Screaming for Sunscreen

May 7

Summertime is quickly approaching and we are SO ready for some sunshine! Lately we have been dreaming about bathing suits, fruity drinks, and clean sunscreen! Protecting our skin from the sun is incredibly important all the time, but it is especially important during pregnancy. Recently, there has been so much more awareness about the importance of protecting our skin, which we love to see.

Like any other skincare product, we want to be really aware of the ingredients that go into making our sunscreens. Some women worry that sunscreen is unsafe during pregnancy and opt not to use it, but in fact, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists still recommends that pregnant and breastfeeding women should use sunscreen throughout their pregnancy. The use of sunscreen during pregnancy may help reduce the occurrence of melasma (dark spots on the skin) and other forms of skin damage.

That being said, we want to make sure that the sunscreen we choose to use is helping to protect our skin without transferring any types of harmful chemicals to your little Babba. Thankfully, the 2 most harmful ingredients in sunscreens, PABA and tolamine salicylate, have been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), so you don’t have to worry about those.

Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are natural minerals that have been deemed as generally safe to use by the FDA. Mineral sunscreens seem to be the safest for pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and children as compared to other sunscreens.

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