A no-nonsense Factor 50 Sun Lotion

Whether people are out in the sun every day or some days or all day or for short periods the sun can cause damage. The risks of sun exposure are more than just an unpleasant sun burn and the real long term risk of skin cancer is something , whichit is important to remember, affects those with darker, less sensitive skin as well as those with light skin. 

Factor 50 when used correctly increases the skins protection by 50 times and is generally the highest factor available. It is the best way to be certain that you are protected.

Providing Professional Sun Tan Lotion at Work

As an employer if you have employees working in the sun you need to ensure that they have sun tan lotion available that will protect them, and instructions to use it. Stokoderm Sun Protect is designed to make it as easy as possible for people to use and keep reapplying regularly even on busy days. 

For a start each 1 litre cartridge can be used with a dispenser that makes it quick to get product out, in c.1 millilitre does. It is designed to easily spread on the skin and soak in leaving no additional residue.

Each cartridge contains around 1,000 doses, meaning that there shouldn’t be an excuse that it has run out, and the cartridge design means that all of the product gets dispensed and doesn’t get left and wasted.

It is probably easier to forget about the sun and our skin when working outside than when we are lazing in the garden or on a beach. Putting the dispenser in very visible spots is recommended to ensure people don’t forget, this could include by doors so people can grab a squirt of sun cream as they head outside.

The importance of providing sun tan lotion in Care homes

Stokoderm is used in many residential care homes and other care facilities for the protection of staff but also residents. 

Many older residents have particularly sensitive skin and those residents, old or young, who may not be able to go outside so regularly, due to health issues, will also burn more easily.

It is great to be able to get residents outside on a sunny day and making sure they have sun protection lotion is one of the extra jobs that can be challenging for carers.

Many residents can’t physically apply sun tan lotion themselves and those with forms of dementia may simply forget, and be less aware if they are starting to burn.

Stokoderm is designed to be easy to apply, even when applying it to another person, and the dispensers make it easy to get the right amount of sun lotion ready. This means that everyone can be protected with sun lotion before, or as, they go outside.

Responsibility for Sun Protection in Childcare & Schools

In Early Years Childcare up to at least the end of primary school staff and teachers have significant responsibility to ensure children have sun protection before going outside on sunny days.

For younger children this may mean applying sun tan lotion to a lot of small faces, arms and legs on sunny days before heading outside. This again is much easier with sun lotions designed to be easy to apply, and with factor 50 the same sun lotion is suitable for all children and minimises any risk.

For slightly older children they may be able to apply sun tan lotion themselves, under supervision. With a handy dispenser full of Stokoderm Sun Protect, they can each take a handful and apply it, the formula making it less likely they will miss a spot as it is easy to spread. Stokoderm Sun Protect 50 is also water resistant so can be used during any water play activities or when kids are going swimming.

By secondary school children should, with an occasional reminder, be able to take responsibility for applying sun lotion, but the reality is that teenagers will forget to bring their own so even in secondary schools it is a great idea to provide dispensers in key positions so that a high quality, high factor sun cream is always available when kids need it.