How To Choose The Best Sun Cream For Eczema

Hi there, I am Abi Cleeve from Ultrasun. I've been in the sun care industry for thirteen years, really helping people to make the right decisions on their sun care choices. Today, I am going to try and do the same for you.

Choosing the best sun cream for somebody with eczema is very difficult. You are repeatedly told by doctors and dermatologists not to bring any other products into the mix apart from what you have been given by them, but of course, you know you need to protect your skin from the sunshine as well. So, you are sort of stuck in the middle.

My biggest advice would be to go look at the National Eczema Society's website. They run a huge amount of support for people, especially when you are first diagnosed. I would recommend a product with a very low chemical load.

You still need that high SPF and high UVA protection that I would recommend for everybody but you also need to find a product that is very kind to the skin, very gentle, and certainly is not going to introduce unnecessary chemicals, oils or emulsifate into your system. I would strongly recommend one of Ultrasun's highest protections, the thirty or the fifty plus, for anybody with eczema. You should not apply the product to broken skin, so if you have had a particularly bad case recently, or have itched scratched, and made your skin very soar, then really the best thing is to avoid the sun altogether.

However, you will find that with more gentle creams, with the Ultrasun ones I mentioned, and with others out there, they will be able to protect you whilst not aggravating the skin condition. My best advice would be always to patch test any new product you put into your system. Take a small part and pop it on the inside of your elbow, give it at least twenty-four hours, and then check to see if any reddening or allergy appears.

Assuming that that is fine, then you are good to use those products, but always look for a high SPF, a high UVA, but a low chemical load, and that is the best way to choose your product if you have been diagnosed with eczema, and do not forget to look for the National Eczema Society online, and they can give you excellent advice as well. That is my best advice for choosing sunblock protection for somebody with eczema. .