Introduction

Common skin conditions in children can be divided into inflammatory skin disorders, lumps and bumps, infections and infestations. We also list some uncommon childhood disorders. Many more conditions affecting children and adults are listed on our Topics A–Z page. 

Inflammatory skin disorders

• Acne in children
• Adverse cutaneous reaction to a drug
• Aphthous ulcers
• Arthropod bites and stings
• Atopic dermatitis
• Contact dermatitis
• Discoid eczema
• Granuloma annulare
• Keratosis pilaris
• Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei
• Miliaria
• Napkin dermatitis
• Papular urticaria
• Perioral dermatitis in childhood
• Seborrhoeic dermatitis
• Psoriasis in childhood

Hair and scalp

• Alopecia areata
• Head lice
• Tinea capitis

Pigmentation disorders

• Vitiligo

Lumps and bumps

• Birthmarks
• Freckle
• Infantile haemangioma
• Milia
• Mole
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Pyogenic granuloma
• Spider angioma
• Viral wart

Infections, reactions to infections, and infestations

• Boil
• Cellulitis
• Chickenpox
• Erythema multiforme
• Fifth disease
• Impetigo
• Hand foot and mouth disease
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Pityriasis rosea
• Scabies
• Scarlet fever
• Tinea corporis
• Tinea pedis + athlete's foot

Uncommon skin disorders in children

• Acropustulosis of infancy
• Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy
• Bullous pemphigoid in childhood
• Chronic bullous dermatosis of childhood
• Granuloma gluteale infantum
• Ichthyosis
• Infantile digital fibroma
• Infantile papular acrodermatitis
• Kawasaki disease
• Kwashiorkor
• Laterothoracic exanthem
• Mastocytosis
• Melanoma in children
• Collodion baby
• Henoch-Schonlein purpura
• Meningococcal disease
• Morphoea