Know your Skin Type Baby

Caucasian newborns of course still very sensitive. As a mother who just gave birth to a baby, it must be a lot of things you did not know about the baby. Typically, a new mother tends to believe in other people's opinions and myths that developed in the community for a long time, but things are not necessarily true. Here are some myths that are circulating in the community related to the newborn.

Know your Skin Type Baby

Know your Skin Type Baby


Diaper rash
Many people argue that diaper rash can be minimized with the use of disposable nappies (diapers) on the grounds can be used in a long time, and do not have much turnover. Indeed, the opinion is wrong because the diaper rash can be caused by diapers that are contaminated with urine or feces that come in contact with baby skin for a long time. To prevent diaper rash, you should limit the use of diapers for a maximum time of 3 hours.

Crusty scalp
The crust on the skin baby in the head, known as seborrheic dermatitis is common in infants. During this growing myth in society that coconut water must be consumed if a mother wants to bear children clean from head crust, but it happened because of too active oil glands under the influence of the mother's hormones. Without any treatment, the crust on the baby's head will disappear naturally with increasing age of the baby.

Spotting on the cheek
Infants who are still breastfeeding usually have red spots on her cheeks. Myths that have been developed mentions that the rash was caused by splashes of milk, so many mothers stop breastfeeding their babies and replace it with formula. Indeed, red spots on baby's cheeks, known as atopic dermatitis (eczema milk) is caused by sweat, dust allergies, food or hereditary factors, not because of splashing milk. In addition, baby can suffer skin disorders like itching and dry skin on the cheeks of the same causes.

Birthmarks
Hemangioma or often called birthmarks consisting of two types, namely strawberry hemangiomas reddish and bluish-colored hemangioma cavernosum. Myths that developed in the community during this states that birthmark found on the baby skin is a sign of good fortune that should be preserved, but that's not true. Actually hemangioma is a type of benign tumor caused by excessive blood vessel growth. If left unchecked, hemangiomas can also enlarged so as to make low self-confidence.

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