10 Tips for rash-less and smooth skincare

Baby skin rashes are common matter that parents always experience during the childhood of their kids. So, parents must find effective ways to prevent rashes on baby’s skin in order to avoid increasing irritation. Let’s see these 10 tips for rash-less and smooth skincare for your baby.

1.    Select the products that are safe for the baby’s delicate skin. For example, baby bath cream, baby bath soap, or baby powder must be already approved by the standard of allergy test to make sure that the products are mild for baby’s skin.

2.    Prevent baby’s skin from rash inflammation or fungus at hidden spots by using soft clothes to dry baby’s skin after bath. Alternatively, you may use baby powder to absorb moistness and reduce scratching on baby’s skin.

3.    Diaper dermatitis prevention. If you wish to use manufactured diapers for your baby, select the product that contains appropriate urinal absorbing gel made from ventilating materials. The product made from plastics must be avoided.

4.    If your baby’s skin is genetically dry, the baby will easily be allergic to stimulating substances and painfully suffer from irritating rashes. So, you should always keep baby’s skin moisturized and avoid products with strong perfume in order to prevent rashes from skin allergy.

5.    If you would like to bathe your baby with warm water, the water must not be too warm because it will make the baby’s skin dry resulting in rashes.

6.    When buying new clothes for your baby, make sure you wash them before wearing for the baby in order to get rid of dust or chemicals remained on the clothes because they may cause rashes on baby’s skin.

7.    In case of baby salivating, the used saliva absorbing fabric must be 100% cotton and should be often changed in order to prevent irritation on skin around baby’s cheek, chin, and chest caused by saliva allergy. Besides, this can prevent the absorbing cloth from accumulating the diseases.

8.    Baby’s perspiratory gland may not yet completely full function. So, during the hot weather, mother should use soft damp or half dry clothes wiping to reduce heat on baby’s skin, especially at foldable joints and hidden spots. Alternatively, baby bathing or using baby powder to reduce moist on baby skin can also be done in order to reduce heat on skin.

9.    Protect baby from being bitten by insects because it will cause irritating pimples. If the baby seems to suffer from such symptom, you may use calamine or herbal medicine that has inflammation reduction effects, such as aloe vera and betel leaf, these can reduce skin irritation.

10.    You should regularly cut baby’s fingernails and always keep them short. Baby’s long fingernails can cause cuts and scratches in rash areas which result in spreading inflammation. Applying baby powder on baby’s skin to make the baby feels comfortable. If the baby’s skin is not hot and moist, the occurrence of rashes is reduced as well.