DD, 4 is allergic to sun cream

[Monroe]

We discovered this last year on holiday in Menorca after her whole body broke out in an itchy rash and we spent a miserable sleepless week trying to protect her from the sun and get her the correct treatment.

Over the summer we tried numerous creams, all of them caused an itchy rash.

Now the weather is warming up we are having the same problems. Nothing we have tried works. We went to the gp who prescribed uvistat but that hasn't worked either. We are keeping her covered in loose light clothing and with a hat on but she has drawers full of summer dresses and tops that she has been given and she is asking to wear them. Can anyone recommend anything that might work? We are running out of ideas and money, suncream isn't cheap and we can't afford to buy a bottle of everything on the shelf!

I've had similar issues with my DD who is now 9. We have managed to narrow down what we can use on different parts of her body, her face being the trickiest part. What I use is simple sensitive sun cream for kids on her body - calypso once a day also seems to work ok on her body. We used to use the adult sensitive skin sun face cream from simple (gold cap on tube) but now use the sun block lip balm from simple for her whole face (like a sun stick) as that's all she can tolerate on her face. I've been trying to find the right contact details for simple to ask them to produce the lip balm as a thicker, sturdier sun stick type of thing as DD always manages to snap the stick as it's so thin, and they aren't cheap (about £10, sometimes cheaper depending where you buy them).

I agree you should ask for a referral to the dermatology clinic at your local hospital - they are best places to give you lots of options to try, and help with other things that help you manage the skin condition.

Good luck.

P20 is very harsh IME. I got really badly burned by the stuff before I'd gone out in the sun about 2 years ago on holiday.

We had the same problem and finally solved it with 'Sunsense' roll on from amazon. X

My very allergic boy can only use Puz Buin Allergy.

My boys are allergic to suncream as well.

The only one they can use is one called Sun Mousse...it used to be called Proderm. It was specifically made originally for people with eczema.

Its a mousse rather than a cream so it doesn't clog the pores which according to our GP is the reason most people react to suncream.

La Roshe Posay do a really good sun cream I am really sensitive(i am alergic to E45).-You can get in big chain chemists.They will also give you out samples.

My DD has this also but for us its the sun cream with the sun,its horrible as it doesnt matter what she has on once she is in the sun she goes red and swells.

Some more good ideas and more companies for me to be emailing!

Vintage that is a big concern of mine, that it doesn't matter what I put on her she will react. It us definitely only where the cream has been on her so not tge heat but either the cream, or the cream and heat together which I'm starting to believe is the real issue. I will have to do a patch test on her tomorrow with the uvistat which I already know she has a reaction to and see if it happens on a cool day too.

Not sure what to do if that is the case? Although I'll be glad I've started investing in those long sleeved blouses

Have you tried Sudocrem Mousse ?

It claims to be hypoallergenic, we get ours from Boots.

Lavery, a German brand, works for my DSS, who is allergic to all other brands I have tried. I think zinc oxide is the main screening ingredient. I get it from my local health food shop.

DD1 is the same. Another vote here for the Green people one. They only do factor 25 so you have to reapply more often but it is the only one she didn't react to. We were told to patch test on the back of the hand and the inside of the elbow.

Our son has Sunsense on prescription (originally prescribed by dermatologist). His eczema tolerates it. I've used it too and always used to suffer from awful prickly heat, I don't with this. it's factor 50 too.

I did a patch test with the uvistat yesterday and she still had a reaction even though it was cool yesterday so it looks like it is the cream afterall.

I received a couple of samples of ultrasun today so my little guinea pig is currently testing out a factor 30 and 50. I've also had an email from the green people saying they are sending some samples too

My DD is allergic to most sun tan creams, her body seems to swell and puff especially her face. We have ended up in hospital with her on several sun holidays. We have found that the only ones she can tolerate are the 50+ baby ones, I'm told they don't have some of the chemicals the adult sun tan creams have.