Dry skin in newborn

There is such a common expression - "the skin is tender, like a baby". Yes, ideally it should be for all babies velvet, tender and elastic. But sometimes the skin of a newborn becomes very dry and begins to peel off. From the type of skin it does not depend - it is determined only in adolescence under the influence of hormonal changes in the body.

Why does dry skin develop in a newborn?

Very often the problem is created by the parents themselves - very dry air in the nursery, the wrong choice of the means for washing, the frequent washing of the child with soap, the inherent inheritance from the grandmothers, the firm conviction that the child should be bathed only in herbal decoctions - the direct path to the skin the newborn dries. Take measures to moisten the air (buy a special humidifier or simply place containers with water), wash children's clothes only in specially designed means, stop adding water to bathing water and a solution of potassium permanganate - the beginning of solving the problem of skin dryness. Most likely, these simple measures will suffice, so that your baby's skin comes back to normal.

Dry skin of a newborn's face can become and under the influence of weather conditions - frost, strong wind, bright sun - all this can be detrimental to the cheeks of your baby. What to do? After all, the baby's walks are needed in any weather and every day. Walk, but do not neglect protective creams. It is much easier to apply a protective cream on the face of the baby before going out for a walk than to heal the weather-beaten cheeks.

Than to process a skin of the newborn?

In the fight against dry skin of the baby you will help a rich range of moisturizers. Every self-respecting brand of children's cosmetics necessarily has a series for moisturizing - cream, lotion, milk, balm. It is advisable to choose means marked "hypoallergenic" - this, of course, does not give 100% guarantee that there will be no undesirable reaction, but the risk of its occurrence will be much less. Supporters of the same completely natural means of care will come to the aid of vegetable oils - sunflower, olive. Before use, they should be sterilized, cooled, and then applied to the baby's skin. The most unpleasant cause of dry skin is atopic dermatitis. The disease is a serious one, requiring a long-term treatment and an integrated approach. To put this diagnosis can only a specialist - a dermatologist.