Newborn Skin Peeling: Why to Avoid Olive and Mustard Oil
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Stop rubbing oil on your peeling newborn.
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.
The peeling you're panicking about is the baby shedding the layer it formed in the womb.
It finishes in one to three weeks on its own with nothing on it.
The oil your grandmother swears by is the problem, not the fix.
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