Dry skin

Updated on March 15, 2026
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In order to give your baby’s skin the care it needs each day, you need to be able to recognize your baby’s skin type, fully understand the needs and use the right products for that skin type.

Recognizing dry baby skin

Dry infant skintends to peel,isroughto the touch and not as soft.

Understanding dry baby skin

Baby skin compared to adult skin

Your baby’s skin is like all infant skin, which seems so beautiful and perfect but in fact it’s extremely delicate.

At birth, babies have animmature skin barrier.Your baby’s skin is highly delicate and vulnerable to daily outside attacks, and does not reach the first stage of maturity until the age of two.

Between birth and age two, a baby’s skin is not yet able to retain the proper level ofmoistureit needs for its cells to function properly.

A baby’s skin has anunsuspected source of strengthat birth: areserve of stem cells, uniquefor an entire lifetime, enabling skin to regenerate all the life, butextremely vulnerableand fragile until the age of 2.

The special nature of a baby’s skin compared to adult skin has been scientifically proven, thanks to anunprecedented Mustela research programspanning more than a decade that studied infant skin from the first days of life.

Dry skin compared to normal skin

Dry infant skin has adeficient lipid barrierand is moredehydratedthan normal skin.

It requires very special attention.

Mustela researchers have discovered – and scientifically proven – that dry infant skin is atype of skin structurethat becomes evident within the first few days of life.

Addressing the needs of your baby's dry skin

To fully address the needs of your baby’s dry skin, Mustela researchers have developed special active ingredients:

Avocado Perseose

The perfect ally for babies' skin, Avocado Perseose functions like a shield to protect it from outside attacks.A patented and protective natural active ingredient that’s the product of Mustela know-how, acting in perfect harmony with a baby’s skin and combining maximum tolerance with clinically proven effectiveness.

It actively aids the development of the cutaneous barrier,helps maintain skin hydration levelwhileprotectingtheskin’s cell reservesagainst everyday stresses.

A dermo-nutrition complex

Dry skin needsgreater protection and daily moisturizing, so the dermo-nutrition complex providesdeep-down nourishmentfor your baby’s dry skin,restoring and protectingits hydrolipidic film.

Discover the line of Mustela baby-child dry skin products

DiscoverMustela baby-child dry skin care products, acomplete lineof cleansing, hygiene and care products.

Our products are designed todeeply moisturize and protectthe fragile, delicate skin of infants, babies and children. They are tested under dermatological and pediatric supervision.

Their rich textureand unique scent combineefficacyandtoleranceto restoresoftnessandcomfortof baby’s dry skin.
















Dry skin



Hydra-Stick with Cold Cream nutri-protective



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Normal skin



No rinse cleansing milk with organic avocado



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Dry skin



Nourishing cleansing gel with Cold Cream



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