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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baby dry skin

Most pale, dry patches on a baby are one of four ordinary things, and you can usually tell them apart by where...

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...

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...