6.
Avoid the "sensitive skin" myth for kids. There’s no such thing as
sensitive skin sunscreen.
According
to two experts Johnston consulted, Perry Romanowski and Patricia Treadwell (a
chemist and dermatologist, respectively), there's no such thing as
"sensitive skin" — it's simply another marketing term. Everyone can be irritated by different things.
If a sunscreen is irritating you, it's
most likely to be the fragrances or dyes in the sunscreen.
Which
touches on the topic of kids: What type of formula should they be using? First
off, babies under 6 months of age should not be in the sun at all. Second,
sunscreen marketed for babies and children are basically the same as all other
sunscreens, they just come in child-friendly packages and scents. "Unless
your child needs to smell like a banana to be convinced to wear sunscreen,
there's no need to pay more for them,"
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