N.B. mom warns of sunsceen’s dangers after son burned
What was supposed to be a fun day in the sun for one local family turned into a nightmare, as the sunscreen used that day to protect from burns, alledgedly ended up causing them instead.
Amanda Kaye, of North Battleford, was at the lake with her family celebrating Canada Day. She said she’s an advocate of sunscreen, especially when it comes to her fair-skinned, nine-year-old son Hudson. Kay said she picked up two bottles of Banana Boat-brand sunscreen and applied it to her son that day. When Hudson’s skin appeared redder throughout the day, Kaye kept applying more.
“He had taken off his shirt… and he was completely red. He looked like a lobster,” Kaye said. “My husband and I thought maybe we had just not put enough on so we kept reapplying it. When we [returned home] he started complaining he was in pain. By supper time he was a mess. You couldn’t touch him… The only way he could sleep that night was sitting straight up.”
According to Kaye, things only got worse from there. She said by the morning Hudson’s shoulder was covered in mini blisters. Kaye’s sister-in-law told her about stories she had read about Banana Boat products causing similar burns.