Essentials of Baby Skin Care

The importance of Baby skin care

Nothing feels quite as soft and supple as a baby’s delicate skin. Gorgeous to touch, it’s a constant source of delight and wonder to you. It is through gentle, skin-to-skin contact that you will first communicate your love to one another, as your tender touches help baby feel safe and secure in a strange new environment.

Keeping baby’s skin silky smooth and protected is easy with JOHNSON’S Baby products. It is also vitally important.

Not only beautiful to caress, baby’s skin protects her from the elements, regulates her body temperature and with thousands of nerve endings, puts her in touch with the world.

As baby’s first line of defence against harsh environmental factors, it is very important to protect and maintain her skin condition. Correct baby skin care not only protects her health now, but also lays the foundation for healthy skin for life.

When it comes to caring for baby’s skin, prevention is better than cure.

Establishing a healthy skin care routine will help keep baby happier and healthier. Remember that regular skin care not only strengthens their skin, it also helps strengthen your emotional bond, through caring touches and skin-to-skin contact.

The difference between the adult skin and baby skin

Remember that baby’s skin is very different to your skin. Baby’s skin surface-to-body-mass-ratio is much higher than adults’ and is at least half the thickness of adult skin, making it more permeable and more susceptible to irritants.

Because their skin defences aren’t fully developed yet, baby skin may not be able to cope with the harsher ingredients found in many adult skin care products.

Baby’s sweat glands are not fully developed, so their ability to regulate their own body temperature is diminished. Therefore correct skin care is very important to their general health.

Unlike adult skin, baby’s skin does not produce all the moisturizing oil it needs, so regular moisturizing is essential. Baby’s skin also has low melanin production, and so lacks proper sun defences, making sun protection vital.

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