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The Skin Diary

The long version of everything we post. Written by us, and by parents who have been through it. If a slide on Instagram raised a question, the answer is here.

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Baby Skin & Maintenance

Why your tap water may be undoing your baby’s bath

Indian tap water runs up to 500 ppm TDS. Those minerals stay on the skin after the towel — and there is a two-minute window that changes the outcome.

Tenderma
8 min read● Also on Instagram
Ingredient

Niacinamide: how much is enough, and from what age

It appears on a lot of labels. The useful questions are concentration, appropriate age, and what it is actually doing to the barrier.

Tenderma
7 min read● Also on Instagram
Voice of Parents

Six months of trying things: what we learned about our daughter’s skin

A parent in Coimbatore on the winter that went badly, the advice that conflicted, and what finally made their evenings calmer.

Divya, Coimbatore
5 min read
Education

Newborn skin pH: the number nobody tells you about

Coming soon

A baby is born at around pH 6.34 and settles to 4.5–5.5 within a month. Family bathing soap sits at 9–10.

Tenderma
7 min read● Also on Instagram
Baby Skin & Maintenance

Monsoon skin: fungal risk in the folds, and what to watch for

Coming soon

Extended humidity changes what you should be looking for. A practical guide to the neck, thighs and diaper area.

Tenderma
9 min read● Also on Instagram
Podcast

Episode 1 — What a paediatric dermatologist wishes parents knew

Coming soon

On conditions that get self-treated when they should not, and when a rash is worth a same-day appointment.

Tenderma
38 min listen● Also on Instagram
Nothing in this series yet. It is coming.

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Voice of Parents is written by parents, not by us. If you have learned something raising your baby — a winter that went badly, a habit that finally worked, advice you wish someone had given you earlier — we would like to publish it. We read every submission ourselves, and we will always tell you why if we cannot run it.

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Illustration: a week of short skin-diary notes, one entry marked

A few lines a week is enough. Patterns show up faster than memory does.

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