In a message dated 98-04-05 12:04:46 EDT, you write:

<< Has anyone seen any research relating scrubbing the essential oils and
 >vernix off a baby after birth and the 4-week  "baby
 >acne"?

 I haven't seen any research, but my third child was born 12 weeks
 prematurely.  He didn't have a bath until he was about 9 weeks old when
 he had finally reached 1600g (birth weight 800g).  When he was about 4
 months old he got baby acne.  I was absolutely thrilled because I thought
 this must mean he was developing normally.
  >>

No research, but I am doing a personal one-mother, three child study on the
relationship between infant and adolescent acne.  With two down and one to
come into full blossom, I'll let you know my results in, say, about 4 years.

Jan B.  (Preliminary "research" indicates that there is a definite
correlation.)