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

Posted on Sat, 4 Jun 2016

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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

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