What to do if your baby’s skin feels like chicken skin

Baby’s skin touches like chicken skin, usually using medication, physical therapy methods, need to be based on the cause of the symptomatic treatment, common causes include keratosis pilaris, ichthyosis and so on. 1. Perifollicular keratosis: Perifollicular keratosis may be related to heredity, vitamin deficiency, metabolic disorders and other factors, manifesting itself as skin color or reddish papules on the surface of the skin, showing a chicken skin-like appearance. Tazarotene gel and cod liver oil ointment can be used topically. 2. Ichthyosis: Ichthyosis may be related to genetic factors, manifested as dry skin, peeling and ichthyosiform scales. It can be improved by local topical moisturizing agents, such as petroleum jelly and urea cream. Due to the special nature of the baby’s constitution, all of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a professional doctor to avoid self-medication. Simply based on the symptoms of skin touching like chicken skin can not accurately determine the cause of the disease, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, by the doctor according to the results of the examination and the characteristics of the medical history to make an accurate judgment, and give targeted treatment.