How To Care For A Baby's Skin Video

Baby skin is very sensitive to irritants and allergens. Learn how to care for a baby's skin in this parenting video.

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Use gentle soap
Use distilled water
Be gentle
Keep clean bedding

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Jessica Flores is an Esthetician/Make-Up Artist for Maxim Day Spa in Clearwater, Florida. As a qualified Esthetician, Jessica offers a unique combination of relaxing spa facials with modern skin care technology for the ultimate experience.

JESSIE FLORES: Hello, my name is Jessica. I'm a licensed esthetician for the last two years. I'm here to talk to you today about how to care for a baby skin. Their skin is very gentle; of course, they have just been born. You need to use a very gentle soap, and of course you should try to find one that does not have the parabens. They are carcinogens that have to be processed by the baby's body. Water, whenever you apply water and soap to the skin, the pH changes, and most people do not understand that they need to bring that pH back to the skin. A simple way to do that with a child so that you're not using any chemicals or alcohol would be distilled water. You could bathe them in that distilled water or you could mist them after you're done. And you should always be gentle whenever you wipe and you could even pat them dry so that you do not stretch the skin. So one of the most important things that you can do to save their skin is to ensure that they have clean bedding. It is very important. Because during cell renewal and cell turnover, we sleep in those same bed--that same bed again, so it's important that you change their bedding quite more often. And after their cleaning, just always be sure that you keep their skin dry to make sure that rashes will not happen.

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