Once a day sun lotion for child with eczema

[Paulacarl]

Hi, My 4 yo has eczema and hyper sensitive skin (hives at the slightest provocation.) We currently use Nivea Sensitive and he can tolerate this on his arms, legs and cheeks ( though not on his trunk.) He starts school in Sept so I need an all day cream but haven't yet been able to find one that he doesn't react to. Would be really grateful for any recommendations.
Thanks

[trumpfamily]

P20 and Piz Buin are good for sufferers of eczema and hives. I suffer with psoraisis and both products work well for me. P20 is a little expensive but if you look out for a deal you can get it for a reasonable price, marks light coloured clothes though.

[greenbananas]

This is a minefield, isn't it? My DS1 doesn't have eczema any more now that his (food) allergies are under control, but he does react to various suncreams with hives, itching and subsequent nasty eczema. Nothing really dangerous - so far - but it's nasty and uncomfortable for him.

Suncream is so ridiculously expensive, and I can't afford to keep buying whole bottles of different brands just to try a little bit on his wrist. Mostly, I keep both my boys out of the sun between 11am and 3pm, so try to avoid the need for it (and luckily there is lots of shade in our Reception school play area) - but this isn't always possible.

Various friends have been helpful over the years, letting me put just a dab of their chidren's suncream on DS1's wrist to see what happens. Have never found one which works for long though. Today we tried a Boots own brand (horrible itching and a red rash) and an Avon 50 factor Sun+ (absolutely fine, have been given what's left in the bottle, and will be trying it again tomorrow )

I wish the ingredients on suncream and other toiletries were easier to understand. The manufacturers seem to delight in using long and complicated sciency-sounding names for quite ordinary ingredients (e.g. calling water "Aqua" and hiding all nut ingredients behind chemical words and other gobbledygook that no ordinary person understands).

From reading these boards over the years, different children react to different things, and there is no one safe recommendation that you can follow. So... good luck with this!!

[Minime85]

Piz buin allergy is only one that I use for my dd with eczema

[RoganJosh]

Ultrasun is fine on my DD who has sensitive-ish skin.

[freefrommum]

As others have said, it's very much trial and error as every child reacts to different things. Sunsense Sensitive factor 50 is the only suncream that my DS doesn't react to as it doesn't contain any chemical absorbers so it literally 'sits' on the skin as a physical barrier. Because it doesn't absorb it does leave him looking like a little ghost but it seems to last longer than normal suncream even though it doesn't claim to be an 'all-day' one. He's very fair skinned with white-blond hair and blue eyes so it must be pretty good!

[Surfsup1]

Do they wear hats when outside in the sun? If so, coconut oil has a natural SPF equivalent to spf10 and is fantastic on sensitive skin?

[canutesauntie]

DS has sensitive reactive skin but not exzema ( red hair very pale and gets hives / prickly heat with many products). Over the years the only one we've found to work well is Ultrasun. He uses the factor 50 sensitive formulation. It's expensive but lasts as it's once a day. If you buy it from QVC then you can try it for up to 30 days with a money back guarantee even if you've used most of it, if it doesn't suit.