What should I do if my child has dry skin?

We all know that dry skin can lead to itchy skin, which is also more intolerable for children. Children with dry and itchy skin cannot apply chemicals like us adults do, because children's skin is very tender and can easily cause allergies. So, what should you do if your child’s skin is dry and itchy?

What to do if children have dry and itchy skin

1. Cover your baby’s tender skin with a “protective film”: Using skin care products containing natural moisturizing ingredients can form a protective film. Effectively protect baby's skin. You can use pure and mild products such as baby shower gel series and baby soap to bathe your baby. While thoroughly cleaning your baby's skin, it will leave a natural protective film on your baby's skin, keeping it moisturized and smooth while effectively resisting bacteria.

2. Never use rough towels when scrubbing your baby: Baby's skin is much thinner than that of adults. There are fewer collagen fibers in the skin and lacks elasticity. It is easily penetrated and damaged by foreign objects. Therefore, you should use a soft towel when wiping your baby's body or washing his face. If you use a rough towel to scrub your baby hard, it will not only damage the skin, but also make the skin rough and aging.

3. Appropriate nutrition is a prerequisite for ensuring the health of the baby's skin: Whether the baby's skin is healthy is closely related to the nutritional status of the whole body. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that children consume enough calories and protein every day; they must also have enough vitamins to avoid partial eclipse and prevent vitamin deficiency, which can promote skin metabolism and make the skin shiny and elastic.

Causes of dry skin in children

Children’s skin has a significantly higher water content than adults, especially infants and young children under 3 years old. Children’s skin easily loses water in winter and spring, and , children have poor awareness of self-protection and usually move their hands and feet a lot, so they are prone to chapped hands and feet. In addition, children generally have a partial eclipse and lack vitamin A and vitamin B, resulting in nutritional imbalance, which is also the cause of chapped skin. Chapped skin may also be complicated by eczema of hands and feet and fungal infections. The places where chappedness is most likely to occur are children’s little faces and hands.

Children’s dry skin requires careful care by mothers. Remember not to blindly use skin care products on babies. It is best to use natural products. Dry skin is mainly caused by lack of water. Especially in winter, the weather is very dry, so mothers may wish to give their babies more water to prevent dry skin.