Ultrasun sun cream (expensive, natural, baby, buying)

[susan42]

We are moving over to the US from the UK.
My son and I both suffer from prickly heat and use a suncream called ultrasun.It's the only one that guarantees that we won't get PH.I think it is swiss.I only know one store near us that stocks it, but I have seen it at airports.
Has anyone seen it in the US?
I guess if not available in stores I might be able to find an online source.
Just curious.

[JillBoBill]

I didn't know what Prickly Heat was, so I looked it up: Miliaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It's often referred to as Heat Rash here. I've had it before, but I just figured I was allergic to the sun - lol!

Wiki says it's caused by blocked sweat glands, so my first and most obvious suggestion would be exfoliation, but that's probably something you've already tried. And I don't think it's ever helped me, now that I recount.

You might also consider where you're moving to - maybe it won't be so bad for you, depending on where you end up.

Burt's Bees makes a sort of baby powder that came up when I searched for 'prickly heat' on their site: Baby Bee Dusting Powder - Burt's Bees -- I like they're stuff.

Otherwise and to answer your question directly -- I have never seen this brand in the US and I've lived in a few different places. From the website, it looks like they don't even service the US (outside of, like you said, maybe airports). You can order it directly, but it might be expensive so you may want to look into buying a few tubes at a time or to last a year. Stockists

[photobuff42]

Some of the products in the UK aren't available here. When I was last there I bought a lot of sunscreen--it's better then what we have here.

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

I have successfully used a diaper rash product called Boudreaux's Butt Paste. It was developed by a pediatrician near New Orleans and works well in humid heat where you sweat a lot. The OP is moving near Charlotte, NC, right? So I think this would work well. Charlotte can get very humid. I can buy the stuff in Utah at Wal-Mart and my local grocery. I think it's sold everywhere now.

[JillBoBill]

Hey, Susan -- can I ask? Is it true you're moving to NC? Why, of all places? What made you pick that state?