A mother is livid after spending Australia Day at the beach with her son and despite applying Banana Boat twice her boy received second-degree sunburn reports Kidspot.
Melliiee Hunter was as sun-safe and responsible with her child as she could possibly be.
Her nine-year-old son wore a hat, a rashie and sunglasses, and she was sure to lather he and his friend before they went swimming, and reapplied three hours later as per instructions on the pack.
However, she claims that the Banana Boat product she used failed to do its job and her son suffered terrible sunburn.
“Being responsible and trying to protect them, and myself, from the harsh, damaging affects from the sun, I thought I’d done pretty well until 3.30pm came around and all of us started complaining about being hot and sore,” she wrote in a Facebook post to Banana Boat
“Not hot because it was a hot day, in fact it was a pretty mild day, hot as in our skin was burning!”
Over the coming hours the sunburn got worse, and her child was in pain. His face erupted in blisters and Melee took him to as pharmacist to ensure no lasting damage would be done to her son’s face.
The Facebook post has been shared over 15,000 times and many others agreed that the Banana Boats products had not done their job, whilst others hailed the product as working fine for them.
Last year, six sunscreens were tested by consumer group, Choice, and 4 were not up to scratch…two of those were banana Boat products, the Baby Finger Spray and Sport Tube.
Rachel Pullicino, Edgewell’s marketing director, told Fairfax she wasn’t aware of any issues with the product, which met tough standards.
“During summer we sometimes receive complaints from consumers who have experienced sunburn,” she told the SMH.
“We want to reassure our consumers that we are confident that all Banana Boat sunscreen products labelled with an SPF offer the stated level of SPF if stored and applied as directed on the label.”
