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- From: rcosby@bcm.tmc.edu (Randy C. Cosby)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Infants & Sunscreen (Was Re: Tript to remote island...)
- Summary: re: suncreen problems
- Message-ID: <1k736tINN70q@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 22:43:41 GMT
- References: 1993Jan27.152007.14276@crd.ge.com> <1k6qrmINNcr1@male.EBay.Sun.COM> <1k718oINN638@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
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- In article <1k718oINN638@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch) writes:
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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.
- >
- I used an Avon sunscreen on my son as an infant.....
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- DO NOT USE AROUND THE EYES...
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- No skin problems and the little guy is allergic to everything...
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- but keep away from eyes..(yours too!) his swelled shut!
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- Randy Cosby
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