Have you ever wondered if sunscreen is safe for your precious little baby?
Well, according to at least one mom from Canada, the answer is no! Like most parents of infants and toddlers, Rebecca Cannon was trying to protect her baby from the dangerous rays of the sun.
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It was not a very hot day in Newfoundland, Canada as Rebecca and her 14-month-old daughter Kyla visited Rebecca’s sister. As they prepared to head out, Rebecca thought she ought to apply sunscreen to protect her baby since the rays from the sun may still be too strong for little Kyla, so she asked her sister to borrow some sunscreen. Of course, her sister said, “yes” not realizing the impending burns about to take place on poor Kyla’s face.
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Rebecca applied the aerosol Kids Banana Boat SPF 50 to her baby’s face and headed out. After a few hours, Rebecca started to notice Kyla’s face was getting red. “As the day went on, she got a little redder and the next morning she woke up swollen, she was bright red, and there were blisters starting to pop up,” says Rebecca Cannon during an interview with CBC News of Canada.
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That morning they rushed Kyla to the emergency room to see what was happening to her babies face. After the doctors assessed the situation, the final diagnosis was 2nd degree chemical burns on poor Kyla’s face. The real surprise was that the burns were not caused from the sun, but from the sunscreen itself! According to Rebecca, the doctor told her that this is not the only incident of a child having an allergic reaction to sunscreen and suffering these types of burns.
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When asked in the interview with (CBC News) if she realized the sunscreen that she applied to her daughter was kids and not infants, Rebecca said, “I know for her age, she should be wearing baby sunscreen, but we didn’t have any. I figured just putting it mildly on her face for some protection, rather than having none at all would be okay, and yeah, it didn’t go over so well.” Cannon also stated that other kids had used the same sunscreen that day, including her three year old nephew, with no other incidents according to CBC News.
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In another article written by the New York Post, they contacted the Banana Boat sunscreen manufacturer to see what they had to say. This is what they said, “We are greatly concerned when any person encounters a reaction using our products. We have spoken with the consumer and asked for the product so that our quality assurance team can look into this further. Without examining the product, it is difficult to determine what may have caused the problem as described.”
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Cannon has been sharing her story and other consumer horror stories online and told CBC News that she doesn’t understand how this product is still available to purchase. “I would have never – in a million years – imagined her to a burn so severe from sunscreen,” Cannon told the news outlet.
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