What products do you use for prevention of sunburn? 

I have never had a horse with a baldface, and I am considering getting a horse and she has a baldface, and I live where the summers are very hot and we live in a valley...we have trees and shelter, but I am nervous about sunburns with a horse with white skin. 

Is there lotion that any of you use?  Also do flysheets and flymasks protect against the sun?

I use baby sunblock on Duke's nose.  I figure if its safe for human babies, why not!

Ooh that's a good idea, yes indeed. I did not even think of that, thanks!

It really seems to depend on the horse whether they sunburn or not.  My bald face tovero filly does not get sunburn, while my maximum sabino mare does - go figure.  I use the same thing DukesMom does, waterproof hi-spf baby sunscreen.  I've also used the zinc diaper rash ointment.  It works as sunblock as well and since it's thick seems to stay on a little longer.  It also heals up any sunburn if you miss a spot or don't get sunscreen on their nose fast enough

 I do believe that it is the colour of the skin, not the white hair, that is the determining factor for sunburn. 

I have 3 chestnut horses - all have a good amount of white on the face - only one gets sunburned - he has pink skin whereas my 2 females have black skin.

I use human sunscreen - either baby, children or sensitive skin products - with at least a 30 SPF rating AND waterproof.

Yeah, well I see the horse has actually white or pink skin,so that makes me nervous.  I have gray horses, so they have black skin and don't get sunburned. 

Do you know if flysheets and flymasks protect from sunburn, I know they can help with fading/bleaching of the coat but what about sunburns.

I use a flymask with a nose piece on my mare it works very well for her, when smaller i started with suncream but she hates it lol

Thank yall so much for all the replies!!

My QH gelding get's the WORSE sunburn on his nose in summer. I rub his nose down with SPF 30 or 40 in the mornings, and re-apply in the afternoons when he's sweated most of it off (even though it's waterproof..>>) I've also heard UV fly masks are excellent, I've just never gotten one!

The zinc baby rash cream also works great for healing sunburns! My trainer told me about that one. It also apparently helps horses stop rubbing their faces or something like that... I'll have to research that again.

Well, good luck!  

I haven't really had problems with sunburn.  I have a sorrel with a blaze face, pink skin, but all I have done with him is use a fly mask, and sometimes I use a fly spray with sunscreen in it.  I've heard of lots of people using sunscreen made for people, tho and it seems to work well.

Sunscreen on those pink noses! A boarding horse got a sunburn last week when we had a few days with alot of sun.

I've always used sunscreen ment for human babies

I have always used baby sunscreen (SPF 30+) with great success.  Then I got a new horse who was very allergic to sunscreen.  There was nothing I could use on his nose.  I then sewed a bandana to his fly mask to cover his nose.  The look was so original, I sewed bandanas to all my horses' fly masks!  Each one has a different colored bandana.  :-)

Any fly mask/sheet is going to filter the sun somewhat, and don't forget to reomove the fly masks at night. They arent' meant for night vision.  I also use a fly mask to keep excess dust out of my gelding's "bad" eye (he puntured the cornea years ago, the vet didn't want to remove the eye, so it's still in)

Yes, most any sunblock lotion (Bull Frog seems to work best-and a little goes a long way!) or zinc based diaper ointment, that's water/sweat proof as drinking water will rinse it off, and I'm sure some gets rubbed off in the course of the day from grazing, scratching, etc.

Someone mentioned the 'artificial eyeliner" but I'm not crazy about tattooing eyelids. For one, it's like getting a tatoo on your arm, it doesn't stop the sun damage, just makes it less visible to you thanks to the pigments in the tat.

My paint doesn't really burn , unless he's gotten into some milkweed (it has toxins that make horses photosensitive) then he really blisters, no matter what you do. I have to make sure he can't find any! Not a problem in good grazing pastures, but more so in over grazed or sparse pastures where weeds tend to flourish. Horses get bored and try to eat the weeds. There are some horses that get "dew poisoning" where they tend to react to the sun if turned out on wet grass in the mornings. Just depends on the horse. In these cases, I'd try to keep the horse in shade as much as possible during the most intense sun.

Oh, and should mention that certain grooming products can make your horse more sensitive. Shapely's MTG that is so popular for growing out manes/tails etc can cause sunburn in your horse. I've trimmed a few horses that reacted to it, and they burned on their shoulders/butts where the stuff melted down their bodies after being applied to the mane/tail. Usually just a problem with the paints, esp the overos.If you wash it off or keep your horse in the shade, it's not such a big deal.