A six-year-old girl from Queensland has become the latest victim of a popular sunscreen spray – breaking out in blisters just one minute after it was applied.
The young girl’s mother, Vanessa Munroe, from Broadmere, was told the painful blisters spread across her daughters face were the result of chemical burn.
Ms Munroe had been routinely applying Banana Boat’s SPF 50+ sunscreen spray to both her daughter, Ruby, and 11-year-old-son, Wade, during their weekend getaway.
Six-year-old girl from Queensland, Ruby, (pictured) has become the latest victim of a popular sunscreen spray – breaking out in blisters just one minute after it was applied
But the problem-lotion proved to leave both her children worse for wear – her daughter unable to sleep and her son becoming covered in painful welts.
She said Ruby had been kept ‘up all night’, with the blisters so big big ‘they’d pop themselves’, Yahoo7 reports.
Ruby broke out in blisters on her lips, chin and under her eyes, and her lips were turned a ‘yellowy colour’.
Meanwhile, her son’s skin had also been badly burnt beneath the spray, despite frequent re-applications.
Her mother, Vanessa Munroe, from Broadmere, was told the painful blisters spread across her daughters face were the result of chemical burn from Banana Boat sunscreen
Meanwhile, her son’s skin had also been badly burnt beneath the spray, despite frequent re-applications
‘I followed the instructions and put the sunscreen on him every two to three hours during the day and he got badly sunburnt,’ Ms Munroe said.
‘I knew they were swimming so I’d get him out every few hours and make him sit down and put it on.’
The company that manufacturers the sunscreen said it was impossible the reaction was the result of a chemical burn.
‘All Banana Boat sunscreen products undergo rigorous testing and meet the high Australian standards as administered by the Therapeutic Goods Association,’ a spokesperson for Edgewell Personal Care Australia said.
‘A chemical burn is a serious condition and the substances that cause such burns are not present in sunscreens.’
‘I followed the instructions and put the sunscreen on him every two to three hours during the day and he got badly sunburnt,’ Ms Munroe said