Delicate care

Skin is skin, right? And if your baby was born at full term, you probably thought that her skin was pretty much like the rest of most of her organs: fully formed, and ready to take on the outside world. In fact, while it does act as your baby’s first line of defence (protecting her from harsh temperatures, microbes and infections), your baby’s skin is different from your adult skin.

Dermatologists now know that ababy’s skin as a whole actually continues to develop outside the womb, and specifically the skin’s ability to act