Baby’s Dry Skin / Baby Skin Irritation: Which Products Can Help?

Is your child's skin very dry and prone to redness and irritation? Baby's epidermis is very thin, which makes it very sensitive. It can easily develop pimples, eczema, or hives. Some children have hypersensitive or even atopic skin.

Factors such as friction from fabric, a toiletry water, a new cleansing product, or even their own sweat can trigger a reaction. A moisturizing cream helps create a barrier between the skin and external aggressors, especially if baby suffers from diaper rash.

A body lotion to hydrate your child's skin

After each bath, your baby's skin may seem very dry. The hydrolipidic film can be weakened after bathing. If the body and hair cleansing gel seems too drying, it can be replaced with a bath oil.

Baby's scalp can be particularly sensitive. If this is the case, you can space out shampoos every 2 or 3 days. The head is partially immersed in the bath water, but the scalp is not cleaned every day, to avoid weakening it.

The water, depending on the region in France, is particularly hard, which is very harsh for baby's epidermis, which remains very thin. After drying your child, a good layer of body lotion on the skin provides fats and water. Make sure to apply it well and not leave any excess in the folds. Before dressing your child again, let their skin dry. They will be happy to wiggle around naked on the changing table!

Preventing diaper rash in infants with a diaper cream

Not changing diapers often enough, diarrhea, or gastroenteritis are all reasons that can lead to the vicious cycle of diaper rash. It can become severe within a few hours. The skin can become raw and even bleed.

How to get rid of it quickly? The buttocks must be cleaned so that the area is clean. Be sure to dry well, especially in the folds, to avoid moisture. If possible, the ideal is to leave the baby without a diaper for a good fifteen minutes to let the skin air dry.

When the skin is particularly damaged, using methylene blue helps dry it out and prepare it for applying diaper cream. In a thick layer, it creates a barrier between the skin and the diaper, which prevents the maceration of urine and stool.

Even if the diapers are soft, you can place a strip of cotton, specifically bought at the pharmacy, at the bottom of the diaper to reduce friction.

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