A MOTHER is warning other parents to be cautious when using a spray sunscreen after her baby daughter suffered second-degree chemical burns on her face.
Canadian woman Rebecca Cannon had purchased Banana Boat Kids SPF50 to protect 14-month-old Kyla from the sun despite overcast weather, according to a May 8 Facebook post.
“As the day went on, she got a little redder and redder and the next morning she woke up and was swollen, she was bright red, there were blisters starting to pop up,” Rebecca told CBC.ca.
She added: “We immediately took her up to the doctors and found out she has second degree burns.”
While Rebecca acknowledged that she should have used baby-specific sunscreen, she figured that using a child-specific block advertised as alcohol-free to protect her daughter against the sun was better than nothing.
“I figured just putting it mildly on her face, for some protection rather than having none at all, would be OK and yeah, it didn’t go over well,” Rebecca told CBC.ca.
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Rebecca told the news outlet that her three-year-old nephew had used the same sunscreen without any adverse effects, but that a doctor treating Kyla said it wasn’t the first case he had seen, and it had the potential to be a severe allergic reaction.
Rebecca updated followers on Facebook in a May 11 post that included details from a visit to a dermatologist.
She said the doctor confirmed Kyla suffered second degree chemical burns to her face.
“We are greatly concerned when any person encounters a reaction using our products,” Banana Boat told CBC.ca in a statement.
“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.”
Rebecca has been sharing other consumer horror stories online and told the CBC.ca she doesn’t understand how the product is still available for purchase.
“I would have never — in a million years — imagined her to get a burn so severe from sunscreen,” Rebecca told the news outlet.
A version of this story originally appeared on News.com.au and Fox News.
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