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- A newborn often has a coat of white, cheesy material called vernix, which helps to protect the skin. This comes off at the first bath.
- Sometimes infants develop a rash during the first few days of life, called erythema toxicum, and it appears as small red blotches, little bumps and tiny little pimples. These marks come and go fairly rapidly, appearing in different places on the body, most often on the face. No treatment is necessary, and the rash goes away on its own.
- The eyelids and forehead may have salmon pink colored areas called stork-bite marks. These usually go away after about a year.
- There may be bluish-colored marks on the back or buttocks, which are also a normal birthmark called Slate-Gray Macules.
- Babies usually have extra hair on their face and body called lanugo, which normally disappears over the first months of life.
- Your baby's skin may look mottled, and that is a normal appearance for baby's skin.