Sunburn

[keratosis]

Aloe works well,trust me.

[Azure]

You're going to die from cancer tomorrow.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Azure

You're going to die from cancer tomorrow.

I'll be sure to leave you in my will

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Dion

I'll be sure to leave you in my will

Nice, very nice.

[Barnes]

Surprised no one has mentioned this.

Advil. Your skin continues to burn and advil stops it, eases the pain and can get rid of some of the redness.

[annasuave]

Gotta agree with Barnes on this -- go for the anti-inflammatories. ibuprofen, or just plain ole aspirin. As soon as you come out of the sun, start taking aspirin, and keep taking it every 4 hours (don't exceed maximum dosage!)

The anti-inflammatory properties will stall the "after-burn" effect, limiting the degree of redness and burn that shows on your skin. Drink lots of water. Apply lots of aloe vera.

Next time you skip out of work, be smart - stay in the basement playing XBox.

[BuzzardsWife]

Advice I got from a few different nurses: Treat a sunburn like any other type of burn, with cold water, as much as you can and as cold as you can stand it. Don't use lotions, but pure Aloe gel is a good idea. You can buy it in its pure form. The plants are expensive and you get very little out of a leaf until the plant is pretty mature. I used to always have one growing in my house for sunburn treatment. Now I am a sunscreen freak, and I never use lower than a 45. I put a 60 on my daughter.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by prarieboy

I picked up some Vitamin E Gel from Shoppers Drug Mart when they were out of Aloe Vera one time before a vacation and I swear by it now.

Yeah, I bought that when I had the worst sunburn of my life- I was all scabby from the burn it was so bad. I kept applying that stuff and it healed the skin quite nicely.

And after you use some of it, you can use the bottle as a "poor man's lava lamp."

[wpgflamesfan]

I rarely get sunburnt even if i don't wear sunscreen but when i was down in mexico the back of one of my legs got burnt. Some guy from South Carolina told be to try to take an ice cold bath and throw in a bunch of teabags. It worked wonders on bringing the redness and burning down

[PowerPlayoffs06]

Originally Posted by BuzzardsWife

Advice I got from a few different nurses: Treat a sunburn like any other type of burn, with cold water, as much as you can and as cold as you can stand it. Don't use lotions, but pure Aloe gel is a good idea. You can buy it in its pure form. The plants are expensive and you get very little out of a leaf until the plant is pretty mature. I used to always have one growing in my house for sunburn treatment. Now I am a sunscreen freak, and I never use lower than a 45. I put a 60 on my daughter.

Im a sunscreen freak now too. Never below 45.

Did something substantially change with the sun or Earth in the last 20-some years? Because I swear I remember that when I was a kid I'd be running around outside all day every day over summer holidays and never wore sunscreen unless we were going to the beach and only very rarely would I get a burn.

Now I go sit on a patio and have a beer for a couple hours, and I have to either load on the sunscreen or come home pink.

I also used to actually tan as a kid. Now it's just from pasty white to bring pink. There's no in-between. Except maybe my driving tan on my left arm which looks a nice golden bronze by the end of summer when it does no good and it's time to start wearing long sleeves again. Not that it'd do any good to have one nicely tanned limb when the rest don't match.

Is it some freaky ozone layer depletion or more radiation from the sun or something? Does skin just get easier to burn as you get older?

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06

Im a sunscreen freak now too. Never below 45.

Did something substantially change with the sun or Earth in the last 20-some years? Because I swear I remember that when I was a kid I'd be running around outside all day every day over summer holidays and never wore sunscreen unless we were going to the beach and only very rarely would I get a burn.

Now I go sit on a patio and have a beer for a couple hours, and I have to either load on the sunscreen or come home pink.

Is it some freaky ozone layer depletion or more radiation from the sun or something? Does skin just get easier to burn as you get older?

I think thats the key, at the begining of the summer if i am not careful I get burned, by the time July rolls around i can go without sunscreen cause i am so tanned. If you go outside after spending all your time inside of course you're gonna get burned.

[tete]

Originally Posted by Dan02

I think thats the key, at the begining of the summer if i am not careful I get burned, by the time July rolls around i can go without sunscreen cause i am so tanned. If you go outside after spending all your time inside of course you're gonna get burned.

A tan is still skin damage, none the less. I used to never wear sunscreen, but after losing a friend to skin cancer at the age of 30 last spring, I try not to go out without it now, sometimes I still forget, but her death was a huge sobering moment for me.