Sunburn Relief...

Below is (crappy-quality phone) picture of a sunburn that I got yesterday whilst bike riding. I wore SPF 45 and re-applied. It didn't work.

I am trying to practically bathe in aloe vera, and using after-sun, but I'm hurting, and more than that, really concerned about my skin health. I don't get a sunburn hardly ever, not that that really matters at this point, but just when I had a good non-burn streak, this crap happens.

I asked in a few other places and someone suggested drinking green tea. Do any of you have any other helpful hints?

Is there any way I can save my skin from peeling? :*(

 

Your skin is going to peel because you've killed it. Let it go.

Aloe is the very best thing you can do. Stay away from anything oil based as this will hold the heat in.

Time is your only real fix.


x

 

Thanks, I figured as much, but I had to keep hope.

 

I have heard that vinegar has a cooling effect on sunburned skin. Look into it.

 

Kind of like rubbing yourself with garlic to keep off vampires though, jeesh.

Stick to aloe.


x

 

Oh you've tried it?

 

id take a bath in oatmeal... the regular kind...lol... pour the hole can in the tub.. and soak... a bitch to clean up but worth it..

my gf used vineger a couple of times.... i said "you smell like a salad"..

 

Cold Aloe works good I put Aloe in the back of the fridge in spring and summer and when I get a burn put it on and it feels good too.
I put coconut oil on mine after 2 days when it cools it help some of the skin not dry and peal away but you have to make sure your skin has cooled before you ad oil or it is bad for it.

It is hard to tell by the light of the pic but your burn doesn’t look that bad some of it might turn brown.

It must be turning to spring where you are.

 

I burn ALL the time. And yeah, it looks like it's going to peel.

Aloe helps. Cool baths, showers or washcloths help. Skin lotion helps too... especially the ones with cocoa butter and/or oatmeal for some reason. My great-grandmother swore by putting yogurt on her face when it burned... never had the nerve to try it, but I suppose it's worth a try if you get desperate?

Your skin dehydrates when it gets burned. The best thing you can do for it now, is to try to rehydrate it. The top layer is likely not going to come back, but you can still help the skin underneath! Drink plenty of water to hydrate it from the inside, and get SOMETHING on it from the outside as well! I've never heard of green tea for a sunburn... but it certainly couldn't hurt!
love,
mom

 

The man's already in pain. He doesn't need to stink too.


x

 

Lol, no, she doesn't.

 

Doh!


x

 

No worries, X! If this is the worst thing that happens to me today, I'm grateful.

 

Thats what people get when they don't declare their gender.

Makes you into a cyber eunich.

x

 

^ never really thought of the rehydrating from the inside... But that makes sence ... thanks... drinking to much water can cause hyponatremia though be careful...

 

Haha. :tongue: Wait...maybe smelling like vinegar would be a good thing--it would keep people at a distance (have you ever had anyone touch your arm when it was burnt?--Ouch!)

 

Somebody could call you a douchebag and you'd be powerless to defend yourself.


x

 

Vinegar does stink and vinegar also works on relieving sunburn,,,,,
as does aloe (without the smell).