A mother-of-two says her sons’ sunburn wrecked their holiday to Gran Canaria and left them in so much pain she needs to warn others of the dangers of not using a recognised sun cream brand. Carlien Pretorius from Rogerstone in Newport had been in Gran Canaria for hours with her boys Joshua, 11, and Luke, nine, last week when she noticed both of them had started to burn.
Despite applying SPF (sun protection factor) 50 and wearing T-shirts, Carlien said Joshua’s burns became so bad that she decided to take photos and post them on social media. Carlien said she used sun cream they’d bought from a shop labelled "parafarmacia" on the island.
After the burns became so bad she says she took her sons back to the same shop where they gave her an ointment to put on the skin, spending a total of €110. “It made it way worse which then led to us going to the public doctor’s surgery where they gave us wonderful free advice,” she said.
