Baby's skin mainly has the following characteristics:
1. Baby skin is 30% thinner than adult skin;
2. It is more susceptible to irritation from the outside world, and the pH value of acid-base is about 5.5 (weakly acidic);
3. It can quickly absorb moisture, but at the same time, it loses moisture quickly.
In view of these characteristics, baby wipes mainly have the following two major effects:
Cleaning: Baby wipes are mainly used to clean the baby’s face, mouth, hands, butts and other body parts, especially when going out. Because the baby’s skin is thin and tender, if it comes in contact with irritating substances when going out If it is not cleaned up with wet wipes in time, it may cause allergies, itching and other problems;
Moisturizing: Baby's skin is easy to lose moisture. Baby wipes are rich in moisture, which can moisturize your baby's skin anytime and anywhere. Of course, many babies wipes now add moisturizing essences such as aloe vera and xylitol.
The material of baby wipes
Most of the materials used in baby wipes on the market are non-woven fabrics, and non-woven fabrics are divided into spunlace non-woven fabrics, heat-bonded non-woven fabrics, pulp air-laid non-woven fabrics, and wet non-woven fabrics according to different production processes. Ten types of non-woven fabrics, spun bonded non-woven fabrics, melt-blown non-woven fabrics, needle punched non-woven fabrics, stitch-bonded non-woven fabrics, and hydrophilic non-woven fabrics.
There are so many different kinds of non-woven fabrics that look very simple. Baby wipes are basically made of spunlace nonwoven fabrics, while the middle layer of the mask is made of melt-blown non-woven fabrics. Remember these two types of non-woven fabrics. Spinning will do.
Spunlace non-woven fabrics are sprayed high-pressure fine water jets onto one or more layers of fabric fiber webs to make the fibers move, intersperse, entangle and entangle each other, so that the fiber webs can be reinforced to obtain spunlace non-woven fabrics.
Ingredients of baby wipes
The main ingredient of baby wipes is water, and most products will claim to use EDI pure water.
EDI (Elcctrodeionization) is a pure water manufacturing technology that combines ion exchange technology, ion exchange membrane technology and ion electromigration technology. It cleverly combines electrodialysis and ion exchange technology, uses the high voltage of the electrodes at both ends to move the charged ions in the water, and cooperates with ion exchange resin and selective resin membrane to accelerate ion movement and removal, so as to achieve the purpose of water purification.
To put it simply, EDI is a very mature and common pure water technology. Some baby wipes brands use various other water filtration methods together, such as activated carbon filtration, RO reverse osmosis filtration, etc., and even It also added UV sterilization and other links,
EDI pure water does not have too many ingredients, but if this foundation is not done well, it will bring great health risks. For example, unsterilized and purified water contains bacteria. If it is filled into baby wet wipes, a large number of bacteria will grow in a closed environment.
In addition to EDI pure water, we need to pay more attention to other added ingredients. For example, in baby wipes, we need to focus on observing whether there are some sensitive and hazardous ingredients as follows.
Fluorescent agent: it is very harmful to baby's skin;
Alcohol: It has an excellent bactericidal effect, but because it will quickly take away the moisture on the baby's skin surface and cause the skin to dry and crack, etc., baby disinfection wipes containing alcohol need to be used with caution;
Fragrance: Although it can increase the fragrance of baby wipes, it will increase the risk of baby skin allergies;
Preservatives: It may also cause skin allergies in babies. Some baby wipes may be added with preservatives such as citric acid. Otherwise, many baby wipes may not have a shelf life of 2-3 years;
Bleaching agent: This type of substance must not be added to baby products;
Formaldehyde: a high-risk substance that causes leukemia and other malignant diseases, in fact, it also acts as an antiseptic.
Other matters needing attention
●The bigger the baby wipes, the better, and the thicker the better. This is definitely the most important consideration in the actual use of baby wipes. Large and thick wipes can really save a lot of time and energy when dealing with various cleaning problems when the baby goes out;
●The packing and sealing must be good, and it is also necessary to ensure smooth continuous drawing. The tightness of the package with a lid is definitely the best, so that it can prevent the moisture in the wet wipes from evaporating, and it can effectively prevent the entry of external bacteria. If you don’t even draw smoothly during use, you have to re-plug the wipes every time you take out too many wipes, which increases the possibility of secondary contamination of the wipes;
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The smell of the wipes is as small as possible. Baby wipes with a strong smell may have more additives, which may cause baby skin problems, so it is better to have no colorless and odorless baby wipes. Those so-called fruity baby wipes should be kept away;
●The pH of the wet wipes should be around 5-6. The PH value of baby's skin is around 5.5, which is weakly acidic, which can resist the damage of foreign bacteria. If the pH of the baby’s skin rises and appears alkaline, it is easy to breed bacteria and cause infections. Products with a pH value higher than 6 for baby wipes require special attention;
●Don’t be overly superstitious about the so-called 99.9% sterilization rate. It should be noted that in many cases, it takes a certain period of time to infiltrate and sterilize to achieve a 99.9% sterilization rate. If you simply wipe your hands with the so-called disinfectant wipes, it will not be possible to give 99.9% of the bacteria on your hands for a few seconds. Wiped out.
