E3 Top 5 Things for Safe Fun in the Sun

It's Here!!! Spring has arrived. The weather is warm. We're ready to have some fun in the sun.

Dr Jen shares her Top 5 Recommendations for having Fun in the Sun.

1. Use the right sunscreen
2. Wear protective clothing
3. Wear a great hat
4. Wear the correct sunglasses
5. Avoid peak times
6. Bonus surprise tip

Dr Jen Recommends the following : (Click to access the link)

• Blue Lizard Sunscreen
• Beauty Counter Sunscreen
• Premier Wellness Skincare Products
• Premier Pediatrics and Wellness
• UVSkinz
• Columbia Sportswear
• Brent's Favorite Hats 
• Icon Max G Video

Transcript

Speaker 1 0:04

Welcome to the Dr. Jen recommend show. If you want to make healthy decisions for your family, but don't have time to do the necessary research. Well, you're in the right place. Dr. Jennifer Laos is a pediatrician, mom, aesthetic provider, medical acupuncturist, and the best wife ever. And she does the research. So you don't have to. So sit back and relax while Dr. Jen shares her knowledge with you. Hello

Speaker 2 0:35

And welcome to Dr. Jen recommends. I'm Dr. Jen and I'm here with Brent tonight, and we are going to talk a little bit about the five top recommendations I have with fun in the sun.

Speaker 3 0:49

Fun in the sun. I like it. It's here. It's spring. I can't wait.

Speaker 2 0:53

Lots of my patients have gone down South for spring break. And so I thought this was a great time to share , uh , sort of my top tips for staying healthy and well in the sunshine. So you don't want to bake and

Speaker 3 1:07

Look like a lobster. That's what you tell them . No,

Speaker 2 1:09

We don't want to bake and look like a lobster. Statistics are showing that a lot of adults as we approach, you know, our older years and maybe are coming down with some skin cancers, things like that, that dermatologist are checking out. It's actually sunburns that we got when we were children and kind of preteen teenage years that are leading to skin cancers later on in life. So it is super important to protect her.

Speaker 3 1:33

Wow. So you have to prevent early then very early. So let's get right to it. What's your number one tip for having fun in the sun.

Speaker 2 1:43

One is a pretty obvious one, but we need to use a sunscreen. Uh , so a physical barrier tends to be the best and the most tolerated by children. And what I mean by a physical barrier is that is a sunscreen that you can usually see on top of the skin. It kind of sits on the top. Uh , it's usually made with zinc oxide or a few other chemicals, but zinc oxide, you can probably remember that from back in your childhood. It used to be the

Speaker 3 2:09

Yeah. Black back in the black and white days in my childhood. Right? So you're not talking about zinc oxide. This is like the white thick paste that everybody put on their noses back in my day, this is a more proved product, right?

Speaker 2 2:24

Yes and no. So you actually can still use the old school zinc oxide. That kind of looks like Warpaint on you. I know they used to make lots of fun colors when I was a kid and we would kind of paint ourselves up and it be kind of fun. They still make products like that. It is a fun one because you can definitely tell when your child is , it's been maybe a little bit too long, but since they've reapplied, cause they get a little splotchy, but no, they've come out with a lot of amazing products that using zinc oxide, but they're not the war, the white war paint, you know, look going on there. So they've gotten pretty fancy. So I'm going to go to the

Speaker 3 2:56

Block store or the grocery store. I get online at Amazon and there's just like a million different sunscreens. Which ones do you like? So

Speaker 2 3:05

There are , there are several that I like you really do want to find something with a higher percentage, zinc oxide. You do want to find something that is for sensitive skin cause babies and kids have the most sensitive skin. And that's probably the biggest complaint you have from your kind of your , your elementary school, age kiddos, and especially your toddlers. They're crying at burns, you know, that kind of stuff. So if you just go in your, in your box store or your pharmacy blue lizard is a wonderful, sensitive skin product, it's an Australian sunscreen and it is, it's a great one. I've used that one for myself. I've put that one on, on our daughter last year. Um, so it's , it's a great one. I have a lot of patients that use beauty counter products and they love the infant sunscreen. They said it's thicker. It doesn't wash off so easily, but it's not the white Warpaint look, but it's just a really great sensitive skin , zinc oxide product. So it's wonderful. Um , and actually I've been lucky to carry my own line at the office and it's a wonderful physical barrier with zinc oxide in it.

