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- From: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Infants & Sunscreen (Was Re: Tript to remote island...)
- Message-ID: <1k718oINN638@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 22:10:32 GMT
- References: 1993Jan27.152007.14276@crd.ge.com> <1k6qrmINNcr1@male.EBay.Sun.COM> <1k6tdmINN46v@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu <9301272121.AA22228@cairo.kodak.com>
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- In article <9301272121.AA22228@cairo.kodak.com>, mbb@keps.com (Maureen Busch) writes:
- > In <1k6tdmINN46v@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, pburch@bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch)
- > writes:
- > >A dermatologist told me that the official age when you can use
- > >sunscreen on a baby is six months, but that *she* wasn't going
- > >to put any on her daughter until the child was at least one year
- > >old.
- >
- > Does this include the PABA-free ones?
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- Yes. I wouldn't use PABA on a child--it hurts my skin and turns me
- bright red IF I get out in the sun with it on. Interesting stuff,
- but irritating to the skin.
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- Paula Burch
- pburch@bcm.tmc.edu
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