Studying babies’ skin, from birth one
For 70 years, Mustela research teams have developed a unique and worldwide recognized expertise in the physiology of babies’ skin, as soon as birth.
Isn’t baby skin wonderfully soft? Yes, but also very fragile and still under development…
Our EV.E.I.L.S. (Evaluation of Early Infant Life / focus on Skin), an unprecedented global study, has enabled three major discoveries on babies’ skin:
Babies have Immature skin
The barrier function of baby skin is immature and more porous than that of adults and needs more protection from external influences in order to preserve its cell capital. This cell capital – unique for a whole lifetime - with which the baby's skin is endowed at birth and which allows the skin to regenerate throughout life, is particularly vulnerable during the first 2 years of life.
Baby skin dehydrates faster
At birth, baby skin is less able to capture and retain water and therefore becomes dehydrated more easily and faster than adult skin.
4 baby skin types
There are four types of skin with different characteristics: normal, dry, very sensitive and atopy-prone skin. With this discovery, we were able to design our Mustela products accordingly, using specific active ingredients which are perfectly suited for each type of skin.
