sunburn

[FadedOne]

question! Does anyone know good home remedies for reducing the redness? The skin is merely sensitive..it's not a bad burn or anything, but wow...the top half of my face is bright red as are my arms. I'm not used to being in full sun in early spring...VA weather is odd. o.o Anyways..i'm enjoying the fact that this will turn tan soon, but meantime...is there any way to reduce the redness?

advice welcome.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

I don't know about reducing the redness of sunburn, but too sooth the savage beast... I mean burn, try applying some alovera cream to it. Try it.

[K. Ayato]

Aloe vera gel all the way. Works wonders.

[Lynx]

i always put aloe vere gel on mine, tho i think just plain aloe works too

[Slater]

Aloe Vera to teh rescue! But avoid that AV drink... it's nasty.

[Heart of Sword]

ALOE VERA GEL, period. Get some at a local pharmacy.

My dog helped my sunburn once (on my back) by licking it because I couldn't reach to put aloe vera gel on it (and I didn't want to bother my parents). But all of a sudden, the beast decided to lift her paw and rake her claws all the way down my back...so...don't have your dog treat your sunburn. X__x

the top half of my face is bright red as are my arms. I'm not used to being in full sun in early spring...VA weather is odd. o.o Anyways..i'm enjoying the fact that this will turn tan soon, but meantime...is there any way to reduce the redness?

But won't you have a half-tan then?

[gungrave]

Aloe Vera....Definently.... we have one of those plants at home and thats what we use for sunburns or just burns

[livewire]

I second....um third...um...
well....lets just say I agree with the aloe sentiments stated above!

[GrubbTheFragger]

me too i always use Aloe vera (and i have gotten sunburned 3 times in the same place at like the same time. wait is that possible) but anyways yea Aloe always helps me

[Puritan]

Pure heavy whipping cream, sour cream, or butter help deal with burns quite nicely. Seriously. Aloe Vera also works just as well and isn't quite as oily, but I figured SOMEONE had to say something else.

[soul alive]

Actually, butter is quite bad to put on burns. It causes the burns to get infected. I burned my left hand and arm with scalding hot coffee last summer and the ER was very adament about never using butter. Ice is apparently not very good to put on burns either.

Noxema cream works fairly well to relieve sunburns if you have it.

Also, just covering it for short periods with a cool cloth is good. Sometimes sunburns can get hot enough that the skin continues to burn beneath the surface and a cool cloth will help draw the heat out (or something along those lines, I've only heard this second or third hand ^^; ).

I've also heard that ice cream is nice on sunburns.

If you put anything cold on your sunburn it isn't good to leave it for long periods of time, you don't want to freeze your skin as well as burn it.

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About reducing the redness... hmm, I think about the only thing that won't hurt your burns / impede healing that I can think of is to just wait. lol.

[Roy Mustang]

question! Does anyone know good home remedies for reducing the redness?

Uh, hmmm, stay out of the sun?


Sorry, I just had to say that.


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[FadedOne]

But won't you have a half-tan then?

*grin* yup...but what's better....half red or half 'brown'? And yea, with me usually the tan looks more attractive than my normal paleness so it's all good.
It just must hurry up and turn tan! seems like today my skin just keeps getting more obviously red. so embarrasing. XD

But yea, see i've just not been purposefully out in the sun in awhile what with winter and all. And back in Ohio, we tend to have clouds even on our sunny days, so yea....less UV maybe? i dunno...i just know that I dont usually burn so this is quite odd. however, s'all good. i'm dealing with it. minus the fact that i turn redder when people see my face. XD oh well.

oh and yea...aloe vera gel, eh? pretty sure im lacking anythingl ike that. however, maybe i can pick some up on my bi-monthly trip to walmart. thanks for the info!

