Newborn baby hands and feet peeling is a normal situation, usually do not need special treatment, but if the newborn baby hands and feet peeling is accompanied by other parts of the body of the skin of the large areas of the skin, usually due to dermatitis, need to be under the guidance of the doctor to use medication.
Newborns hands and feet peeling because after the birth of newborns, the skin metabolism becomes faster, the epidermal cuticle development is not perfect resulting in a normal situation, usually do not need special treatment, in daily life should keep the newborn’s skin clean, in the skin off, should wait for the peeling part of the skin to naturally fall off, do not manually tear off the newborn’s peeling skin.
Newborns with severe skin peeling of the hands and feet, such as large areas of peeling skin, may be caused by dermatitis, parents can follow the doctor’s advice to the newborns to apply ointment, such as hydrocortisone cream, Dinaid cream, etc., and usually can be applied to milder moisturizing lotion to keep the newborn’s skin moist, to avoid the skin drying and cracking, and produce infections.
It is recommended that parents closely observe their newborns when their hands and feet are peeling, and actively seek medical attention if necessary. The above medications should be used in accordance with medical advice.