My child gets patches all over her body but especially behind her ears and on her neck/chest where it looks like she is dirty. The patches aren't raised, though a little dry feeling, and don't come off with soap. I have actually had to scrub with rubbing alcohol and a loofa. This hurts my daughter. Does anyone know what causes this and/or how to treat it?

http://images.google.si/imgres?imgur...3D10%26hl%3Dsl

If it looks like on a link provided, it is only a bacterial infection nothing serious.
Don't scrub it, go to a doctor and he will give you a cream.
It gets worse if it is exposed to wather, because than bacteria reproduce.

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Originally Posted by nindzha

http://images.google.si/imgres?imgur...3D10%26hl%3Dsl

If it looks like on a link provided, it is only a bacterial infection nothing serious.
Dont scrub it, go to a doctor and he will give you a cream.
It gets worse if it is exposed to wather, because than bacteria reproduce.

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No, her skin looks more like actual dirt caught in the creases of her skin.

My daughter has dry rough, dirty looking hands. I tried a lot of different things. I finally made up a concoction that really worked. One scoop of coffee grounds a teaspoon of dawn dish detergent and 2 table spoons of vegetable oil. Mixed together and used as a hand scrub. Then rinses her hands in warm water and applied hand lotion and rubbed in the lotion for 5 minutes. Then I wiped the lotion of with a dry wash cloth, rubbing vigorously over the dirty looking parts like her knuckles and back of her hands. Her hands looked really clean for the first time in a long time.