Parents can make the poultice painless when removing the poultice by applying hot compresses on towels, soaking in warm water, or applying oily substances after the poultice is applied to the baby.
1. Towel hot compress: baby’s skin is delicate, and the plaster is sticky, some parents may have pain after tearing the plaster. It is recommended that parents can use a hot towel to apply a hot compress on the local area before tearing the ointment for infants, which is conducive to reducing the viscosity of the ointment, so that parents will reduce the pain of the child when removing the ointment.
2. Wet with warm water: Parents can also use cotton swabs or cotton balls dipped in warm water to coat the surface of the cream, which can also effectively reduce the viscosity of the cream, but also help to alleviate the pain caused by tearing the cream to the baby.
3. Apply oily substances: parents need to apply vegetable oil, petroleum jelly, turpentine and other oily substances to the local area before removing the ointment for infants, which can reduce the pain produced when removing the ointment.
Parents are advised to be gentle when removing the ointment from the baby and to take the ointment in the direction of the baby’s hair growth.