What causes chapped lips in children?

Many children have chapped and dry lips. Some children tear the skin off with their hands, and in severe cases, it even bleeds, which scares the parents. There are some reasons why children's lips peel. Only when we understand this and then take preventive and treatment measures, will it have a good effect. So what are the reasons for children's lips peeling? Let's learn about it together.

First, improper care leads to dry skin

Bathing your baby too frequently, or using too much bath gel or too much water will dry out your baby's skin. Especially in the dry autumn, baby's lips are more likely to peel. First of all, the water temperature for bathing should be around 39 degrees. And don't use body wash every day. My baby uses bath gel two or three times a week. Maintain the indoor humidity. Dry air can also cause your baby's lips to peel. You can use a humidifier to increase the humidity in the room.

Second, the lack of trace elements causes the baby's lips to peel

However, some babies' lips may peel due to pathological reasons such as lack of trace elements, so mothers need to pay special attention. Babies often cry when their lips are peeling, which means that the baby has pathological lip peeling and needs to go to the hospital for treatment in time.

Third, improper care causes dry skin and peeling lips

Some parents like cleanliness and often bathe their babies with shower gel; some parents are afraid of catching colds and do not bathe their babies often. In fact, taking more baths can promote blood circulation, but you should pay attention to two points. First, the water temperature should not be too high. 35℃-39℃ is better, because the higher the temperature, the stronger the ability to remove oil, and the drier the skin will be. Second, you don't have to use shower gel every time, because young children's sweating and sebum secretion are not very strong during activities, and using more shower gel will aggravate dryness.

There are many reasons that cause children's lips to peel. Parents must understand these reasons and then seek treatment to reduce the harm to the children. In addition, children should be given appropriate amounts of water, attention should be paid to diet, eating less spicy and other irritating foods, children should be given appropriate amounts of clothing, and they should eat more foods containing vitamin C.