What is the very sensitive baby skin?

Updated on March 15, 2026
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Your baby’s skin is a protective covering against the outside world. It’s also a source of interaction, awakening and emotion connected with each of your baby’s senses.

Since skin provides protection and aids sensory development, it needs specific care and your full attention from the time your baby is born.

Recognizing very sensitive baby skin

The very sensitive skin of the baby is like all infant skins, more fragile and vulnerable than the adult’s skin. It is characterized by a tendency to redden easily in response to daily stresses (wind, limestone, friction of clothes ect ...) and which also manifests itself by feelings of discomfort (tingling and tightness sensations).

Understanding very sensitive 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 havean immature 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 hasan unsuspected source of strength at birth: a reserve of stem cells, unique for an entire lifetime, enabling skin to regenerate all the life, but extremelyvulnerable and fragileuntil the age of 2.

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

Very sensitive skin compared to adult skin

Very sensitive skin affects 1 in 3 children*

From birth on, the skin of some babies may be more sensitive than others, and overreacts to stresses that are usually well tolerated by normal skin :environmental factors(temperature changes, sweating, wind),chemical stresses(dyes, detergents, hard water) or evenrubbing from their diaper or clothing.

This hypersensitivity is seen as skin that reddens easily in response to daily stresses, and very often by feeling of discomfort (tingling and tightness sensations).

Addressing the needs of your baby’s very sensitive skin

To fully address the needs of your baby’s very sensitive skin, Mustela researchers have developedfragrance-freeskincares that guarantee high tolerance and integrate special active ingredients:

Avocado Perseose

the perfect ally for babies' skin, it functions like a shield to protect it from outside attacks. It actively aidsthe development of the cutaneous barrier, helps maintain skin hydration level while protecting the skin’s cell reservesagainst everyday stresses.

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.

Schizandra

Shizandra helps to reduce and preventsigns of reactivity of the very sensitive skinwhich needs to be soothed lastingly.

This natural active ingredient soothes and prevents visible redness as well as tingling and tightness sensations.

Discover the line of Mustela baby-child very sensitive skin products

Discover Mustelababy-child very sensitive skin products, a complete line of cleansing, hygiene and care products designed tomoisturize, protect and soothe the fragile and delicate skinof infants, babies and children.

Fragrance-freeproducts with a natural, gentle and delicate scent as well as ultra-light textures that form a protective second skin effect.Tested under dermatological and pediatric supervision
















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