Sun cream on prescription? Can you get this?

[ElizabethWakefield]

Last summer DD came out in a horrendous itchy rash half way through our summer holiday, which went on for weeks and weeks after we came home.

Finally after seeing a children's dermatologist he decided that she was suffering from chronic urticaria, and she was prescribed antihistamines to take daily, after about 3 months it really died down and she now only has to take them on occasions when she feels really itchy, but she is still not completely cured. Her skin is still dry and not really back to normal.

We are due to go on holiday again soon (so it's almost a year since her itching started) and I am really worried about it all starting up again, mainly because I don't know what the trigger was (but I suspect either the uv sun suit or sunscreen)

I vaguely remember the dermatologist mentioning being able to get sun screen on prescription for sensitive skin, but I have mentioned this to a few people and no one seems to have ever heard of being able to get this, so I am now wondering if I have imagined this

I am going to take DD back to the dr next week to have another look at her skin and maybe prescribe some kind of cream, and was going to mention the sunscreen, but I just thought i would ask and see if anyone here had ever had sun screen prescribed.

Or alternatively, if anyone knows of sunscreen which would be kinder to sensitive skin and less likely to make DD react.

[PestoEatsBallotPapers]

When my dd2 was diagnosed with eczema our doctor gave us a prescription for both E45 suncream and aqueous cream.

[ElizabethWakefield]

Ah, weirdly she reacts to E45 cream too, so I imagine E45 suncream will probably make her react too. But thanks, I was beginning to think I had imagined the Dr saying i would be able to get sunscreen on prescription.

[nightcat]

yes, you can, there are 2 in the precriptions book, but both rely on chemicals, apparently titanium doxide is no longer used, which was more of a physical barrier.

[cookielove]

A child at my nursery who has severe excema has prescribed sunscream, it comes in a roller ball and a squeezy bottle, its blue and pink, and i have no idea of them name but it is very thin. I can find out on monday if you would really like to know?

[nightcat]

BTW, the ones on prescription are by Sunsense

[IwishIwasmoreorganised]

I'm not sure about getting it on prescription, don't see why not but you need to get it soon and give it a go before you go away. My friend use to use one for her dd who had dreadfully sensitive skin.

It was a mousse one, I think it was called Bergaderm.

[ElizabethWakefield]

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I agree that I will need to try some out before we actually go on holiday, so it will probably be worth going to the Dr sooner rather than later and see if the prescription ones are ok for her.

Failing that, I will try some of the ones designed for sensitive skin. I have a Waitrose fairly local, failing that it would be wrong to take her to Boots and do test patches wouldn't it??