Scaly skin of the baby is treated with fatbaby cream Photo: Getty The protective functions of the skin in a newborn baby are fully established only by 2 years. Up to this point, the skin of the baby is susceptible to various dermatitis and drying, due to its fineness, as well as the penetration of germs and other pathogens into the epidermis.

Why the baby is flaking skin

Appearance of scaling on the skin of the child provokes:

• Adaptation to environmental conditions;
• seborrheic dermatitis;
• improper hygiene;
• allergy to children's cosmetics and clothing, nutrition;
• dry air in the room.

From the moment of birth, the child adapts to the newconditions of life. If the peeling places do not have reddening and crusts, suppuration, then special attention is not paid to this phenomenon. You can process problem areas with a special baby cream. Seborrheic dermatitis is a disease manifested in the form of skin peeling on the scalp, the ears, the eyebrows of a child. It can appear in the baby at 3-4 weeks after birth and pass independently after 4-5 months. Treatment is not prescribed here unless the child has a predisposition to food allergy. Eliminate yellowish crusts from the surface of the head with the help of fat cream and baby comb. The procedure is carried out after bathing, the water softens the scales and facilitates their removal. Dry air in the room, where the baby is, also leads to overdrying of the skin. The optimum moisture level for babies is 55-60%. Improper hygiene is the frequent use of detergents for babies, the use of potassium permanganate when bathing. To conduct water procedures with children's shampoo should not be more than 1-2 times a week, until the child reaches 1 year. Detergents, no matter how natural and soft, wash off the protective layer from the skin. This causes the drying and appearance of peeling. To eliminate the unpleasant phenomenon, you need to reduce the use of children's shampoos, and from the use of potassium permanganate and completely abandon. After each bath, treat the peeling skin with a baby cream, but not with oil, otherwise the skin will not be able to "breathe." Sometimes the baby has scaly skin on the body due to allergic reactions to children's cosmetics, synthetic clothes. Only these unaesthetic phenomena are accompanied by itching and redness. Eliminate the allergic reaction can be, abandoning the use of children's cosmetics and non-natural tissues. If allergy symptoms do not go away, you need to seek help from a pediatrician or an allergist. Peeling on the skin of a baby is a symptom, more often speaking of improper care for the baby's skin. If, together with the scaling, you have found the child's sores on the body, redness, while the baby behaves restlessly, be sure to seek advice from the pediatrician. It is also useful to know:

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