With the rising temperature, the increasingly poisonous sun makes mothers worry about how to protect their babies from the sun. Many mothers always like to put a layer of sunscreen on their babies when they go out. So can children use sunscreen? Is sunscreen good for children?
opposition
My baby is nearly one year old. Since he was a full month old, I basically took him out to bask in the sun as long as it was sunny. The doctor said that more sun exposure can supplement calcium. I never used sunscreen for him. Why use sunscreen when you go out to absorb ultraviolet rays? No matter it's children's sunscreen or adult sunscreen, it must contain chemical components. The baby's skin is so delicate that it will be bad for the baby's skin if you use it. Therefore, I firmly oppose wearing sunscreen for children.
Supporters
I've used sunscreen for my daughter since she was two years old. Of course, it's only when the sun is high. In summer, ultraviolet rays are so strong, children love to go out, and it's too hot to wear hats. How can a child's skin be protected without sunscreen? I gave her sunscreen specially for children, which smells not so big and mild. My daughter is more than 4 years old now, and her skin is still very white.
Expert opinion
Wang Junyi, director of Pediatrics of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University, and Li long, director of pediatric surgery of Capital Institute of Pediatrics: Children's skin is not mature, and their ability to resist ultraviolet rays is still very weak, and they often stay in the sun for a long time. It is estimated that the number of ultraviolet rays on children is three times more than that of adults. Without maintenance, the longer and more frequently the skin is exposed to sunlight (especially in childhood), the higher the risk of skin cancer in adulthood.
Therefore, the summer with the baby in outdoor sports, we must pay attention not to let the sun directly on the baby's skin. Under normal circumstances, you can put on a sun hat or a sun umbrella for your baby, or you can choose some special sunscreen for children, but don't use adult sunscreen for your baby, so as not to cause cumbersome to your child's skin.
In addition, if you want to apply sunscreen to your child, it's better to apply it half an hour in advance. And when you use sunscreen for your baby, you should use it on dry skin to avoid sunscreen falling off or failure with water and sweat. In addition, experts emphasize that children's time outdoors can be controlled, and don't go out when the ultraviolet rays are strongest. Generally speaking, after 10 am to 4 pm, the baby had better not go out
Principle and classification of sunscreen
Sunscreen is divided into physical sunscreen and chemical sunscreen
Physical sunscreen, as the name suggests, is to use the principles of physics. The atomic particles of this sunscreen are flakes. When it is spread on the face, it is like a mirror reflecting sunlight to achieve the purpose of sunscreen. Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are physical sunscreen ingredients.
They can form a protective film on the skin, so that ultraviolet rays can not penetrate the skin surface. Both can provide comprehensive UVB protection, and zinc oxide can block UVA better. Typical physical sunscreen ingredients are white, mushy and turn blue when exposed to water. But this kind of products also have some limitations: for people with deep skin color, its moisturizing effect may not be very natural; for people with dry skin, it is not moisturizing enough; it is not suitable for whole body sunscreen; you must use makeup remover to help remove clean, and so on.
Chemical sunscreen is to use chemical components to sunscreen. This sunscreen uses the principle of absorption to sunscreen. It is a kind of transparent material, which can absorb ultraviolet light and convert it into molecular vibration energy or heat energy to achieve the effect of sunscreen, such as p-aminobenzoic acid and its derivatives, cinnamic acid, etc. After applying on the face, atomic absorption of sunlight to prevent sunlight from contacting the skin. In theory, physical sunscreen is better than chemical sunscreen, but most of them are chemical sunscreen.