Mum's warning after kids suffer severe sunburn through t-shirts and SPF 50 suncream on Gran Canaria holiday

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A mum has issued a warning to parents after her two children suffered severe sunburn on holiday - despite wearing factor 50 suncream and t-shirts.

Carlien Pretorius says the 'agonising' ordeal ruined the family's two-week trip to Gran Canaria. The mum-of-two, from Newport, Wales, applied a suncream she had bought from a shop on the island labelled "parafarmacia", but she soon noticed Joshua, 11, and Luke, nine, had started to burn, WalesOnline reports. “The boys burnt from just being in the swimming pool despite having full 50+ sunscreen on and T-shirts," Carlien said. "The sun cream I bought was from the pharmacy.

Shocking really. I believe there must be something wrong with it, maybe it’s out of date, or it could be the wrong sun cream for their ages.

Both of them were in a lot of pain and I had to give them Calpol regularly which I thankfully had brought with me from the UK.