Sunburn help!

[Foogoo]

"But I never burn!"

Yeah obviously I don't learn. I finally managed to get 8 hours of sleep last night but it still sucked since I couldn't sleep on most of my body. I already got the aloe out. Is there anything else that would help?

We have our PT test this weekend and I'm not looking forward to situps...

I'm thinking about slapping my front body really hard so my back wouldn't hurt as much in comparison.

[dc]

Oops, dummy! I've heard that aloe helps healing.

[Sk8r]

Use real aloe, from the split leaves. That's the best. And ice packs.

[BTTRFLYGRL]

I would think you'd be okay by the weekend ..
I too have a bit of a burn My daughter works at a tanning spa so I finally ventured over there since we've had no sun for a week. She warned me their beds were stronger than most places. I waved her off I don't burn

OMG!! I am burnt, BURNT!! I had to work Sat. looking like a lobster, and I hardly slept Sat. night. Sunday, I was actually sick I had chills, nausea, and I was so tired!!
Now I am ITCHY!!


I guess I will listen to my daughter next time....though I won't like it


Sounds funny but I have always been told to put vinegar in your bath to help soothe your skin...don't worry, the smell doesn't stay with you

[Dastank]

This is going to sound crazy, but I'm fair and have suffered many times. The aloe is always good, but try sitting in a sauna for thirty minutes or so. Tough as first, but you start feeling better right away. I'm dead serious! If I get burnt I'll stay in the sauna and the sting pretty much disappears. I don't know how healthy it is for you, but it works for me. Good Luck!

[TheBimbo]

aweee, sunburn is the worst... I keep something called Ocean Potion in our fridge, just bought it last year, but had used it prior to that b/c of our neighbor's kindness... Anyways it helps, probably the same as the aloe as that's it's main ingredient... but it does make ya feel somewhat better...



Ummm, I bet that's a tuff one though, to have to listen to your daughter, especially if she says " I told ya so "...


Christy ...

[clavery]

Take some aspirin. It's an anti-inflamatory, and will help soothe the sunburn and take some of the sting out.

[budhaboy]

Red Wine Vinegar.
My Granny used to dab it on us kids when we got burned- takes the sting out of the burn, and helps convert it into a tan - practically overnight. Yes, you'll smell like an Easter Egg for a couple hours, but it does work.

[AdidaKev]

The best aloe is the stuff with Lidocaine. It really helps take away the discomfort.

[crzy4reefs]

i try to avoid the sun i use spf 50 and sometimes that's not enough...........there have been several occassions where i went to the hospital due to sun poising (spelling) had boils and blisters and 2nd degree burns....

but i've used aloe, tylenol, had a fan blowing on me, and an oatmeal bath helped alot too

[VoidRaven]

We use Tea Tree Gel for sunburns. Works amazingly well. I don't remember the brand, but it's a purple gel for sunburns.

[Travis L. Stevens]

Look into a product called Dermoplast. It's a spray on pain reliever for bites, scratches, and sunburns. It doesn't necessarily fix it, but it sure does make it feel better.



For what it's worth, be glad that it's pain. The past two sunburns I had didn't agree with the water that came out of the shower. It dried my skin up so bad that I could not stop itching. It was so bad one night that my wife stayed up for hours rubbing my back with all sorts of ointments until it was raw. I got to the point where I was shaking and wanted to cry mainly out of frustration. I eventually fell asleep because of the stress and not from relief.

[Q-ball]

Originally posted by budhaboy
Red Wine Vinegar.
My Granny used to dab it on us kids when we got burned- takes the sting out of the burn, and helps convert it into a tan - practically overnight. Yes, you'll smell like an Easter Egg for a couple hours, but it does work.

+1 many times. I've done this many times for sunburns, although I usually use white vinegar. Smells bad for a while, but works like a charm.

[Fat Man]

I've always considered sunburns an offering of burnt flesh to the gods of summer. Think of it as penitence.

[oz]

One of the best burn treatments is lavender essential oil. Since lavender e.o. is quite benign and doesn't sting, this would be quite good for a child. In my experience, the burning and redness begin to subside quite soon after application. In contrast, the aloe takes much longer and at least initially the relief seems to be due more to the cooling effect of its evaporation.

Another therapy that has been used for burns, as well as infected wounds, for thousands of years is human urine, or its derivative, urea. There are a number of articles on this and other medicinal uses of human urine and its derivatives in the contemporary establishment medical literature, such as The Lancet and JAMA, for those who find this reassuring. (As usual, a simple, inexpensive remedy doesn't receive the press or research money that patentable, synthetic drugs do.) I haven't tried this myself on burns yet, but apparently one applies urine or urea-soaked compresses to the affected area, keeping them wet with fresh applications of urine. Though urea is said to sting a bit, straight urine supposedly does not.

[OCDP]

There's a product (another one...) called Solercaine or Solarcaine , it's a spray for burns , etc... it's very soothing and has always worked well for me.

[Travis L. Stevens]

Originally posted by OCDP
There's a product (another one...) called Solercaine or Solarcaine , it's a spray for burns , etc... it's very soothing and has always worked well for me.

Or Dermoplast like I suggested

[pnosko]

Originally posted by Travis L. Stevens
For what it's worth, be glad that it's pain. The past two sunburns I had didn't agree with the water that came out of the shower. It dried my skin up so bad that I could not stop itching. It was so bad one night that my wife stayed up for hours rubbing my back with all sorts of ointments until it was raw. I got to the point where I was shaking and wanted to cry mainly out of frustration. I eventually fell asleep because of the stress and not from relief.

My last sunburn was in the early to mid 1990s, and I got the itch so bad I was in the shower for hours as the water stream was the only thing that seemed to relieve it. I can't remember any pain that ever came close to the misery of uncontrollable itching all over my back. And I learned my lesson well. I've avoided sun overexposure at all costs ever since.

[JmLee]

[i] I can't remember any pain that ever came close to the misery of uncontrollable itching all over my back. . [/B]

try salmonella poisening. I thought i was going to die.

[Wilafur]

this stuff works wonders:



banana boat soothe-a-caine

[O'Man]

Vanilla
Really

[marilynrn711]

Good advise from everyone. Not much you can do until it heals a bit. Anti-inflammatories, topical anesthetics and moisterizers, aloe etc are about all you can do. Tea bags and ice are also good to take down the swelling.

[reefD]

anybody hear about the sun block pill? it will be available in the US soon. no more making sure we apply to every inch of skin. as easy as taking vitamins in the morning!

[Foogoo]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I've read them through more than twice.

I went home early because I could not get any work done nor running, right now the stinging itching is absolutely miserable. All I could find was white vinegar which hasn't helped the sting. I most likely will make a trip to the drug store before tonight or I doubt I'll get any sleep.

[MandM]

That Banana Boat soothacaine is great! I got fried Sat and have been living on that stuff and naproxen (Aleve) Tonight i started to peel chunks of skin and I'm seriously considering calling in ugly tomorrow.