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CatFish
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Is the BullFrog Kids UV Defender Lotion with Titanium Dioxide any good for kids.

Thanks!


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Dr. Pickart
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What are the exact ingredients?
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Thank you for replying Dr. Pickart. Here are the ingredients...

Active Ingredients: Meradimate 5%, Octinoxate 7.5%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 10%, Oxybenzone 6%, Titanium dioxide 4.5%

Inactive Ingredients:

acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer, diazolidinyl urea, disodium EDTA, fragrance, helianthus annuus (hybrid sunflower)oil, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, neopentyl glycol dioctanoate/diisostearate, propylrnr glycol, sorbitan stearate, sucrose cocoate, water, xanthan gum (235-94)


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Dr. Pickart
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I would not use it.

The chemical sunscreen oils get into the skin and generate free radicals.
CatFish
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Darn... any thoughts or suggestions on what to use on kids?

Thanks so much!


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DeeDee
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Helloooo!

I use Aubrey Organics SPF 25 Greet Tea Protective Sunscreen for my kids.

The ingredients are:

ACTIVE: PADIMATE O, TITANIAM DIOXIDE

INACTIVE: coconut fatty acid cream base, jojoba butter, organic jojoba oil, organic sunflower oil, white camelia oil, organic shea buter, organic aloe vera, lecithin, canadian willowhearb extract, aubrey's preservative (citris seed extact, vitamins A, C & E), organic greet tea powder (matcha), silica, jasmine oil, organic blue camomile oil.

As far as I know, there can be allergy problems with Padimate O (PABA Ester), but it's not toxic.

Dr. Pickart, please correct me if I'm wrong.

CatFish it's not an easy job picking sunscreens for oursleves or our kids. They are all slightly "evil", each in their own way. We just have to find the least offensive I think. This has been the closest I've been able to find.

Please let me know if you come across any other product that might be of interest (not "micronized" & no chemicals)

Have a great night!
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Thanks!

This might be a good choice. PABA can cause allergies but is non-toxic and I doubt it generates free radicals. Some references say it inhibits free radicals.

We plan to add more into our sunscreen advice.

Anyone else who has found a "good sunscreen", please put it on the Forum.
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Thank you both so much!! I appreciated it.

I will post if I find anything else that's not toxic.

Thanks again,


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KathyC
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Originally posted by Dr. Pickart:
Anyone else who has found a "good sunscreen", please put it on the Forum.
How about this one?

Dr. Hauschka's SPF 20 Sunscreen Creem. It is very water resistant. Here are the ingredients:

Active Ingredients
Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide

Other Ingredients
Water, Jojoba Oil, Alcohol, Sesame Oil, Tricaprylin, Shea Butter, Quince Extract, Glycerin, Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum Extract, Ployglyceryl-3 Polyrcinoleate, Lecithin, Avacado Extract, Sucrose Distearate, Betaine, Oryzanol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Stearyl Beeswax, Behenyl Beeswax, Fragrance, Linalool, Geraniol, Citral, Limonene, Citronellol, Benzyl Benzoate, Farnesol, Hydrated Silica, Esculin, Propolis Wax.

Kathy
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Originally posted by KathyC:
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Pickart:
Anyone else who has found a "good sunscreen", please put it on the Forum.
How about this one?

Dr. Hauschka's SPF 20 Sunscreen Creem. It is very water resistant. Here are the ingredients:

Active Ingredients
Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide

Other Ingredients
Water, Jojoba Oil, Alcohol, Sesame Oil, Tricaprylin, Shea Butter, Quince Extract, Glycerin, Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum Extract, Ployglyceryl-3 Polyrcinoleate, Lecithin, Avacado Extract, Sucrose Distearate, Betaine, Oryzanol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Stearyl Beeswax, Behenyl Beeswax, Fragrance, Linalool, Geraniol, Citral, Limonene, Citronellol, Benzyl Benzoate, Farnesol, Hydrated Silica, Esculin, Propolis Wax.

Kathy


It looks good but some women say zinc oxide makes their pores larger. Zinc may be released by skin acids and block the (constant) skin rebuilding actions of copper.
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Originally posted by Dr. Pickart:
quote:
Originally posted by KathyC:
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Pickart:
Anyone else who has found a "good sunscreen", please put it on the Forum.
How about this one?

Dr. Hauschka's SPF 20 Sunscreen Creem. It is very water resistant. Here are the ingredients:

Active Ingredients
Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide

Other Ingredients
Water, Jojoba Oil, Alcohol, Sesame Oil, Tricaprylin, Shea Butter, Quince Extract, Glycerin, Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum Extract, Ployglyceryl-3 Polyrcinoleate, Lecithin, Avacado Extract, Sucrose Distearate, Betaine, Oryzanol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Stearyl Beeswax, Behenyl Beeswax, Fragrance, Linalool, Geraniol, Citral, Limonene, Citronellol, Benzyl Benzoate, Farnesol, Hydrated Silica, Esculin, Propolis Wax.

Kathy


It looks good but some women say zinc oxide makes their pores larger. Zinc may be released by skin acids and block the (constant) skin rejuvenating actions of copper.
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