Why does the baby’s face turn black?

It is a common situation for babies to have a dark face. There are normal and abnormal reasons for this situation. Therefore, it is best for parents and friends to go to the hospital for a check-up of the child in time when encountering this situation. At the same time, you can also use conditioning methods to help the child regulate the skin in normal times. However, many friends may not know how to regulate it better. Now the editor will give you a detailed introduction.

Liu Xiaoyan, chief physician of the Department of Dermatology at the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, pointed out that there are two main reasons for babies' dark skin. One is genetic factors, and the other is acquired factors, including whether the nutrition is balanced, whether the sun protection is in place, and whether the daily skin care is done correctly.

Cleansing in summer, moisturizing in winter

If you want your baby to have white skin, Liu Xiaoyan suggests that in terms of nutrition, parents can give their children foods rich in vitamins and hyaluronic acid (a component of the human dermis that can enhance skin elasticity and water-locking ability), such as meat, vegetables and fruits. These foods can moisturize the baby's skin and make the skin shiny. Also, don't expose your baby to too much sun. Although sunbathing is beneficial to the baby's bone growth and enhancing resistance, if the baby is overexposed to the sun, the combined effects of photoaging and phototoxicity will cause the baby's skin to increase in pigmentation, becoming rough and dark.

Mothers like to use a variety of skin care products to care for their baby's skin, but Director Liu reminds parents that blindly using whitening skin care products may be counterproductive. In fact, the secret to baby skin care is just twelve words: keep it clean in the summer and moisturize it in the winter.

Eczema may cause your baby to turn dark

In response to some parents' questions about "My baby has had eczema before. Is it because of the ointment that the skin turned darker?" Liu Xiaoyan said that skin inflammation itself will cause some changes in the pigmentation of the affected area, turning it white or darker. In addition, improper use of medication may also cause your baby's skin to darken. Many parents buy medicine and apply it to their children when they see that their children have eczema, but they may apply it improperly. Director Liu emphasized that if a baby has eczema and needs to apply medicine, it is necessary to follow the principles of local, short-term and intermittent application, and it is best to use it under the guidance of a doctor.

The above are the specific reasons that may cause a child’s face to turn dark. Do you all see them very clearly? So if it is caused by genetic reasons, you don’t need to worry too much, but if it is caused by an illness, you should take your children for treatment in time and don’t delay the best treatment time.