Motherhood is very stressful. Skin is an organ that's particularly affected due to abdominal stretching during pregnancy and nursing afterward.
Stretchmarks result when growth outpaces our skin's capacity to reproduce itself; this leads to an emergency fast-growth response similar to what happens during healing of wounds and results in skin that looks rough. After your child is born and your body begins to return to its normal shape, your skin recovers from the stress of pregnancy more slowly than the rest of your body. Stretchmarks become more pronounced because the stretchy skin contracts, forming ridges. Since the formation of stretchmarks is related to your skin's inability to keep up with the growth of your baby, it's necessary to keep it robustly healthy. Diet is an important part of maintaining our bodies, but the ingredients a skin care product contains are another critical way to nourish, protect and rejuvenate our skin. Unlike most skin care lotions that are full of petroleum-based ingredients that aren't nutritional, Kabana Crème is exclusively made from rich moisturizers, vitamins and essential fatty acids that are critical for skin health. You can maintain your skin by using
Kabana Crème daily to provide your skin the best nourishment possible during this stressful period. Using Kabana Crème every day helps you recover quickly afterward and limits longer-term pregnancy related skin issues.
Nursing results in other forms of stress-induced skin problems - chapping and soreness. Your baby's nursing not only extracts milk, but also the critical moisturizers your skin produces to maintain its barrier properties. When this happens, the skin becomes inflamed, rough and sore, making recurrent feeding cycles particularly unpleasant. Kabana Crème is the solution here too, as it reproduces the moisturizing components lost during nursing, soothes soreness and promotes healing. Kabana Crème contains no alcohols, and won't burn when you apply it to these tender spots. It's particularly important for you to pay attention to ingredients in the nursing-care products you use because your child will certainly ingest them too. Kabana uses all food grade ingredients, so you needn't be concerned about your child consuming petroleum products that are present in other formulas.
Diaper Rash is yet another cause of stress for both new mothers and babies. Diaper rash is caused by a fungal infection that results in the consistently moist environment created by diaper-use. Zinc oxide is the number one pediatrician-recommended active ingredient to combat and prevent diaper rash. Green Screen, Kabana's Sunscreen with 20% zinc oxide, is a perfect treatment for diaper rash. Green Screen provides both the active ingredient that kills the fungus and rich moisturizers that help irritated skin heal. The formula also boosts baby-bottom skin's barrier characteristics to prevent recurrent infection. Kabana will also be releasing a specially formulated vitamin E-rich diaper rash cream in the coming months; keep an eye on this newsletter for its release information.
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