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Posted on 7th Jul 2010 @ 3:11 AM

Some young parents try to keep the baby from eczema, candidiasis, dermatitis, diaper dermatitis and other common skin disease outbreaks in the summer baby, baby bath frequently to realize that there may be counterproductive to do so, the skin of babies with seven features, also need moisture sunscreen, frequent bathing or excessive sun exposure will damage your baby's skin.

1. Baby's skin more easy to dry
Baby skin is very delicate, mainly because of the epidermis and dermis of the binding region is not fully developed, but the body responsible for the epidermis and dermis together is called "hemidesmosomes" structure, weak bonding between layers, skin easily peeled prone to defects in the external force. Therefore, the external stimulus, scratching, intensity of touch will damage the skin. Newborn baby with a layer of natural protection layer - fetal fat. The results showed that the total fat content newborns and adults is very close to, but after the birth of a rapid decrease sebaceous gland secretion, it and the baby's large sweat gland small cell nor the sebum secretion granules. To the birth month, the sebum secretion has been reduced to 20% of the original, until the 8-year-old began to return, 12 years old to stabilize at a higher level. The formation of sebum on the skin surface, the protective membrane is essential acid.
Experts said the newborn's skin pH close to neutral, ie 7. Week after birth, due to the cuticle cells generated phospholipase A2 to the gradual acidification of the skin, the skin PH value decreased to adult level of 5.5-5.9, even lower. However, the normal skin surface acidification depends on the integrity of the stratum corneum and sebum reservations, so unlike the adult baby skin as you can in and outside of the alkaline substance, more vulnerable.
Baby skin moisture content than in adults, newborn skin moisture content was 74.5%, 69.4% infants, while only 64% of adult skin moisture. However, despite the baby skin ability to absorb external moisture, but because of inadequate barrier function, moisture evaporation is also quick drying and thus more easily.
2. Do not under the sunshine over 15 minutes
Summer baby prone to "red ass." This is because the permeability of neonatal skin than adults. As the urine causes the frequency for the hip baby especially large, fat-soluble substances and alcohol solvent easy to take the opportunity to penetrate into the skin. Together with a package of baby diapers under the buttocks in the environment moist but airtight, and have more friction with the diapers, so a "red bottom" phenomenon. This is a baby diaper dermatitis the most common skin disease cause. According to statistics, by the humid, night soil enzymes in the stimulation and friction damage mixing, each child every 3 months would place a diaper dermatitis.
Infants than adults to become white and tender skin, because skin cells produce melanin dysfunction. Studies have shown that infants higher light sensitivity, sunlight makes the skin cell renewal rate and the collagen / elastin cross-linking degree decreased significantly. UV rays can damage cells as DNA, and the more vigorous cells divide more vulnerable, and baby skin cell division and synthesis of metabolic activity is in season, the result, the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation on the baby more than adults.
Experts suggest that your baby the best time in the sun at 10 am before and after 4 pm in fine weather, the sun's position Zeyi fat accumulation thick hips and legs is better, the best adjusted according to different regions and seasons sun time. For example, the strong summer sun, sun every 10-15 minutes of time control, winter, spring and autumn the control in half an hour, should be emphasized that control the length of time the sun to the skin is not red hair to children hot subject.
3. Avoid to stimulate the eyes
Adult eyes feel uncomfortable when will involuntarily blink. This "blink reflex" is actually the body in the acquired form a protective reflex.
Experts said the newborn did not have such self-protection mechanism, until 1.5-2 months of age can a blink reflex, it will not be adopted by the foreign body to stimulate the blink of an eye to "remind" parents pay attention to, until the baby came with the howl of protest when too late. Therefore, the following two months of the baby, parents need to pay particular attention to whether the child's eye by foreign bodies, light stimulation.