Does Your Baby’s Diaper Rash Cream Have These 5 Important Ingredients?

Does Your Baby’s Diaper Rash Cream Have These 5 Important Ingredients?

14 Sep 2022 | 3 min Read

Sayani Basu

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Since a baby wears diapers the whole day, its bottom is constantly exposed to bacteria-breeding moisture. This makes way for diaper rashes. Hence, a diaper rash cream is a requisite of newborn care to prevent and treat diaper rashes. It is recommended to use a diaper rash cream that’s dermatologically tested, built with Non-Nano Technology and formulated using certified organic ingredients.

Here are some ingredients that must be present in your baby’s diaper rash cream.

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Diaper rashes are common in babies as their bottoms are constantly exposed to bacteria-breeding moisture. | Image Source: pexels

5 Ingredients Your Baby’s Diaper Rash Cream Must Have

  1. Calendula oil: Made by infusing marigold flowers in a carrier oil that can be used on its own or to make ointments, creams, or salves, calendula oil is loaded with antiviral, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties.

It treats wounds, inflammation, and irritation, preventing harmful bacteria from residing on the little one’s skin. Therefore, your baby’s diaper rash cream should have this active ingredient.

Enriched with triterpenoid, calendula oil reduces the pain in inflamed regions of your baby’s skin, soothes and treats redness, swelling, and red, and patchy skin.

  1. Organic shea butter: Shea butter is a fat that comes from a tree nut of the Karité tree from Western and Central Africa and has marvellous effects on your baby’s skin. Packed with Vitamin E, it has anti-inflammatory properties and helps in preventing skin inflammation.

It is primarily made up of saturated fatty acids like palmitic, stearic, oleic, and linoleic acid that form a protective layer on the skin which prevents further dampness from your baby’s pee/ poop that gives way to rashes.

organic neem oil
Neem oil is derived from the fruits and seeds of the neem plant. | Image Source: freepik
  1. Organic neem oil: Neem is known for its antifungal and antibacterial properties. Its oil is derived from the fruits and seeds of the neem plant. An antioxidant in nature, organic neem oil relieves itching, soothes your baby’s skin and helps protect the baby’s skin from infections.

Medical research also suggests that it wards off free radicals and reduces oxidative stress that drives the inflammatory process in conditions like eczema.

  1. Non-nano zinc oxide: Non-nano zinc oxide is a natural skin protectant and does wonders in treating and preventing your baby’s diaper rashes.

Known to reduce the skin redness, irritation, and inflammation caused by diaper rashes, it also forms a protective moisture barrier over the little one’s soft, delicate and sensitive skin.

  1. Organic moringa oil: Moringa is rich in vegetable oil and has high nutritional values. Therefore, it is a powerhouse of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Known for its antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory properties, it soothes eczema-prone skin and will treat your baby’s diaper rashes effectively.

So, the next time you buy your baby’s diaper rash cream, check the label to see whether it has these nourishing ingredients. Yes, #LabelPadhoMoms!

Cover Image Credit: pexels

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