Speaker 3 4:03

How would one go about buying your product? Where would they find you?

Speaker 2 4:07

Well, you can actually find us on Shopify or on our Facebook page or website now. So,

Speaker 3 4:13

So that website is premiere hyphen wellness.com. And we'll put a link to that in the show notes, to be sure you can see that. Or you can just search premier , pediatrics and wellness and Henderson, Kentucky on Facebook. And , uh , I guess an alternative is you can , uh , send an email to info at Dr. Jen recommends.com and we'll be sure that you get to the right place, blue

Speaker 4 4:36

Lizard,

Speaker 2 4:38

But I find catchy name and you can usually find that at most pharmacies and such. And so sunscreens, we do want to use mainly in the six month old and above population. And so if you have a baby that is less than six months old, you probably really want to do some of the other things that we're going to talk about next. However, if those things are not available and say you are going to have some prolonged sun exposure, and there's no way to get that young infant out once again, a very sensitive skin sunscreen, and you want to put it on small sections of a meaning don't coat their whole body in it, but you choose those most important sections like their face. So

Speaker 3 5:14

How often do you have to reapply?

Speaker 2 5:17

It does depend on the sunscreen itself. It typically will say whether it's a water resistant or not product, if it is not, you have to apply it even more frequently. But generally it's about every 80 minutes,

Speaker 3 5:29

Every 80 minutes. Okay, great. But that's not all we have to do, right. So what is your number two? Tip?

Speaker 2 5:34

My number two tip is to take a little bit of that guesswork out of, did I miss any spots? Have I reapplied enough? I love using sunscreen clothing. And so they make bathing suits with a little SPF in them. They make shirts, they make shorts, they make swimming trunks for boys. Like basically there's a lot of products out there that have a pretty high degree SPF in and they are just, they are a true physical barrier because that is a clothing material on top of your skin. That's going to protect you from the sun and it really takes the guesswork out. You still put sunscreen on underneath, but at least it's adding that layer of protection.

Speaker 3 6:11

So is there a particular SPF that we should be targeting and clothing?

Speaker 2 6:16

That's a great question. And actually, whether it's sunscreen or clothing, you know, you , you definitely want those higher about 50 SPF and the clothing is wonderful, but when you're talking about sunscreens, you want at least 15 up to 50 really research needs to more research needs to be done to see if those higher SPFs really do any more good than the 50.

Speaker 3 6:36

Okay. So , uh , up to 50, do you have particular brands of clothing that you like

Speaker 2 6:43

Did use a brand last year on our daughter called you UV skins? And it was wonderful. So she was an infant at that age or at that time. And we did spend quite a bit of time at the Lake, which was fabulous. And she was a water baby. These products were awesome. So they came in in a nice onesy four . So the hands and the feet were the only exposed skin. And then it came with a matching hat and I think that they were 50 SPS .

Speaker 3 7:08

Yeah. And that scans with a Z on the end of it. Right. So UV S K I N z.com. And we'll put a link to that as well. So our little hands and feet and head, obviously, although

Speaker 2 7:21

Anything exposed and then she had the hat on. Yeah. So I'll , I loved that product because her hands and feet her out, I actually think she may still fit in it this year. So we'll have to try it on. She'll be a little tall, she's a little taller. So her little legs will stick.

Speaker 3 7:33

Well, she doesn't have a chance because she's our child and she's going to be, she's got a mom. Yeah . I really like the Columbia lawn for older kids and adults. I wear it myself. I even liked the long sleeves and use them as swim shirts. I think it's great. I mean, I burn fairly easily at first and then I tan up, but since I've learned that skin cancer is directly related to sunburns , I had some pretty bad burns as a kid. So I'm trying to protect myself. That's a reasonable thing to do, right?

Speaker 2 8:06

It is. And I love to the shirts, especially because especially if you are in a water sport or you're at the beach and maybe they're boogie Borden or surfing or kayaking, the swim shirts do add that protection of just helping protect the skin and the armpit area in kids, especially from chafing, from their life jackets, from just the , the friction from, you know, paddling a kayak and things like that. So it kind of, it kind of helps on multi layers, so

Speaker 3 8:33

Right. And I thought I would get hot in them and I just know , cause I'm in the water all the time

Speaker 2 8:37

Bull material too, so pretty nice. So it adds that extra layer of protection.

