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Not only the skin of adult hands needs additional protection, nourishment and hydration. Children’s skin is also prone to dryness, tightness, and irritation, especially after contact with cold water, in winter during frosts and cold winds. Remember those very nasty “chicks” that make your hands itch and become rough! So without additional protection and nutrition in the form of a cream, you can not do it.
Children’s hand cream must meet several requirements: protect the skin from adverse external factors, relieve inflammation and irritation, and prevent moisture loss.
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1. Natura Siberica Baby protective hand cream Little Siberica Magic mittens
Children’s protective cream “Magic Mittens” from Natura Siberica is designed to reliably protect and moisturize the delicate skin of children’s hands in the cold season. Mothers will especially appreciate the benefits of the cream in winter, when frost, wind and sudden changes in temperature can cause dryness and irritation. The composition is completely natural: organic Altai sea buckthorn oil reliably nourishes and restores the skin, and beeswax creates a special protective film on the skin surface that prevents moisture loss. The cream also contains Shea butter, cocoa butter and sunflower oil, castor oil, organic cedar oil, organic extract of Siberian juniper and elfin cedar.
The method of application is simple: it is enough to apply the cream in a generous layer on the hands and exposed areas of the body half an hour before the walk and rub it in with gentle massage movements. Suitable for babies from birth, without causing allergic reactions.
Advantages: hypoallergenic composition, reliably protects the skin from redness and dryness.
2. Bubchen Cosmetic baby cream
Baby cream from the German company Bubchen is suitable for babies from birth and can be used not only to nourish, moisturize and protect the skin of the hands, but also for the face and body. The cream perfectly copes with dryness, irritation, “chicks” and is suitable for daily use. The composition is natural and hypoallergenic: Shea butter and almond restore the protective lipid barrier of the skin, while vitamin E and panthenol nourish the skin. Mineral oils, fragrances, parabens and sulfates in the cream are absent. The only negative that parents note is that the packaging is not very convenient, in which there is no dispenser, so the cream has to be scooped up with your fingers, and this is not always convenient.
Advantages: hypoallergenic composition, reliable protection and moisturizing, suitable for sensitive skin.
3. Freedom Baby Cream
The same children’s cream “from childhood” with a cute cat and dog on the package remains one of the most popular and favorite creams for many parents decades later. The cream is suitable for hand and body skin care, nourishing, softening, moisturizing and protecting it from negative external influences, and also has a slight cooling effect in case of severe irritation. It contains only natural ingredients: lanolin, lavender and chamomile extracts, as well as vitamin A, and no parabens and sulfates. It is also worth noting that the manufacturer advises using the cream from 4 months, and not from birth. The cream has a fairly dense and oily structure, so it is important not to overdo it with its amount when applied.
Advantages: really reliably protects the skin of the hands from chapping and irritation, recognition from many generations of mothers, affordable price.
4. Morozko Cream Gloves
The manufacturer of this hand cream emphasizes that the product is recommended by pediatricians, and is also suitable for babies from birth. The name of the cream “Mittens” speaks for itself – the product protects the skin from chapping, frost, and also serves as additional protection for hands if the mittens get wet after playing snowballs. The composition, although declared as hypoallergenic, raises some questions: in addition to petroleum jelly, sunflower oil, zinc, chamomile flower extract, beeswax and vitamin E, there is mineral oil and cetearyl alcohol (used as a thickener, emulsifier). However, most of the parents’ reviews of the cream are enthusiastic, there are no mentions of allergic reactions caused by the cream. It is also noted that the cream has a fatty structure, and that it is absorbed for a long time, but at the same time it is noted that the protection and moisturizing of the “Mittens” are reliable.
Advantages: reliable protection and moisturizing of the skin of the hands, low price.
5. Librederm Baby Cold Cream
Nourishing and moisturizing cream with lanolin and cotton extract from Librederm reliably protects children’s hand skin from dryness and chapping in winter, reduces irritation and redness. Suitable for all skin types, including sensitive, and can be used from the first day of a baby’s life. The composition of the cream is as natural and hypoallergenic as possible: based on Shea butter (shea butter) and lanolin. Free from SLS, phthalates, parabens, silicones and dyes, its soft and almost weightless texture glides on easily and absorbs quickly without leaving a sticky, greasy film or shine.
Advantages: It is quickly absorbed, does not leave a sticky greasy film, does not contain silicones and parabens in the composition.
How to choose the right baby hand cream
When asked whether it should be a special hand cream or a regular baby body cream, most pediatricians and pediatric dermatologists agree that a regular baby cream can also be used. But it is very important when buying to pay attention not to colorful packaging, but to the composition, which should be as natural and hypoallergenic as possible. Organic oils (shea, sunflower, almond), extracts from medicinal plants (chamomile, lavender), lanolin, vitamins A and E help to cope with irritation, nourish and restore the skin. But mineral oils, sulfates, alcohols, parabens, dyes and fragrances are highly undesirable, as they can cause an allergic reaction.
Popular questions and answers
Helps answer questions pediatric dermatologist, trichologist, cosmetologist Gulnara Shigapova.