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Newborn, dry skin on face.

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bettieblue · 17/06/2011 18:53

My DS is four weeks old and has v dry flaky skin on his face?

What is safe to use? I read somewhere that Lanisoh would be good to use (which i guess make sense as you can breast feed with it on). Has anyone used it for a babies face or is there anything else that is safe and effective?

Thanks.

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freelancescientist · 17/06/2011 19:09

When my DS had dry skin as a newborn the health visitor's advice was to use olive oil. Worked a treat.

wompoopigeon · 17/06/2011 19:10

I used a smidge of E45, and sudocreme when it got a little bit weepy.

Putthatbookdown · 17/06/2011 21:08

AQUASCREAM

beautifulgirls · 17/06/2011 21:54

Hydromol bought over the counter at the pharmacy, works a treat for dry baby skin. We were given it for DD#3 after she developed extremely dry skin that didn't respond to aqueous cream or E45.

catonlap · 18/06/2011 08:47

Aveeno is good for baby's dry skin

bettieblue · 18/06/2011 11:41

Thanks, I will look into those suggestions.

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