What to do if your skin itches after childbirth

There are many skin problems. When solving skin problems, you must choose the right method so that your skin will not be damaged. Skin itching is very common. In spring, this kind of situation is more likely to occur. After skin itching occurs, you must choose some improvement methods. The most common one is moisturizing products, which are very helpful in alleviating such a situation. So what should I do with postpartum skin itching?

What to do if your skin itches after childbirth:

In the treatment of skin pruritus, Western medicine mainly focuses on calming the itching. If your skin is already dry and itchy, remember not to scratch the affected area, as this will only make the itching worse and cause the area to expand. Maybe everyone has had this experience: sometimes when you suddenly enter a warm room from the cold outdoors, or when you take off your thick coat and lie down in bed before going to bed at night, your skin will suddenly feel itchy under the stimulation of cold and heat, and you can't help scratching it, but the more you scratch, the more itchy it becomes, and the more you scratch, the more severe the itching becomes, creating a vicious cycle. Moreover, scratching is likely to damage the skin and increase its reactivity. If you scratch too hard, it may cause dermatitis or leave pigmentation and lichenification, which will make it more difficult to treat.

So in many cases, if the itching is not very severe, try to endure it and don't scratch it casually. You can use some moisturizing products on the dry and itchy areas. If the itching is severe, you can also apply some anti-itching ointments/lotions with cooling ingredients such as mint (such as calamine lotion, cyproheptadine cream, triamcinolone urea ointment, etc.) to relieve the symptoms and gradually return the skin to normal; or you can use a towel soaked in cold water for local cold compresses to relieve the symptoms of itchy skin. In terms of oral medication, people with dry skin can take cod liver oil capsules three times a day, one capsule each time.

Oral administration of multiple vitamins (such as Clindamycin and Centrum tablets), calcium tablets, etc., also has a certain auxiliary effect in the treatment of itching. When common itching symptoms occur, you can take non-sedative drugs such as astemizole and cetirizine during the day, and take sedative antihistamines such as chlorpheniramine and cyproheptadine half an hour before going to bed at night. If the itching all over the body is unbearable, you can take anti-allergic drugs such as phenergan or cyproheptadine to relieve the symptoms.

When postpartum skin itching occurs, you can choose some methods to improve it. However, the use of the above methods also needs to be carried out according to the doctor's advice, otherwise it will damage women's skin. In addition, the specific use method of each medicine needs to be correct, which will help relieve skin itching.