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Baby skin tone
Dear Doctors,
My baby is 1 month old now he stepped in 2nd month his skin tone is changed after phototherapy..
He was under lighting about 2 days after birth before he was fair..
How much time it will take to get his skin tone back...
Attached is my baby photo at the time of birth
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Hi skin tone depends on parents skin tone
Generally kids come to their original tone by end of 3 months of age
Don't worry
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Nothing to worry.
It will return to normal after few weeks.
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Dr. Alpana Meena
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Sawai Madhopur
Its normal to darken after phototherapy
It will be normal as baby will grow , at birth most babies are fair , but with age their skin tone is like parents
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Dr. Nikitha Sowmya
Pediatrician
7 yrs exp
Bangalore
Baby colour changes , as the melanocyte production starts slowly after birth. Colour of the baby depends on many factors like genetics and environment etc.
birth colour is not the permanent colour.
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Dr. Sharvani Anjanappa
Pediatrician
6 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hii
Day to day colour of the baby differs…
don’t worry at the end baby will inherit the parents genes…
Continue oil massage as usual..
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