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My daughter is 5 years old and has a brown skin.Two days on the beach and she is Tanned all over her body inspite of the Sunscreen and Hat. Worse is that she has developed some white spots on her face. I read somewhere that they are because of Sun Exposure. Is that true? What can I do to get her skin back to Normal? Also, whats is a Good Moisturizer that I can use in summers. I use Cetaphil now but it is very sticky and not so good in Summers. I need Help!! Kind Souls please suggest. MOM

hi, I have a 2 year old and she justs seems to tan looking out the window, some people are going to and there is not much you can do about it. Ok I found these answers on a forum and they seemed to be the ones which might fit your lil one
-I have been to a couple Dr's regarding small round white spots on my arms and legs. I started getting them about 6 years ago and they keep getting worse over the years. I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Guttate Hypomelanosis. It is a loss of pigment in the skin. There is not a cure for this. It is mainly seen in women who have tanned alot during their lives. Most of the info I read said that it is generally seen in middle aged women. My doctor even thinks that it might be hereditary. You can check with a doctor to see if a cream might work or else light burning of the area with liquid nitrogen. Thought I would share what I found out. :)

Renee
9/20/2000
C15 . Gone to the doctor & here is my diagnosis:
TINEA VERSICOLOR. It is in fact a skin disorder not caused from any kind of tanning bed or sun DIRECTLY.
Apparently, its a non-contagious yeast/fungus that grows on the skin when it gets moist. This can happen from coming right out of the water, & then laying out in the sun. It can also come from sweating in a tanning bed. So either way, you mix water/sweat with heat from either a bed or sun & you get a moist place for the yeast/fungus to grow. Its just your own chemical make-up of your skin.
Every summer, the spots will always show up if I get any kind of tan. There is no cure, so if I want to be tan, I have to live with them. In the winter however, when my skin goes back to its natural color, the spots will not show up at all. In the meantime, my doc said to use SELSUN BLUE shampoo for 7 nights for ten minutes, & wash off. If that dosen't work, she'll prescribe another cream that is stronger to use basically the rest of my life!
To the people like me out there- we are just S.O.L!!!!!
Hope I helped, Renee