www.lupusla.org

In the meantime, the most effective sunburn treatment simply helps ease your discomfort:

• Keep it cool. Apply cold compresses — such as a towel dampened with cool water — to the affected skin. Or take a cool bath.
• Keep it moist. Apply aloe or moisturizing cream to the affected skin. Avoid products containing alcohol, which can further dry out skin. Beware of sunburn treatment products containing anesthetics, such as benzocaine. There’s little evidence that these products are effective. In some cases, they may even irritate the skin. Benzocaine has been linked to a rare but serious, sometimes deadly, condition that decreases the amount of oxygen that the blood can carry. Don’t use benzocaine in children younger than age 2 without supervision from a health care professional, as this age group has been the most affected. If you’re an adult, never use more than the recommended dose of benzocaine and consider talking with your doctor.
• Leave blisters intact. If blisters form, don’t break them. You’ll only slow the healing process and increase the risk of infection. If needed, lightly cover blisters with gauze.
• Take an over-the-counter pain reliever. If needed, take anti-inflammatory medication — such as aspirin or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) — according to the label instructions until redness and soreness subside. Don’t give children or teenagers aspirin. It may cause Reye’s syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease.
• Treat peeling skin gently. Within a few days, the affected area may begin to peel. This is simply your body’s way of getting rid of the top layer of damaged skin. While your skin is peeling, continue to use moisturizing cream.

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-left-side-skin-cancer-20110617,0,3651611.story

Using UV SunSignals Sensors, stick it on the left side of your shirt or arm sleeves while driving. Apply sunscreen on face, arms and hands.

The original article can be found here: http://children.webmd.com/news/20110606/skin-cancer-protection-starts-in-infancy

This is another great reason to use SunSignals with sunscreen. The sensor can tell when you need to reapply, letting you and your child remain safe while enjoying time in the sun.

DALLAS, March 6, 2007 – Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) today announced a major extension of its market-leading Huggies Little Swimmers brand with the launch of a new line of innovative sun care products. The new products are the first extension of the Huggies Little Swimmers brand, which created the disposable swimpants category in 1998.

The Huggies Little Swimmers sun care product line includes three sunscreen lotions and the market’s only patented, self-adhesive UVB sun sensors geared to help detect and monitor children’s exposure to Ultraviolet B rays that cause sunburn and are most commonly linked to skin cancer.

“With the rollout of these new sun care products, Huggies Little Swimmers becomes the only brand to offer moms a total health and hygiene solution to ensure a fun and enjoyable water play experience for their kids,” said Bob Thibault, President of Kimberly-Clark’s North American Personal Care products. “The new sunscreen lotions and UVB sun sensors provide an unparalleled approach to helping mom manage one of her chief health concerns during water play — her child’s skin exposure to the sun.”

Huggies Little Swimmers sunscreen lotions come in a fragrance-free and a mango & coconut formula. Also available is a blue melon splash spray lotion. All three products provide moisturizing SPF 50 protection and are available in 7.5-ounce bottles.  In addition to sunscreen lotions, the Huggies Little Swimmers brand is offering a 24-count carton of self-adhesive, water-resistant UVB sun sensors. These patented UVB sun sensors are placed on a child’s skin or clothing and change color when it is time to take protective action, such as apply more sunscreen, put on protective clothing or seek shade.

The Huggies Little Swimmers UVB sun sensors are offered by K-C through an exclusive partnership with SunHealth Solutions, a privately held consumer sun care products company based in Naples, Fla. In 2006, K-C partnered with the company to exclusively provide free samples of the UVB sun sensors in packages of Huggies Little Swimmers disposable swimpants. By the end of the swim season, K-C had provided nearly 20 million samples of the sun sensors. Based on the favorable response, K-C this year will again provide free samples in specially marked Huggies Little Swimmers packages.

“I’m excited to have had the opportunity to partner with Kimberly-Clark in bringing attention to the importance of protecting children’s skin from overexposure to the sun. In light of the success we achieved together in 2006, I’m enthusiastic about growing our relationship this year with the introduction of a Huggies Little Swimmers

branded sun sensor,” said Tom Laughlin, President of SunHealth Solutions.  Huggies Little Swimmers swimpants are worn by more than 6 million kids, and are currently available in more than 50 countries. The brand helped drive double-digit growth in 2006, in a global category that has grown to more than $100 million in retail sales. “Since Huggies Little Swimmers is the category leader and the brand moms trust to provide total swim time solutions to meet their needs, offering a new sun care product line for children under the brand’s name is a natural extension,” said Thibault.

Beginning in April, Huggies Little Swimmers sun care products, along with the brand’s disposable swimpants, will be available nationwide in the U.S. at leading grocery stores, mass merchandisers and drugstores. The rollout of the new sun care product line will be supported with advertising, in-store promotions, FSIs, public relations activities and online information at www.littleswimmers.com.