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Suggest Remedies For Tanned Skin On Hands And Face For A Child

Posted on Mon, 4 Jul 2016

Question: my 6 year old son has bad tanning on his hands and face because of summer sport's camps that he is attending. I have been applying spf 30 sunscreen on his face and hands before he steps out. Is there anything else I can do to reduce the XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (23 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Use Spf 50 sunscreen

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at Health Care Magic .

I can understand your concern but there is nothing other than a sunscreen you can use to prevent tanning.

Instead of SPF 30 use SPF 50 sunscreen.
It will be slightly more beneficial in reducing XXXXXXX

Regards
Dr Asmeet

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee