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Taking a hot bath has almost become a daily necessity for babies, but the dazzling array of brand shower gels on the market is really easy to pick and choose, so don't buy these ingredients of shower gel.
Don't buy these ingredients
1. Stimulating epiactivators
Typical representative: cocamide DEA
Reason: These ingredients have strong degreasing power, but they will irritate the baby's skin and mucous membranes around the eyes, which will make the baby's skin dry and more susceptible to bacterial attack.
And when using cocamide-containing DEA products, it is necessary to observe whether they contain nitrosating agents at the same time.
If the two coexist at the same time, they will produce irritating allergenic substances and even form carcinogens nitrosamines;
2. Formaldehyde releaser
Typical representatives: DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea, quaternary ammonium-15
Reason: Formaldehyde is generally not added directly to the shower gel, but formaldehyde-releasing preservatives are used to achieve the effect of antiseptic and antibacterial. However, due to the delicate skin of children, they are susceptible to irritation by such ingredients and develop skin allergies.
3. Allergenic preservatives
Typical: Methylisothiazolinone (MIT), Methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCIT)
Why: Due to their strong antiseptic abilities, these two ingredients are often used in shampoos and body washes. However, a large number of scientific data have proved that such substances are irritating and sensitizing to the skin, and long-term use may cause itching, redness and swelling of the skin, and may also induce contact dermatitis.
4. By-products of surfactants
Typical representative: dioxane
Causes: Dioxane is a microtoxic class that is irritating to the skin, eyes and respiratory system, and may cause damage to the liver, kidneys and nervous system.
International Institute of Cancer classification: Dioxane is classified as a class 2B carcinogen, i.e. it is probably carcinogenic to humans.
Dioxane is volatile, can form azeotropic compounds with water, has a lower boiling point, and can easily volatilize into the air when using body wash, and children may ingest it through the respiratory route.
5. Alcohol
Typical representatives: ethanol, isopropanol
Reason: The baby's skin's ability to "lock water" is relatively weak, while alcohol is very absorbent, which is easy to cause dry and cracked skin.
Pick a guide
1. Look at the ingredients
When choosing a shower gel for a child, we should first pay attention to whether the ingredients are irritating to the skin, add less chemical ingredients, and pay attention to avoiding harmful chemicals that are not friendly to the baby, such as hormones, formaldehyde, preservatives, etc.
2. Look at the pH value
The PH value of the baby's normal skin is weakly acidic, the closer to the skin PH of the product will be relatively milder, the PH of bath products is generally in the range of 5.5-6.5, and the skin irritation of the child is small.
3. Moisturizing properties
Using body wash will remove some of the oil from the skin, but your baby's skin is more delicate than that of adults, especially when the seasons change and the skin will become very dry due to lack of oil.
Choose a rinsed and non-slippery shower gel for your baby, which can keep your baby's skin moisturized and protect your baby's skin.
4. Look at the outer packaging
Avoid using some packaging and seals that are easy to break and easy for children to open to reduce the risk of misuse and ingestion by children.
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