Skin Care Tips

Many parents don’t even consider putting sunscreen on their children when they are going outside to play.  This is the most important time and children should have sunscreen applied before going out for just regular play in their own yard.  This is where they spend the most time in the sun.

It doesn’t have to be a trip to the park or to the pool when you apply sunscreen, always do it in the warmer months when your children want to go outside and play.  Some of the worst burns happen in just an hours play before lunch time.

Keep applying it at least every hour or so in order to continue your child’s protection from the sun’s harmful rays.

When going on a field trip with daycare or while at summer day camp you must make sure to apply it everywhere that is exposed to the sun before sending your child off for a day of fun or they may have a night of misery with a bad sunburn that keeps them from being comfortable while trying to go to sleep.

The best thing I’ve found for sunburn relief is good old Noxema.  A skin care product that is normally used to cleanse faces from oil and dirt works well to soothe the burn associated with over exposure to the sun.   having some on hand is always a good idea just in case you do allow your child to remain in the sun for too long without having the proper sunscreen applied before hand.

Protecting your children from the sun’s harmful rays will give them a better chance at not getting a skin cancer later in life.  In this day and age we need to do whatever we can to protect our children’s health for the future and applying sunscreen is one of those little things we can do now to help protect them.