Sex: Hydrocortisone

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Redness in Neck Fold

I've noticed that my three month old has some redness in one of her neck folds. She doesn't have very many folds as she's an average size baby, but she does occasionally get breast milk dripping down her chin and pooling there. It doesn't look dry or like a rash, just red. I'm not sure if it's the milk that is irritating her skin or if it's just chaffing because of the fold. Has anyone else experienced this and is there anything I should be putting on it...lotion, baby powder, etc?

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Acid Mantle (Cream Mixed with Hydrocortisone) - Is It Safe?

I have a 15 month old son who has extremely sensitive skin and had horrible ezcema (sp?) since he was an infant. We found out that it was mostly caused by an allergy to pet dander so we had to give up our pug. Well, we have been using a prescription cream on him called A-Mantle since he was about 6 months old that our Pediatric Allergist prescribed (who is associated with CHOP). This cream is a hydrocortisone mixed with some other type of cream. We use it on him practically every single day (since he still has ezcema). I specifically...