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Creamy Desitin in 2 Yro Hair

Does any one know how to get Creamy Desitin out of a 2 yro hair? She painted it all over her body and it was about an inch thick on the top of her head. I have used baby shampoo, my shampoo, and Dawn dish soap. It is no longer thick but it is still tacky and greasy!

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I rinsed her hair with about a cup or so of White Vinager and washed 2 more x's with dawn dish soap and did a final wash with baby shampoo and it is all out!!! I think that the vinager did the trick!!

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My daughter used Vaseline! The only thing that worked for me was baby powder and lots of it. Good Luck!!!

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I was going to recommend the vinegar as this tends to cut most 'greasy' things and it's actually a good conditioner for the hair. Worked great for me when I was on the swim team back in high school and I often do it anyway to restore the natural ph.

I think I have about two gallons of the stuff in my home at any given time as I use it for many things.

HA HA HA! Mine went for the vaseline at that age! The entire jar!

Coat her hair with baby powder or baking soda, then shampoo. If it doesn't come out the first time it should come out by the second or third. Being that my daughter had an entire jar of vaseline in her hair it took me about four or five tries. But it worked!

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My daughter used Vaseline! The only thing that worked for me was baby powder and lots of it. Good Luck!!!

Did you try using baby wipes first? It gets it off of their bums, so why not the scalp and hair?

ah the memories....
my son did the same thing...only he didn't stop with his body, he fingerpainted his entire room!! I suddenly could smell desitin coming from the room of what was supposed to be a sleeping 2 year old!
Anyway....we just washed it alot, with really warm water, also sprinkle some baking soda on her hair and scrub that in too, inbetween some shampoos.

K.,
I bet that Basic H from Shaklee would take it right out. Basic H is an organic surfactant- not chemicals- and it is so good for all cleaning. Please be aware that commercial shampoos and things like Dawn dish liquid are petroleum based chemicals and are absorbed through the skin. Many baby shampoos/washes contain 1,4 dioxane (cancer-causing chemical) plus artificial fragrance, which contain phthalates, which are human hormone disruptors. I have a list of unsafe baby washes- J&J, L'Oreal, Huggies, etc. I can send you the list if you are interested. I am a retired health care worker and have a lot of information about how to have a healthier home.
M.

my daughter used to be obsessed with vaseline and "butt cream" when she was around that age. All you can do is throw her in the bath...many many times. it will be greasy for a few days im sure, just wash it a few times a day. It will eventually come out.

LOL My daughter did the same thing!! It took about a week of daily hair washings to get it out. I stopped using anything other than her normal body wash/shampoo after the first day of several washings with harsher products. I didn't want her hair to get dried out and her scalp to get itchy. It takes a while, but it will come out :)

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