slices to the affected areas of prickly heat 2 to 3 times a day to relieve pain and itching.