After the survey "Knowledge and habits of solar exposure of the population" by the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and La Roche-Posay laboratories, the results are very discouraging in terms of sunscreen that parents they provide for their children, putting their health at risk in a short period of time.
Almost a third of parents do not protect their children from the sun properly, 29% use a sunscreen with a lower factor than the one required (30 or more) and it must be taken into account that skin cancer can develop in 15 or 20 years.
Before the age of 21 we have received between 50 and 80% of the solar radiation of our whole life, since children are exposed three times more than being adults. Even so, 50% of parents confess that they do not put sunscreen on their children when they go out to the park to play. They remind us that not only the skin needs protection, but also the hair and lips, even on the days when it is cloudy, because the sun's rays affect even to a lesser extent.
Ideally, the skin phototype should be known to apply adequate protection, but when in doubt, prevention is always better. Never forget to protect your children from the sun.
