# Newborn Skin Peeling: Why to Avoid Olive and Mustard Oil

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119062973088186680
- Source account: [@binatangketek](https://x.com/binatangketek)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:25
- Published: 2026-11-07
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4Z4gfzVTLbbE/en/newborn-skin-peeling-why-to-avoid-olive-and-mustard-oil

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4Z4gfzVTLbbE/en/newborn-skin-peeling-why-to-avoid-olive-and-mustard-oil) Stop rubbing oil on your peeling newborn.

[0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4Z4gfzVTLbbE/en/newborn-skin-peeling-why-to-avoid-olive-and-mustard-oil?t=2) You're making it worse. Royal Children's Hospital guidelines say olive oil and mustard oil damage a newborn's skin barrier and raise the risk of childhood allergies later.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4Z4gfzVTLbbE/en/newborn-skin-peeling-why-to-avoid-olive-and-mustard-oil?t=12) The peeling you're panicking about is the baby shedding the layer it formed in the womb.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4Z4gfzVTLbbE/en/newborn-skin-peeling-why-to-avoid-olive-and-mustard-oil?t=17) It finishes in one to three weeks on its own with nothing on it.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4Z4gfzVTLbbE/en/newborn-skin-peeling-why-to-avoid-olive-and-mustard-oil?t=21) The oil your grandmother swears by is the problem, not the fix.