How to prevent children's chapped skin and what to do if children have chapped skin?

Children's skin problems are not only related to skin care issues, but also to diet and lifestyle habits. If parents do not pay attention to changes in children's skin, it can easily lead to chapped skin in children. Chapped skin in children is difficult to treat. Therefore, if you take good care of chapped skin in daily life, you can avoid many skin problems. So, what should be done to prevent chapped skin in children? Let's take a look at the experts' introduction.

How to prevent children's skin cracking

Children are young and their skin is very delicate. If parents do not pay attention to the maintenance of their children's skin, it is easy to become chapped, especially in the autumn and winter seasons when the wind and sand are strong and the air is dry, which can cause greater damage to children's skin. Therefore, parents should not only use children's skin care products for their babies, but also pay attention to outdoor activities. Specifically, they should take the following precautions.

First, adjust the baby's diet structure and correct the baby's picky eating and partial eating habits.

Some babies are allergic to foods such as milk. For this type of baby, parents should pay attention to discover it when feeding and adjust the diet structure in time. If your baby is allergic to milk, you can try feeding him soy milk or other special formula milk for babies with allergies; if your baby is allergic to protein, you can filter out the egg white when steaming eggs for your baby and let your baby eat only the egg yolk; if your baby is allergic to other foods, parents should stop feeding him that food in time. Of course, for the problem of baby's food allergy, glucocorticoids can be used appropriately, but remember that hormone drugs cannot be used for a long time.

Parents should pay attention to feeding their babies based on a balanced diet and a combination of meat and vegetables. On this basis, parents should also feed their babies more foods rich in vitamin A and vitamin B2, such as animal offal, eggs, dairy products, soybeans and various vegetables during normal feeding. When feeding these foods to babies, you must pay attention to the proper cooking methods. Do not wash the rice too many times and do not rinse it too many times. Do not cut the vegetables before washing them. Instead, stir-fry them quickly in a hot pan after cutting. Avoid soaking them in water for a long time. Adding alkali when cooking rice porridge and beans is a wrong cooking method. ..Avoiding some incorrect cooking methods can avoid destroying riboflavin in food, thereby preventing autumn baby skin problems such as angular cheilitis.

Second, always keep the skin clean and moisturize the baby's skin.

Babies sweat more easily than adults for two reasons: first, the metabolism of babies' skin is much faster than that of adults; second, babies are more active and have higher levels of activity. Babies sweat a lot, so it is very important to take good care of their personal hygiene. Therefore, in autumn and winter, when parents are taking care of their babies, they must pay attention to using the correct bathing products to help their babies clean their skin. They must not use alkaline hand soaps used by adults to wash their babies' hands. They must use baby-specific bathing products for their babies. Babies' skin tends to dry out easily in autumn and winter, especially after cleaning the baby's skin. Therefore, in order to keep the baby's skin moisturized, it is very necessary to apply baby lotion to the baby.

Third, choose suitable outdoor sports for your baby to strengthen your baby's exercise.

There is a natural supplement that is very good for baby's growth and development - sunlight. In autumn, the intensity of ultraviolet rays in the sun will be relatively low. Therefore, when autumn comes, you can choose outdoor sports suitable for your baby. Accompanied by parents, let the baby exercise more in the sun. In this way, when the sun shines directly on the baby's forehead, it can promote the baby's bone development. The weather in autumn is not particularly cold. When doing outdoor sports, you can expose your baby's arms and calves appropriately to allow the sun to directly shine on the skin, which can also effectively prevent rickets. In autumn, if babies develop a habit of exercising, it can not only prevent various autumn skin problems for babies, but also in winter, babies who are used to exercising will have a higher ability to resist the cold.

Causes of chapped skin in children

Chapped skin is a common skin disease in children in autumn and winter. It usually manifests as dry, thickened and peeling skin on the hands and feet. Children's skin will have some cracks along the skin lines, which vary in depth and length, and are often accompanied by bleeding and tenderness, seriously affecting children's normal learning and exercise. Skin lesions caused by chapped skin are more likely to occur on the fingers, palms, heels, and outsides of the feet where the skin stratum corneum is thick or frequently rubbed, and often occur on both sides at the same time.

Internal causes:

1. The stratum corneum is thick, especially on the palms, soles and heels, so it is prone to cracking.

2. The skin on the palms and soles has no hair follicles and sebaceous glands. Therefore, when the temperature is low and the humidity is low in winter, the skin lacks sebum protection and is prone to cracking.

3. The above factors, together with ichthyosis and keratosis, cause dry skin and thickening of the stratum corneum, making it more susceptible to disease under the influence of some external factors.

External factors:

1. Physical factors such as dryness, friction, and trauma can cause the disease.

2. Chemical acids, alkalis, organic solvents, etc. dissolve sebum, causing the skin to lose its lubricating protection.

3. Biological infections such as fungi cause the skin to become over-keratinized and lose its original protective ability.

What to do with chapped skin in children?

1. The air in the environment where children live should also be kept fresh and moist, which is conducive to the recovery of children's skin.

2. Every time after washing your child’s hands and face, don’t be afraid of the trouble and be sure to apply moisturizing oil to the child. If children drool often, the skin around their mouths will become red. Clean the child's cheeks and apply moisturizing oil. Vaseline and children's cream are very popular among mothers.

3. Give children more foods rich in vitamin A, because when the human body lacks vitamin A, the skin will become dry. Therefore, foods such as eggs, pork liver, cod liver oil, soybeans, peanuts, etc. are the best choices.

4. If you find that the child's hands are chapped, you should first soak the hands in warm water (slightly hotter) for a few minutes. After the chapped skin on the child's hands softens, use non-irritating soap to wash off the dirt on the child's hands. After drying your hands, apply hand cream. It doesn't hurt to apply more. In addition, if children have water on their hands, they should wipe them clean before going out, and they should apply hand cream and wear gloves to prevent chapped hands.

5. Do not bathe children too often in winter, the water should not be too hot, use special bath gel or nothing at all. After bathing, you can apply some oil to moisturize. When playing outside, make sure your children wear gloves to avoid being exposed to cold air.

It can be seen that there are many reasons for children's chapped skin. No matter whether it is caused by internal or external factors, we must do a good job in preventing children's chapped skin to avoid accidentally chapped skin, which will cause great pain to children. Not only is the skin on children's faces very important, but in the autumn and winter seasons, we should also take care of the skin on all parts of children's bodies to avoid any skin problems.