How to Choose Sunscreen for Babies

Jun 10
11:17

2011

Yan Hu

Yan Hu

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Do you know how to choose sunscreen for babies?

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Summer is coming to us. In recent days,How to Choose Sunscreen for Babies  Articles many products that are used to protect us from sun appear on the market. People tend to think that beauty is the patent of ladies. Actually, the skin of babies should be taken care in summer, too. It is estimated that the ultraviolet radiation, from which babies suffer, is three times more than that adults get. If babies are exposed to sunshine without any protection for long times frequently, they would be much easier to get skin cancer when they grow up. Therefore, when parents go to choose sunscreen for yourselves, do not forget to choose some for your babies. 
Many people think that the more expensive something is, the higher its quality would be. It is not reasonable. Sunscreen can be as expensive as a dozen dollars and as cheap as two dollars. The most important feature of sunscreen for babies is moisture. Usually, a SPF 15 sunscreen is enough for babies. Moreover, when buying sunscreen for babies, parents should read the ingredient lists carefully. The products they use must be particularly designed for babies. And natural ingredients instead of organic chemicals should be added to baby sunscreen. Experts suggest babies who are older than one year to use some sunscreen when they go out. But before they use it for the first time, they should try some on arms. Some babies who are easy to be allergic are not suitable to use such products. 
Sun prevention is more than sunscreen. Time is also an important factor. Babies and children are not suggested to go out from ten in the morning and four in the afternoon. It is good to have some sunshine in the morning because vitamin D is only compounded under the sunshine. Removing the sunscreen is essential, too. Women need to remove make-ups when they get home. Similarly, parents should help babies remove the sunscreen with warm water immediately when they return home. Experts also advise parents to wash their babies with cool water so that sun burns can be avoided. 
Babies need sunscreen to reduce the damage of ultraviolet radiation because their skin is not mature enough. If they get burnt at an early age, their skin would lose the recovery ability forever. However, not all babies are suitable for sunscreen. Babies who are younger than six months old had better not use sunscreen. These babies are too young that their skin can not endure the damage from chemicals, such as vitamin A palmitate. When they need to go outside, they are suggested to wear cotton clothes and hats. Parents should also prepare beach umbrellas and go-carts. Direct sunshine is harmful for little babies. Even when they are sitting go-carts, ultraviolet radiation would reach them by reflections. Maybe, the best way to prevent sunshine for them is to stay at home.