Dry skin in babies
One of the main problems facing babies' skin is dryness. This is nothing more than the dehydration of the skin. Heating in winter and chlorine from swimming pools and air conditioning in summer, contribute to this. The solution is none other than trying to keep our child's skin more hydrated. The de
One of the main problems facing babies' skin is dryness. This is nothing more than the dehydration of the skin. Heating in winter and chlorine from swimming pools and air conditioning in summer, contribute to this. The solution is none other than trying to keep our child's skin more hydrated.
The dermatologistÁngela Hernández Martín, a doctor from the Hospital Niño Jesús, in Madrid, offers us in this interview, granted exclusively to GuiaInfantil.com, the best tips to protect the skin during childhood.
How to care for dry skin in babies
Sometimes the appearance of pimples on our baby's skin is not due to a dermatitis, but simply because the skin is dry. In that case, it is recommended that you reduce the bath time (no more than ten minutes) and give him body cream. Check that your baby takes the necessary water and uses in case of having a dry environment in the house, a humidifier.
Dry skin in children may be the cause of the appearance of pimples. How should we take care of the sensitive and dry skin of the little ones?
The dryness and sensitivity of the skin are undoubtedly the problems that parents consult the dermatologist. When the child has dry skin without more as much would have to hydrate once or twice a day, and go observing and choosing the moisturizer that best suits the child's skin, in particular.
However, there are certain irritations whose touch is rough and dryness is often confused with inflammation of the skin, so the effect of moisturizers is poor and the child does not stop having inflamed skin no matter how hard it is. let's hydrate In case of a persistent dryness that is resolved in any way and that often itching or itching the child when hydrated, you should consult the dermatologist to study the possibility of a dermatitis sobreañadida or independent of dryness. These tables require a specific treatment that, sometimes, includes the withdrawal of the moisturizer for a few days or complement it with a specific treatment. The therapy depends on each case and the origin of the eczema or irritation.
Psoriasis on the skin of babies
Psoriasis is a skin disease that also affects children. What can we do to improve the prognosis of psoriasis in childhood?
Psoriasis is a multifactorial disease influenced by genetics and certain environmental factors that we do not know and if we do not know what is promoting psoriasis, we will not be able to do anything to avoid it.
While atypical dermatitis has a very good prognosis because, in the vast majority of cases, dermatitis tends to improve or disappear when the child reaches adolescence, in the case of psoriasis is not so, is a disease that the child will have his whole life. You will go through good, bad and worse, you have to treat them with the tools that are considered reasonable for each case. It is possible that, during adulthood, it is necessary to use immunosuppressants or biological treatments that have been available for a few years and that are greatly improving the quality of life of these patients and their disease.
