What happens if my baby’s skin becomes darker?

After the baby is born, as time goes by, the skin color of each child will gradually become different. Many parents hope that their children are white and plump. But the result is that different children have different skin colors. Some babies' skin becomes darker over time. Many parents are also worried about whether this condition is caused by something, or they are thinking about how to make their children whiter and fatter. Below we will introduce to you in detail the reasons for the different skin colors based on this situation. I hope this helps you all.

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?", 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. However, they may apply it improperly. If a baby has eczema and needs to apply medicine, it is necessary to follow the principles of local, short-term and intermittent application. It is best to use it under the guidance of a doctor.

Above, we have analyzed the reasons and how to deal with them. We hope it will be helpful to some of our parents. Regardless of whether they are black or white, we all hope that our children can grow up healthily. It would be great for us to create an environment that allows our children to grow up healthily. I hope the above methods will be of great help to our parents.