Sentences with phrase «protective vernix»

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The waterproof nature of vernix creates a protective layer for their delicate skin, preventing wrinkling and chaffing.

When babies emerge from the womb, they're coated in a waxy, protective substance called vernix.

Other news this week include the development of vernix caseosa, which is the protective, waxy skin covering which helps protect the baby's skin from being in the amniotic fluid all of this time and will serve an important purpose during the birth process to help pass through the birth canal easily.

For example, vernix acts as a protective barrier, while in the uterus, from liquids, but it also acts as a skin cleanser, moisturizer, safe and natural antimicrobial, temperature regulator, and antioxidant for the newborn after delivery.

(Down the road, the lanugo will help to keep a protective substance called vernix on baby's skin, shielding it from amniotic fluid.)

The vernix caseosa is a protective layer on your baby's skin.

The vernix caseosa doesn't only provide a protective barrier for fluids in the womb.

Soon, vernix caseosa will accompany myelin to completely coat your baby's skin in a protective, insulating layer

This is because the protective layer of vernix was shed weeks ago, near your due date.

In the hospital, where many of the most drug - resistant microorganisms are found, washing away the natural protective coating, the vernix, from the newborn's skin seems like the opposite of what should be normal protocol.

For example, vernix not only acts as a protective barrier, while in the uterus, from liquids but it also acts as a skin cleanser, moisturizer, safe and natural antimicrobial, temperature regulator, and antioxidant for the newborn after delivery.

The power of vernix is truly astounding, so why is our culture so willing to wash away something so amazing with so many protective benefits to our newborns?

The good bacteria of the vernix is a protective barrier for the baby.