Speaker 3 8:42

Okay. So what's our third tip. Third

Speaker 2 8:44

Tip is definitely wear a hat and that is from a newborn all the way to 110. Now it doesn't matter your age. I do definitely recommend a hat number. It's going to keep you overall cooler in these hot summer months that are coming up , um , here very shortly, but it also acts as a nice shade for the rest of your body. And kind of depending on how big your hat is, if the bigger, the bigger the brim, the better. So

Speaker 3 9:10

Yeah, so I need a size equator hat, but , uh , we do, I do wear one. Uh, and you know, I love to shop for hats. You know that about me, our , our audience may not, but I love looking for hats. And again, I'll refer you to Columbia . They make a great hat. Um, and there are several others and we'll put some links in the show notes to some of my favorites, but , uh , I love a big brim hat out in the Lake or on the boat. And they make some great ones. Now that fit more like a ball capsule. They don't fly off of it .

Speaker 2 9:43

Yeah. We have one for our little girl and it actually looks like a ball cap, but it's got , um , a piece of material that hangs down in the back to protect the back of her neck. So wear a hat,

Speaker 3 9:52

Wear a hat. So what's our , uh , tip number four.

Speaker 2 9:56

So tip number four is just like our skin needs protection. Our eyes need protection as well. So sunglasses are a huge part of our sun protection that are, that are needed. And I know, you know, adults are pretty used to wearing sunglasses just because when we go out, we get a glare and we're squinting and our eyes are watering. And so it's easy for us to remember to wear sunglasses, but we do need to have sunglasses readily available for our babies and toddlers as well. And sometimes I feel like sometimes they're used more as a fashion accessory, and not as part of their outdoor skin and eye care. And we really do need to have them wear a pair. The sun not only comes down on us, but it also reflects off water and other surfaces. Right .

Speaker 3 10:40

Even if you have a great hat, that's not enough because it's going to come from all directions. Right? Correct.

Speaker 2 10:45

So a great pair of sunglasses. So I

Speaker 3 10:46

Guess I need to protect against UVA and be right.

Speaker 2 10:50

Yes. So they need to be broad spectrum protect against both. And you can find sunglasses out there for children infants. And of course, adults, you want to look for 99% protective. So

Speaker 3 11:01

99% protective and a hundred percent cool. I like it. So we're up to number five. What's that number five tip to have fun in the sun. I think you were concerned about when the sun is out, right?

Speaker 2 11:13

So as we have used all these other methods, a another really great tip is just to really avoid those peak times during the day when the sun's rays are at their strongest. So technically that's from about 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. So right there around lunchtime, especially, that's a great time to get out of the sun, go in, you know, get some lunch, grab some water, make sure we're hydrated. Maybe if younger kids need a nap, that's a great time to get their nap and then come out again a little later when the sun's rays are not.

Speaker 3 11:44

Yeah. And you can use that time to reapply sunscreen and all right . Five great tips. So let's throw in a number six bonus, let's say that you have had some damage from the sun in the past. There are now treatments out there that can help treat some sun damage. If you have Brown spots or if you have a lot of freckles and that sort of thing you've recently gotten into the world of a statics. Can you tell us a little bit about what you can do with your new laser and IPL devices?

Speaker 2 12:16

Yeah, that's awesome. So we are very proud new owners at the office of an icon, IPL and laser. And so basically the light wavelength that we would use to help us reverse some Sunday image would be a , it's called the max G , but it's a green light. So a green wavelength and our wavelength of light spectrums. And it basically will target either Brown pigment or red if we have rosacea or other things. And it brings that Brown to the surface and gets rid of it. So it's not hurting the cells that actually make color. So of course, if you go back out and get sunburned , you can make new Brown spots. But if you have benign Brown spots that are just sunspots, yes, we can remove those at the office. Now we definitely do a good skin check and make sure that we don't see any precancerous or cancerous lesions. Cause you don't want to laser , um , any cancerous spots, but if they are truly just sunspots, Oh man, we've had some amazing results and been able to basically in a, in very few treatments around three treatments, they kind of flick off and you're left with kind of your beautiful skin before the sun damage . So

Speaker 3 13:24

Yeah , that's fantastic. So very little downtime and you're back out there looking fabulous. So thank you, Dr. Jen , uh , we would remind you that you can find us at Dr. Jen recommends. You can send us emails to info at Dr. Jan recommends.com and we appreciate you being here. Please hit that subscribe button, send us your recommendations for topics that you would like covered. And we'll see you next time on Dr. Jen recommends

Speaker 5 14:05

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