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Do my 2-year-old's things need to be washed with baby laundry detergent?

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Answered by Anthony Mancini M.D.


Dr. Mancini received his undergraduate and medical educations at the University of Arizona, and trained in pediatrics, pediatric dermatology, and dermatology at Stanford University. He is currently Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and Head of the Division of Dermatology at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.



Dr. Mancini has served as a member of the AAP Executive Committee, Section of Dermatology since 2001. He is a member of the AAP Super CME Planning Group and the AAP Pedia Link Pediatric Dermatology Project Team, and is Secretary-Treasurer of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. His teaching accomplishments include the Faculty Excellence in Education Award from the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern, which he has received for the last eight years. Dr. Mancini is a peer reviewer and/or sits on the editorial board for several academic journals, and has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters. He is co-author of Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, 3rd edition, and is an associate editor for the comprehensive dermatology textbook Dermatology. His special interests include infectious skin diseases and exanthems of childhood, vascular malformations and hemangiomas, and neonatal skin maturation and skin disorders.



Dr. Mancini is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Dermatology. He and his wife, Nicola, a neonatal intensive care nurse, have three children (Mallory, Christopher, and Mackenzie) and reside in Evanston, Illinois.

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My daughter is 2 years old. Do I still need to use Dreft (or similar) detergent? I don't know at what age I can use regular laundry detergent without affecting her skin.

Answer


Using a hypoallergenic laundry detergent may be helpful as part of an overall treatment regimen in infants with extremely sensitive skin, but it's not vital. Regular detergents are fine for the vast majority of children your daughter's age, as long as you use only the amount directed and the full rinse cycle is completed. And contrary to popular belief, dryer sheets are also okay and are extremely unlikely to cause skin irritation.

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