Just one blistering sunscreen can double a baby’s lifetime risk of melanoma, which is why it’s extremely important to protect their delicate skin no matter what time of the year.
To protect her baby’s skin from the sun, one Australian mom applied a popular kids sunscreen and thought she was doing the best thing for her. However, in the days that followed, mom Sarah Wallace noticed a strange rash that looked like a blister start spreading across baby Chloe’s face.
“Her face looked like a piece of bacon. It’s the only way I can explain it. There was no doubt in my mind it was directly from the product itself,” Wallace said about the Cancer Council’s Kids 50+ sunscreen. After a few days, the massive, painful blister had spread across both cheeks and her nose.
Wallace and other parents have assumed that sunscreens marketed for small children are safe for their skin, but now she’s sharing her story to warn other parents to always check the ingredients in your child’s sunscreen and patch test before applying since some of the harsh chemicals can cause severe reactions on delicate baby skin.
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Mom Warns Parents After Sunscreen Leaves Her Baby With Severe Rash is an article from: LifeDaily