Of course, the skin of the newborn baby is still very delicate, thin, not adapted to the surrounding conditions. Therefore, care for her requires a completely different than for the skin of an adult. With improper care, the skin of a newborn can peel, crack and even climb. The skin of the newborn can peel off both on the head and throughout the body. Scaling throughout the body and scaling on the head occur for various reasons and require a different approach to solving the problem.
Why does the skin on the newborn skin all over?
The dry skin of a newborn can be seen already in the first days of his life. So often happens with the toddlers. Their skin is more prone to irritation and intertrigo.
But often peeling on the skin occur later, during the first months of the child's life. In this case, they can indicate the manifestation of the disease "atopic dermatitis". This disease is genetically determined and the degree of its manifestation varies in each individual case. One child suffers from peeling of the skin as a result of introducing a banana into the diet, the other reacts so to the rinse that his mother adds during washing, the third one reacts to bathing in tap water with the addition of chlorine.
Peeling of the scalp in newborns
But the scalp may peel off from the newborn due to seborrheic dermatitis, which occurs in almost all children during the first two months of life and disappears by the year. Seborrheic dermatitis speaks about the excess of fat produced by the sebaceous glands of the child. This is the physiological feature of children of this age. Special peeling does not require such peeling.
How to care for the skin of a newborn?
When the parents of the baby face flaking on his skin, they ask first of all the question: "What to smear the skin of a newborn?". But this is wrong, since the use of external cosmetic or medicinal products does not always solve the problem. Problems with the skin of a newborn are, first of all, a reflection of internal problems. Because to save the child from the scaly skin, you need to look for a comprehensive solution.
General recommendations for a child with flaky skin are as follows:
- Do not use rinse aid when washing bed linen;
- Do not use washing powders and detergents containing chlorine and having a strong odor;
- if the baby is breastfed, the mother should pay attention to food (do not eat foods that cause allergies, whole cow or goat milk, citrus fruits, chocolate, coffee, pastries containing preservatives and flavors), if the child is an artificial person, you need to try another mixture, perhaps , that this does not suit him, but if the child is already beginning to receive complementary foods, it is necessary to avoid dangerous products (red fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes, carrots, red berries are added to the above list, Recreatives Products and by-products);
- to exclude contact with the skin of synthetic materials (use clothes and bed linen only from natural materials, do not allow the child to contact with the pile of the carpet);
- Do not use soap when bathing, as it will further dry the child's skin, replace it with liquid soft detergents
facilities; - after bathing, wipe the baby's skin, gently wrapping it in a towel with a soft pile, do not rub, use an individual towel for the child of a light shade (as the dyes used for dyeing textiles can also cause skin problems);
- for bathing the baby, if possible, use non-chlorinated water (you can put a filter on the tap that will purify tap water from the harmful substances contained there);
- after bathing apply a moisturizing cream or emollient cream.