Solar protection of the children: a matter of time

Solar protection of the children: a matter of time
We know all that it is extremely important to protect the children against the rays from the sun. But we do not know enough although the protection of the children is played above all in time. Duration, time necessary to the solar filters to act, time between two applications of product… Protection against the sun is a question of timing!

Why is it necessary to protect the children from the sun?

Quite simply because their skin is very fragile, and that the mechanism of the bronzing (which, let us recall it, is not there only for esthetic reasons but protects also the skin from the rays of the sun) is not installed in the toddlers yet. Thus before a year one should not at all expose the children – Tee-shirt, hat and maintenance in the shade are of rigor. Then, it is gradually that the rules are softened… and always by keeping an eye over time.

Hours of exposure to the sun

The children should be exposed with the sun at the hottest hours of the day – until there nothing of nine. But do you know which are these hours? The answer will be able to astonish you – between 11:00 and 18:00, the children should be far away from the beaches or the edge of the swimming pool. It is longer than than believes the majority of the parents.
The exposure time to the sun is it also important. To try not to exceed twenty minutes at the same time, by intercalating shaded activities in time that you pass to the sun: the nap will be done for example inside.

The time of effectiveness of solar protections

The sun lotion is effective, certainly, but not under all the conditions. For the children, you will choose high indices of protection in any event (thirty is a minimum). But also made attention with the timing:
sun lotion must be to it applied a score of minutes before the exposure to the sun to have time to protect the skin.
it is necessary réappliquer the cream every two hours.
them bathes decrease the effectiveness of the sun lotion, even if it is described like resistant to water. It is thus necessary to recover from the cream as soon as one leaves water.

How long does one remain a child with the eyes of the sun?

The special protection which is addressed to the children is supposed to be limited in time. It is true that from 10 or 11 years, same solar protections that for the adults start to be applicable. But attention, they are worth only for the children who support the sun well and bronze rather easily. The most significant phenotypes (white skin, fair hair, blue eyes) will have to protect all their life!