Disinfect children’s hands on the beach with hydroalcoholic gel: good or bad?

Released July 2021

Since Covid appeared on the territory, we have been using and abusing hydroalcoholic gel to transform all the germs that are on our hands. But be careful: if, in certain situations, this product can really help you not to take everything and nothing (except Jean-Roger from the Macumba of the campsite, but unfortunately there is no gel against errors of judgment), it can also damage the skin , especially that of the little ones!

Using hydroalcoholic gel on the beach: bad idea

We had already explained to you that using the hydroalcoholic gel in the sun was not the best idea of ​​the year. And if you didn’t already know, for children, those little beings with sensitive and fragile skin who have more sensitive skin than adults, it can be even more painful.

These little things that have the annoying habit of putting our fingers in our mouth about 57 times a minute, we may tend to want to clean our hands more often, with the means at hand.

Even if the use of the hydroalcoholic gel is not recommended before three or four years, as the doctor Jimmy Mohamed explains on Europa 1, the rule can be exceptionally waived and in some more risky situations, such as when leaving public transport, for example. example .

But be careful, its use can also cause bad injuries to children’s hands when it’s sunny …

In fact, this famous gel, sold absolutely everywhere today, is composed globally of four ingredients: hydrogen peroxide, glycerin, water and alcohol. And alcohol on the skin + sun = ouch.

It is a rapid disclosure, but concretely, the alcohol contained in hydroalcoholic gels is photosensitizing and can therefore burn the skin, but also cause spots that darken the color of the epidermis, and this, for a long time. .

The solution, when you are on the beach and you want to wash the hands of the smallest who had the excellent idea of ​​picking up a used handkerchief lying under a pebble? We take, in addition to towels, bathing suits, sunscreen and hats, some soap, a bottle of water and bam, we wash our hands as best we can (while we rant at the idiots who throw their dirty handkerchiefs on the beach )!

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