Sunscreen on Babies [Severe Burns]
Many years ago the ceiling of the industrial lift room at my workplace had to be sprayed with fire retardant foam. The retards spraying it were high as fuck and failed to notice they mixed the chemicals in some backwards way that basically caused it all to slide off the ceiling. After some cleanup, the lift room was re-sprayed with the properly-mixed foam and all was well.
That was just a room in an industrial building. It didn't matter.
This is the little boy from earlier this year
Now we're talking about a child's skin. That does matter. Bad batches of sunscreen, coupled with negligent parents who failed to either read the label or test a patch prior to use, have been burning babies and toddlers. This isn't new but now that I have a kid and summer is starting, it matters.
This is the little girl from last week on whom adult sunscreen was applied
In The News and "News"
https://community.babycenter.com/post/a58055125/beware_of_dollar_general_baby_sunscreen
http://wtvr.com/2016/05/31/child-suffers-second-degree-burns-from-sunscreen/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/botwood-mom-sunscreen-burn-aerosol-1.4106025
The mothers in these stories seem to be pretty average over-the-counter popular product users. Just like the majority of the global population, they trust popular brands. Nothing on their Facebooks indicated they were concerned with chemicals prior to these incidents or looked into organic/natural products. I don't know where the fathers are. Probably wondering why their wives are wasting time on Facebook. Regardless.
Why Even Bother?
From a study which one should take with a grain of salt as it is sponsored by a sunscreen producer: http://www.eblue.org/article/S0190-9622(05)04092-2/pdf
Meaning, simple deduction suggests that the chances of these sunscreens either being mixed incorrectly or applied incorrectly rendered them ineffective and the burns we see are sun, not chemical, burns. If there's a doctor around reading this (no point in me mentioning anyone as mentions don't alert them) then feel free to clarify.
Corporate Incompetence Does Not Absolve Parents
Would you paint your car without testing out how the paint looks/dries on scrap first? No. That shit is expensive to fix.
Then why do people spray their kids with all sorts of random crap and then act surprised? Or worse yet, mix bullshit concoctions at home (remember applying sour cream to sunburn as a kid?) when they're either too cheap or too crazy to purchase normal products. Things have expiry dates and ingredient lists for a reason.
But like all normal products, of varying quality and with varying ingredient lists, sunscreen must be tested. One bottle is not the same as another bottle. Allergies, misuse, crap batches/manufacturer's error, expired bottles, all can lead to severe medical problems.
Baby Recovering
Here is the latest good quality pic posted, she's recovering:
Images: All images are Facebook screenshots captured by me. You can look up their accounts if you wish. No, I don't go to the Babycenter website or read these types of sources as a habit. I got a call this morning alerting me to these.
That poor baby! That's crazy that happened after using sunscreen. I can understand a parent not thinking to test a patch. Who would think this would happen to their kid by putting sunscreen on them which is suppose to protect them. It is a good idea to test patches though. Glad the baby recovered.
It's insane what can happen to babies when parents just trust random products without testing first.
That is so sad.
I never put sunscreen on my babies. I wanted them exposed to some sunshine, but didn't keep them out in it long enough to burn.
that's pretty much what we're doing now