Suncream allergy, any recommendations?

[Reluctantadult]

Hello mners! My daughter who is 11 has suddenly become sensitive to suncream. It makes her very itchy and brings her out in a rash, particularly if she's put it on her face. The itchy rash is not limited to directly where she's applied the cream, eg comes up behind her ears. Has anyone come across this and can you recommend any brands that would be worth a try? Thanks.

Dermatologist recommended eucerine and I have had no issues with it.

Altruist is good, but she might be better with a mineral sunscreen if she's reacted to more than one type of chemical sunscreen. Green People do one.

I use La Roche Posay (recommended by my dermatologist because I have cancer, not a reaction), but I also used to use it with my dc who used to react to suncreams. It’s expensive so I tended to use it for face and neck and a standard children’s suncream for arms and legs.

I’ve not used it, but Altruist is also supposedly very good.

I have sensitive skin + rosacea and am using aveeno calm factor 50.

I find eucerin heavy/greasy and altruist anti red cream makes my rosacea flare up.

Thanks for the suggestions! We tried altruist which is definitely a bit better but a mineral one that I had for the face was even better, so I think we'll have to get a mineral based one that's designed for larger area spreadage.

We use Ultra Sun- it’s the only one that doesn’t give my kids a rash. It is expensive though which is the downside

My son the same and allergic to generic creams. La Roche Possey is only one he can tolerate.

Hi…just wondering if the op tried another mineral suncream and how you got on? I think my 6 year old daughter is allergic to suncream, we were using Nivea sensitive for babies and kids and also tried altruist, but her skin flares up mainly back of knees, crooks of elbows, and face…goes red and itchy, to the point she just won’t stop scratching herself, I’ve had to apply calomine lotion tonight to help with the itching 😔
Just looking for other people’s experiences please and hopefully and answer 😢
Thanks!

My son is allergic to all sun cream with the exception of the Aldi sensitive kids 50+ strangely, worth a try?

Already tried, just brings her out all red and itchy, thanks for commenting though x

My son has a sunscreen allergy but is fine with calypso once a day, added bonus it's cheap

I have to avoid lanolin, some do not contain it thankfully

Have you tried childs farm? It's the only one I can use on myself having developed an allergy to my usual one a couple of years ago.

DD has a sunscreen allergy but is fine with any from Lidl and also Malibu spray factor 50.

Gp prescribed la Roche posey for DD- we had to buy it in the shops though as no where would take the prescription though. It was the only one her skin would tolerate for a few years.

To a pp Nivea is the worst for kids skin reactions, so many people seem to have issues with it even when they've got very unreactive skin.

@Rkay87 she's been using sun zapper mineral suncream with no issues. Got it off Amazon. She does complain that it's hard to spread but I think that is a downside of them all. I don't find it a problem when I spread it.

If the reaction isn't limited to where you apply the cream it's likely a reaction to the sun itself, the UV. Speak to your GP about that, a sun allergy. If it's that you need a 5 star UVA and minimum SPF 30 but 50 might be best. Altruist and Eurcerin allergy are worth trying.

have you tried Piz Buin Allergy? I have a sun allergy and my DB had a sun cream allergy and we both used it successfully