The Janma Journal

Journal

Gentle, evidence-led notes on baby skin, Ayurvedic ingredients and the science behind our formulas — written by the people who make them.

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face moisturiser

Your face can turn dry, reactive and spotty all at once in pregnancy — and suddenly every product you own has a...

kids dry skin

A heater doesn't pull water out of the air — it raises the temperature, which drops relative humidity and speeds up water...

kids dry skin

Almost every Indian family has a theory about white patches on a child's face: worms, or calcium. Here's what's really happening in...

kids dry skin

Pale, faintly scaly patches on a child's cheeks or arms usually come from ordinary dryness — and they settle with a non-soap...

body wash

A body wash can quietly be the reason your child's skin is dull, tight and itchy after every bath. Here's how to...

fungal skin patches

Most pale patches on an Indian child's skin are dry, fuzzy-edged pityriasis alba — not vitiligo. Here's how a cosmetologist reads the...

cracked heels

Cracked heels in kids are almost always dry skin from hard floors, open sandals and dry air — not a deficiency. Here's...

melasma

Niacinamide (vitamin B3) is one of the few actives most dermatologists are comfortable with in pregnancy. Here's what the evidence actually says,...

chicken skin

Those rough bumps on your child's arms are keratin plugs sitting inside hair follicles — below where any loofah can reach. A...

baby sleep

Babies itch more at night for real physiological reasons — skin temperature rises, cortisol dips, and there is nothing to distract from...

ceramides

Ceramides are one of the few skincare ingredients that raise almost no pregnancy concern — but the myths around them are stubborn....

dry skin

Faint white patches on a child's cheeks are most often pityriasis alba — a harmless, dry-skin patch that looks dramatic and fades...

baby skincare

Peeling in the first weeks is usually the outer layer of skin shedding after nine months in fluid, not a sign your...