20 electric children
Dr Rakhee Yadav explains why children below 12 do not need anti-wrinkling and whitening cream
“ Personally, for someone to actually promote that your child can be fairer, is an act of prejudice towards a child who was born with a darker skin tone.”
If the habit persist past the age of three, it can cause bite problems to arise. Contrary to a normal bite where the upper teeth grows to overlap the lower teeth, thumbsuckers teeth don’ t overlap when a child bites together.”
The HEALTH | APRIL, 2018
20 electric children
Anti-wrinkle cream for babies is here!
Dr Rakhee Yadav explains why children below 12 do not need anti-wrinkling and whitening cream
PIC: FACEBOOK OF ALICIA AMIN
A baby thumb sucking.
Photos obtained from Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor’ s Instagram where she is seen possing with a bottle of antiwrinkle supplements.
by AMIRUL AZREEN ZULKIFLI aazreen @ revonmedia. com
I
F any of your babies are already developing wrinkles, worry not because anti-wrinkling and whitening cream is here.
They are here in Malaysia and can be easily obtained by everyone— just ask one of Malaysia’ s most influential celebrity, Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor or better known as Neelofa who recently promoted these supplement.
Little did she know, the promotion caused a huge stir among the general public including medical practitioners.
Medical officials and netizens were aghast and quickly voiced out their disbelief when she published – now deleted – promotion via her Instagram account.
Do babies need additional supplementation?
Speaking to The HEALTH, Ara Damansara Medical Centre( ADMC) consultant paediatrician Dr Rakhee Yadav, stressed how infants should not be affiliated with any sort of supplements.
“ Babies do not need anti-wrinkling supplements since they do not have wrinkles in the first place.”
“ The content of the supplements may not be properly researched for kids below 12 years old because the skin of an infant and adult are different altogether. Supplements of these sort is not necessary at all.”
Daily recommended intake for babies to 12 year old children and above found on Neelofa’ s Instagram page.
“ Breast milk and a good healthy diet is sufficient. They do not need any additional things inside their body unless it is prescribed by the doctors,” she said.
Are kids susceptible to wrinkling?
According to Rakhee, it is impossible for infants or children below 12 years old to develop wrinkles.
Even for adults, the wrinkling process will only take place once you have reached 30 years old. Nevertheless, even adults are not recommended to consume anti-wrinkling supplements.
Do parents need to be concerned about having a baby with a darker skin?
The skin colour of every baby is determined by genetics which mostly depends on the melatonin content hence the skin colour of parents will determine the colour of their child.
Rakhee added:“ If both parents have darker skin it is impossible for their kids to have fair skin unless the child is born with a very rare condition called albino.”
“ Personally, for someone to actually promote that your child can be fairer, is an act of prejudice towards a child who was born with a darker skin tone.”
“ Personally, for someone to actually promote that your child can be fairer, is an act of prejudice towards a child who was born with a darker skin tone.”
– Dr Rakhee Yadav ADMC consultant paediatrician
“ Why should we judge a child at a young age?”
“ Introducing the concept of having a fairer skin at an early age is highly not recommended because you are born with what you have. Essentially all of us are born with a brown skin except that the tone is different.”“ The most important is to have a healthy skin.” Furthermore, Rakhee stressed that parents need to be educated with the right knowledge and information due to the fragility of babies.
“ Parents should focus solely on providing good food and nutrients as it is the most important factor in a child’ s growth. A child does not need any extra supplements,” she said.
If the habit persist past the age of three, it can cause bite problems to arise. Contrary to a normal bite where the upper teeth grows to overlap the lower teeth, thumbsuckers teeth don’ t overlap when a child bites together.”
– Dr Balasubramaniam R. Bala Dental Surgery dentist
PRESCRIPTIVE LAUGHTER
Operator: 999 what’ s the emergency? Responder: My wife is going into labour I don’ t know what to do? Operator: Is this her first born? Responder: No, this is her husband!