Sun care for children

Children are more susceptible to skin damage when exposed to the sun, this is because the child’s skin is more delicate than adults. Children should be thought about Sun Protection. Educating children about sun protection is teaching them about the importance of sun care protection and making sure that they wear wide brimmed hat and protective clothing. This is the first step in educating a child regarding sun protection.

 

Summer is the best time for children. Long sunny days filled with playing outside, swimming, bicycling, hiking and vacations. Along with these follow the inevitable sun burns, dry skin and insect bites. However solutions give a different problem such as toxic chemicals that we all know are more harmful than sun burns and insect bites. Shields lotion for children is a breakthrough in skin care technology that protects children from harmful chemical. But it is important that the children should know why these products are dangerous and what should be the alternative for them.

 

Sunscreen: The sun as we all know it is important in the production of vitamin D. On the other hand, too much exposure to the sun causes sun burn and long term exposure under the heat of the sun may cause skin cancer.

Chlorine: Chlorine originally is one of the chemicals added to our water to fight cholera and typhoid. Chlorine is a very toxic chemical, it strip off the skin protective layer, thus skin itchiness and dry flaky skin appear which often leads to eczema. It also damages the lungs when inhaled. What can you do about it? Minimize the number of exposure to chlorinated water by using filters at home, both drinking and bathing water. Second, change pool chlorine with natural disinfectant. Third, use a shield lotion as protective skin care for chlorinated water.

Insect repellants: Insect repellants can prevent insects from coming into our skin and definitely when an insect cannot come near to our skin they have no means to bite you. But insects repellant can be more harmful than insect bites. What is the solution? There are natural insect’s repellants available in the market. Shield lotion should be applied first to skin before applying insect repellant.

 

The best summer for children should be untroubled, relaxing and fun! Children are never too young to learn about the importance of sun care or skin care. As the old wise saying, the best way to cure illnesses is prevention and prevention start while we are young. While they are young, teach children about the proper sun care. The young ones are more involved in physical activities and most of them are outside homes under the heat of the sun. All of these long stay under the sun’s raging heat can be very damaging to skin. It is essential that kids should know the reason why sunscreen is being applied to skin and applying it there after in an interval manner. Demonstrate how sunscreen is applied to skin and give them a chance to do it their selves, of course with your guidance.