Baby’s Skin is the protection for the baby. Since the skin is not functioning perfectly yet, the baby’s skin needs proper care.

Baby’s skin structure is still very smooth and soft, has a similar function as adult skin. Baby’s skin to protect sensitive organs in the body, keeping the baby at the right temperature – with a sweat to make the body temperature remain cool. While fine hairs on the skin surface serves to warm, and thousands of sensitive nerve endings in the skin, is the link between body baby with the outside world.

At the beginning of  their  birth, the baby’s skin has not been as perfect as we imagine.

• Vernix caseosa webbed surface serves as a protective skin in the womb. Layers that survive the first week, after peeling, as if the baby changing skin. After coating the whole, then come the real baby’s skin.

• Sometimes covered with fine hairs, called lanugo, which was taken from inside the womb.

• The skin looks wrinkled , the surface is thinner so the blood vessels can imagine.

• Reddish, then turns to yellow due to the production of bilirubin in the blood – the yellow color will disappear within 24 hours 2X. In some babies, newborn skin color is red, or pale blue, which indicates the existence of health problems, such as lack of oxygen supply.

Although the structure and components of a newborn baby’s skin is complete, as other organs of the baby’s body, the skin is not functioning perfectly, for example:

• Production of fewer sweat glands, so that the baby rarely sweat. That is why, we must seek a stable body temperature by ensuring the baby is not cold or hot.

• Her skin is still susceptible to irritation, infection and allergy, because the substance has not been a strong immunity to the skin and skin structure is more tenuous and thin.

• The skin is still slightly produce melanin (the pigment that serve to protect the skin from the sun) so that the water content in the skin evaporates faster and easier burning ultraviolet rays.

With growth, the baby’s skin has developments, the protective layer of vernix casiosasedikit by bit detached, even layer of thickened skin stays smooth and soft, reddish skin, sweat glands begin to produce normal and immune substances to the skin stronger.

The structure of the baby’s skin is different with adults. When viewed under a microscope, these differences will be seen, namely: the structure of the baby’s skin is more tenuous, thinner, more flexible bonds between cells, the production of sweat glands and oil glands less. If the analogy, the structure looks like a baby’s skin is loose bricks.

Baby’s skin need to be cared properly.