to start putting anti-wrinkle cream on my baby girl?

[phnarphnarphnar]

Do you think she'd thank me for it in 40 years??

[Wheresmycaffeinedrip]

Please don't. The chemicals on your poor babies skin :(

[WafflyVersatile]

No harm in getting her into the habit of using suntan lotion and moisturiser and generally looking after her skin. If it's second nature to her then she won't do what many of us do which is build up a collection of half full body moisturising bottles from each time we decide we will definitely start religiously moisturising every night after our bath from now on.

But anti-wrinkle cream is not for babies. I think you know this OP.

[lisson]

anti-ageing cream works by slightly irritating the skin, causing it to plump up. If you stop using it, your skin loses it irritation and gradually calms down, so its a waste of time doing it until you need it as its only a short term effect anyway.

I can't think of anything worse to put on a baby's skin.

But i think you were joking.

[Kaekae]

I started using it when I was 15, I had an obsession about wrinkles thanks to my aunt. I have really good skin now much much better than my mum had at my age. (34). Would I use it on my baby....no.

[FreudiansSlipper]

almond, heep seed or olive oil is best

also good for when you are older only natural oils penetrate the skin others sit on the surface heep seen high in vitamin e too which is great for the skin

ds will be wrinkle free when he is older and i have none at 40 :) apart from deep frown line i have always had

or botox i would wait until at least she is 10

[phnarphnarphnar]

Um that was my point when I said really?? other people do this??

as in oh my god, do other people really do this?!

[BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack]

Hope this helps!

[LibertineLover]

hope that helps. HTH :)

[Crazycake]

Completely irrelevant to your post but please can someone tell me what HTH means. I think I get all other abbreviations but this one

[LibertineLover]

On a serious note phnar the question 'will she thank me for it in 40 years' no, she wouldn't because you would have taught her ageing is wrong, looking anything except 'socially correct' is a failure and she's a 'woman' so should be 'pleasing on the eye' you can teach her more self worth than that I'm sure.

[YouTheCat]

What else do these 'other people' do?

Are these 'other people' a bit dim?

If these 'other people' gave their babies RedBull would you think that was a good idea?

[megandraper]

Perhaps you could teach your little girl not to smile, since smiling gives you wrinkles. If she can keep a completely expressionless face for her whole life, her wrinkles will be much reduced. Add a high-factor sunscreen, and she should be sorted though probably quite unhappy

[LibertineLover]

A fad?? Really? Other people do it??

Oh my fucking good god.

[Bricklestick]

DO NOT PUT ANTI-AGEING CREAM ON YOUR BABY.

HTH.

[Buzzardbird]

And anti wrinkle creams do not stop you getting wrinkles (apart from the spf) they are designs to give the 'appearance' of smoother skin. They don't 'actually' give you smoother skin. It's an illusion.
All the ads use the words 'appearance' and 'looks like' never 'is' IYSWIM?

[PickledLiver]

No, the creams are fads. Putting anti-wrinkle creams on your baby isn't a fad, it's just weird

[Dahlen]

Just in case you are seriously considering it (or someone reading it is) just remember that there are all sort of active ingredients in anti-wrinkle cream that could damage a baby's delicate skin.

[YouTheCat]

Get her booked in now for a full facelift when she's 5.

[phnarphnarphnar]

Okkkkk... not sure how people are comparing sunscreen to botox and boob jobs but each to their own!

[andubelievedthat]

And being a serious mother ,hows about a few catalogues re a boob job for her 16th ?just in case.

[phnarphnarphnar]

A fad?? Really? Other people do it??

[PickledLiver]

WTAF, sort of serious!? No. It's just a fad. Get the botox in her now.

[phnarphnarphnar]

lol the initial thought (as I was applying my own cream this morning!) was lighthearted but then I started thinking... actually what if I did start putting it on her.

Sunscreen obv the better option though.

So sort of not serious but sort of serious too!

[LibertineLover]

This is a joke thread right? Never bloody know on MN!

[LEMisdisappointed]

but greenhill, its good because she is desensitising her - when she comes to have her chemical peel for her 16th birthday her face will be ready for it :)