Lip Care for Babies with Dark Lips

6 Reasons for Dark Lips of Infants

I have often been asked about the dark lips of babies.Babies are too young to be concerned about their look.But new mothers are worried if the baby has dark lips. Before we can proceed to the treatment we need to have look at the cause.Some of the reasons are very basic precautions a young mother should take about the new born. Others may be a bit more serious and medical attention may be required.

Reasons For Baby’s Dark Lip

Take your baby to the doctor to rule out any serious medical problems.The lip of a baby may become dark due to many reasons.Some are medical and may need a doctors help to ease the problem.Others may be not so important biological factors.Let us have a look at some basic factors that cause lip darkening in babies.

Dark lip may be due to of anoxia (lack of oxygen).If your baby has dark lips because of this you need a doctor’s help.Many new born have undetected heart problem. Consult with your baby’s pediatrician.
Brown areas in the mouth can also be hereditary. For example, dark pigmented lips are particularly common among dark-skinned and Mediterranean people.This is not a serious problem and you need not worry about the dark lip of the baby.
The baby can have dark lips due respiratory problems. Such problem will make the baby breathless and lack of oxygen may darken the lips. You need to consult a doctor to rule out this possibility or for treatment.
When the baby is bottle fed the sucking action by the baby can make him out of breath and may be a contributing factor of lip darkening.
Blood circulation is another factor. Babies cannot tell when cold or warm. Keep them in proper atmosphere so that they are neither too cold nor too warm and be sure to keep and eye on his body temperature.
Often dark lips in babies are due to a simple reason. It is too much trapped wind in the baby’s stomach. Burp the baby after feeding properly. Try giving him some gripe water and using different positions to wind him in.

Treatment for black lips of babies

After ruling out the above possible factors as reasons for dark lip in babies if the problem still persists you can try a few simple safe home remedies to lighten the lip color of infants.

But please remember don’t try any lip lightening methods until the baby is at least 1 year old. A new born baby has tender skin and may become irritated if you persist in any method of lip lightening. You should keep in mind that children are in a constant state of change for the first year of their lives. It is totally inadvisable to try anything. You may actually end up causing more damage than good to the baby if you try anything at all. At this age, you should leave the lips of the baby alone, no matter how dark they are.

First and foremost important thing to check and prevent is that the baby does not fall asleep after feeding with milk on his mouth. Clean his mouth properly and gently.
Mash a piece of cucumber and apply it to baby’s lip.This will not only lighten the color of the child’s lips, it will also help to maintain moisture and thus keep them free of cracking or drying up.
You can also wipe his mouth 3 to 4 times with a cotton ball dipped in rose water.
Apply fresh pomegranate juice to the child’s lips.
Take a drop of almond oil on your finger tips and apply it to the baby’s lip.
Gently rub a slice of orange on the child’s lips. This will also help to naturally lighten the color of the child’s lips to a large extent. In fact, most citrus fruits are known to have this effect on skin when applied topically.

These are some of the natural and safe ingredients that you can try to lighten the dark lips of babies.

Lip Care for Babies with Dark Lips

6 Reasons for Dark Lips of Infants

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