Can children and babies use Sensitive Hand Wash?Updated 6 days ago

Children's skin varies, so no single answer covers every child. In general Sensitive Hand Wash is a gentler choice for young skin when used as directed, and it's suitable for children 3 and over with adult supervision. It's fragrance-free, sulfate-free and pH 5.5, matching healthy skin. For babies and infants, check with your paediatrician first.

Children's skin is thinner and more reactive than adult skin, and it varies a lot from child to child. Two kids in the same house can respond differently to the same wash, which is why no wash gets a blanket answer for every child.

What we can say is what the formula does and doesn't contain. Sensitive Hand Wash is built around mild cleansers, it leaves out the ingredients most commonly linked with skin sensitivity, and it sits at pH 5.5. In general that makes it a gentler choice for young skin when used as directed, and it's suitable for children 3 and over with adult supervision so the wash gets rinsed off properly.

For babies and infants, have a word with your paediatrician or maternal and child health nurse before you start.

Sensitive Hand Wash is fragrance-free and sulfate-free, and it leaves out parabens, colours and dyes, SLS, soap, phthalates, silicones, mineral oil, triclosan, EDTA and lanolin. It sits at pH 5.5, matching healthy skin. It's HRIPT dermatologically tested and recognised by the Eczema Association of Australasia.

Wet your child's hands with warm water, use one pump, work it over palms, backs, between fingers and around the nails for about 20 seconds, then rinse well and pat dry. One pump is plenty for small hands, and rinsing properly is the part kids skip.