What brand of talcum powder is good? The difference between talcum powder and prickly heat powder

In the hot summer, mothers often apply talcum powder on their babies to keep them cool. So are there any taboos in using talcum powder? When choosing talcum powder, which brand is better? Are talcum powder and prickly heat powder the same?

Talcum powder ranking

TOP1. Pigeon Baby Powder in Box 140g

Talc, aloe vera essence, silicone oil, slight fragrance How to use: After drying the body, take appropriate amount with a powder puff and gently apply to the required parts of the skin.

TOP2, Aihe Baby Natural Corn Talcum Powder 120g

Corn starch, magnesium stearate, zinc oxide, aloe vera. Using Danish maternal and infant care technology, targeting the skin characteristics of infants in summer and autumn, the pure herbal formula matrix, the main ingredients are imported raw materials, and no fragrance, pigment and talcum powder are added.

TOP3, Johnson's Baby Cooling Powder 140g

Johnson's Baby Cooling Powder is strictly sterilized at high temperature and contains natural herbal extract of honeysuckle, which makes babies cool and dry and effectively helps prevent prickly heat.

TOP4, Bei's Natural Corn Baby Powder 180g

The product design concept of Bei's enterprise is derived from the supreme care of the American upper class for babies and the universal pursuit of the unity of natural care and luxurious enjoyment. It is committed to providing care and cleaning products for babies' delicate bodies and warm environment.

TOP5, Aihu Baby Herbal Talcum Powder 140g

Made of high-quality raw materials, the production process is strictly sterilized at high temperature. Extra fine powder, pure, mild and non-irritating, it can provide special care for the baby's delicate skin, keep the baby's skin dry and prevent skin abrasions.

The difference between talcum powder and prickly heat powder

Talcum powder and prickly heat powder: They have very similar effects, both of which can cool the skin, absorb sweat, and relieve itching. But there are differences.

Prickly heat powder is divided into human prickly heat powder and children's prickly heat powder. The drugs and dosages contained in adult prickly heat powder and children's prickly heat powder are different, but the raw materials of prickly heat powder all contain talcum powder, spices, sublimated sulfur, menthol, zinc oxide, thymol and salicylic acid. The functions of prickly heat powder are analgesic, antipruritic, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal and inhibiting the regeneration of prickly heat. In summer, it is applied to the skin prone to prickly heat, which has the functions of bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, cooling, antipruritic, removing dirt and unblocking sweat glands. After sweating, take a bath and wash off the prickly heat powder. If prickly heat has already grown, prickly heat powder will not only have no therapeutic effect, but will increase the dirt on the pores and cause new skin diseases, so it must be discontinued.

Adult prickly heat powder contains boric acid, while children's prickly heat powder is prohibited from containing boric acid. This is the biggest difference between adult prickly heat powder and children's prickly heat powder. In addition, adult prickly heat powder contains 3 to 4 times more menthol and camphor (or borneol) than children's prickly heat powder; 10 times more sublimated sulfur; and 4 times more salicylic acid, which is highly irritating to the skin. In particular, if adult prickly heat powder is used by mistake on babies, poisoning may occur, causing nausea and vomiting, skin erythema, convulsions and abnormal urination. If babies are not suitable for using prickly heat powder, children's talcum powder can be used instead.

The main ingredients of talcum powder are talcum powder, boric acid, magnesium carbonate and fragrance. Talcum powder is divided into two types, one for adults and one for children, depending on the boric acid it contains. In addition to absorbing sweat and making the skin smooth, talcum powder can also reduce the occurrence of prickly heat. In summer, after bathing or getting a haircut, sprinkle it on your body or head to give you a comfortable and fragrant feeling.

Talcum powder is made by removing some of the chemical ingredients from prickly heat powder, so it has no irritation to the skin, but it still does not solve the problem of clogging sweat pores.

Taboos of talcum powder

Not suitable for baby girls

After the child takes a bath, mothers like to apply some talcum powder to the baby, especially in the hot summer. But for baby girls, it is best not to apply talcum powder on the inner thighs, vulva, lower abdomen, etc. According to surveys, women who use talcum powder containing talcum powder for a long time will increase the risk of ovarian cancer by 3.88 times. Some foreign statistics show that one in every 70 newborn girls may suffer from ovarian malignant tumors in their lifetime. Ovarian cancer is difficult to detect early, and its mortality rate among women's tumors is second only to cervical cancer.

Cause disease

How can talcum powder be related to ovarian cancer? This is related to the female body structure. Because the female pelvic cavity is connected to the outside world, especially the female internal reproductive organs are directly connected to the outside world, dust and particles in the external environment can enter the abdominal cavity through the vulva, vagina, cervix, uterine cavity, and open fallopian tubes, and adhere to the surface of the ovaries, which will stimulate the proliferation of ovarian epithelial cells and induce ovarian cancer.

The main ingredient of talcum powder is talcum powder. Since the particles of talcum powder are very small, when rubbing it on the abdomen, buttocks and inner thighs of girls, the dust can easily enter the deep vagina through the vulva. Although it cannot be concluded that talcum powder will definitely induce ovarian cancer, for the sake of caution, young mothers should avoid using talcum powder on girls' lower body. Even adult women should not use talcum powder on their lower body.

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