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Expert Q&A:
Can I bathe my 5-month-old every day without drying out her skin?

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Answered by Anthony Mancini M.D.
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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 5 months old. I have heard that bathing her every day with baby soap will dry out her skin. Is this true?

Answer


Absolutely not. While it is true that long baths with hot water will dry the skin, short (less than 10 minutes) baths with warm water are very beneficial to the skin. The cells in our skin actually take up the moisture, and if you apply a thick moisturizer to your baby after she comes out of the tub, this moisture will be "locked into" the skin. Gentle soap is fine as long as you rinse the residue off completely before she leaves the bath. Children enjoy bathtime, and it's an important time for bonding between parent and child. There is no need to eliminate this wonderful activity if you use a little common sense. Bathe away!
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