But diaper rash creams are actually not 1…not 2…not 3 but actually 4 different types of drug products: External Analgesic, Topical Antifungal, Topical Antimicrobial, and Skin Protectant. Sunscreens are 1 type of drug…they are sunscreens. In case you didn’t know, both sunscreens and diaper creams are Over the Counter drugs and are controlled by the FDA. So mark your calendars that today was the day that the whole urine-diaper rash myth was busted.Īnd that brings us back to diaper rash creams. This contact can lead to yeast and bacterial infection. The pH of feces is acidic due to bile and studies have shown that diaper rash is more prominent where the feces contact the skin. But it turns out urine is NOT the primary cause…it’s feces. We used to think that urine was the primary cause of diaper rash which makes sense since a baby (especially under 2 months) can urinate up to 20 times per day. But the hypothesis was that urine releases ammonia which raises the pH of skin which opens it up to damage. So a little quick background discussion is in order. We’ve talked quite a bit about sunscreens on the showgram but believe this is the first time that diaper rash products have come up. Although this is sometimes true, depending on the brand, my concern is that (a) the formulation of a diaper rash paste might not make it an effective sunscreen and (b) without a listed SPF, there’s no way to really know. His rationale was that diaper rash paste has a higher percentage of zinc oxide than zinc oxide sunscreens. I tried to steer him in the direction of actual sunscreens with listed SPFs, but he was not to be dissuaded and ended up leaving with a tube of generic diaper rash cream (with no listed SPF) in hand. Mari asks…Today a customer came into the retail pharmacy where I work and demanded that we sell him zinc oxide diaper rash paste so he could use it as sunscreen. Can you use diaper rash cream as sunscreen?
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