A light brown spot on the baby’s face may be cafe au lait, florid chaff rash or congenital nevus, etc. Treatment includes laser, topical medication or surgery and other measures.
1. Coffee spot: it can appear shortly after birth or at birth, with clear boundaries, and can be found on the face, trunk and other places with light brown spots ranging in size from several millimeters to several centimeters or larger, usually no treatment is needed, but laser treatment can be chosen for those who have cosmetic needs.
2. maculopapular furuncle: it is an infection caused by malassezia invading the stratum corneum of the skin, brown dotted rash can appear on the face, and the neighboring lesions can be fused into a large sheet, mainly topical drug treatment, such as the use of ketoconazole cream, clotrimazole cream and other antifungal drugs, the application of ketoconazole lotion, selenium disulfide and other topical application is also efficacious, and at the same time, pay attention to diligent change of clothes, take baths diligently.
3. congenital color nevus: the skin is good for congenital nevus, can be light brown irregular patch, or appear slightly high up flat plaque, can be surgically excised or laser for treatment.
When brown patches appear on baby’s face, it is recommended to consult a doctor for reasonable and standardized treatment under the doctor’s guidance. All of the above medications should be used in accordance with medical advice.