[Kawaiikneko]

aloe vera huh... I was snowboarding last week and around my mouth and the tip of my nose is very sunburned now (I was wearing a helmet and goggles so the rest of me is still pale. It looks quite funny). I used aloe vera to cool it when it was hurting, but it hasn't really helped it go away. My mom gave me this Mary Kay moisturizing stuff though and it's working wonders on everything but my nose... my nose has decided to stay red for awhile, so I've adopted the name Rudolph for the time being.

[Uriah]

white paint reduces redness.

[FaerieChica]

I completely agree with the aforestated comments. Aloe works great, but any Mary Kay moisturizers are good. Grubb, how could you get burned in the same place, three times at once? I feel your pain, btw. I've been going tanning lately and I keep burning in the same spot. Too bad I can't reach it to put lotion on.

[termyt]

You can also get a spray called a "skin re-hydrator." I’ve used them in the past and they work quite well, although you have to re-apply them often.

[mechana2015]

aloe vera huh... I was snowboarding last week and around my mouth and the tip of my nose is very sunburned now (I was wearing a helmet and goggles so the rest of me is still pale. It looks quite funny). I used aloe vera to cool it when it was hurting, but it hasn't really helped it go away. My mom gave me this Mary Kay moisturizing stuff though and it's working wonders on everything but my nose... my nose has decided to stay red for awhile, so I've adopted the name Rudolph for the time being.

ah so you'll have the ski racers tan... also known as the clown mask XD

[LittleShepherd]

Also, for pain, you want to make sure whatever you use has lydocaine. Stuff with lydocaine >>>>>>> stuff without lydocaine. It won't make you heal any faster, but it will help with the pain(being related to drugs like novacaine) and make the healing process more tolerable.

Once your current sunburn goes away, though, I suggest staying out of the sun and using a tanning booth. Just at first, that is. It'll cost a few bucks, but it's worth it. The following worked pretty well for me last year:

-Start off at 2 minutes. That doesn't sound like a lot, but each minute in a bed is like 6 to 10 minutes outside, plus you're getting all sides at once. This will probably make you a little pink(but not red) at first.
-Make sure to apply aloe vera stuff immediately(or at least as soon as possible) after getting out of the tanning bed. Especially when you're new to it and your skin is still adjusting to the intense UV.
-When your skin stops getting pink, it's time to move up by a minute. If you're like me, it may take you a few days to go from 2 to 3 minutes safely. But once you have a base tan, you should be able to move up at least 1 minute every day. I personally wouldn't recommend going any faster than that.
-It should take you less than a month to reach the point where you can safely withstand 20 minutes in the booth. Which should be plenty of tan to get you started on your summer fun.

[Neko Niisan]

If you want to reduce the painful sensation then I to recommend aloe/aloe vera of some kind to apply to the wounded area.

To reduce the itchy sensation in the nose (believe me, they'll drive you nuts when it starts to heal), use a moisturising cream.

To relieve the heat, get a smooth cloth like a sarong or a bed sheet (not a towel, they're too rough), soak it, wring it out so it's damp and place it over the burn't area, when it dries out make it wet a damp (using one of those squity bottles filled with water works well) and repeat. This really helps draw the heat out of the burn.

[Radical Dreamer]

My dog helped my sunburn once (on my back) by licking it because I couldn't reach to put aloe vera gel on it (and I didn't want to bother my parents). But all of a sudden, the beast decided to lift her paw and rake her claws all the way down my back...so...don't have your dog treat your sunburn. X__x

>_o That hurts just thinking about it...!!! XD


Anyways, YES, Aloe is the way to go. But also, if you get a really bad sunburn that does hurt a lot, you can take Advil to reduce the fever. Other than that, though, I don't know. Sunburns are the worst, though, I get them all the time!

[Yumie]

When sunburns make you red, break out the FOUNDATION! [/cheesy infomercial voice]

Seriously though, while aloe vera will help the burn, it doesn't really seem to reduce redness. Any time I get a bad burn, I just put on foundation, lol (I don't usually wear it.) You can blend it pretty well so that the burn isn't as noticible, until it goes away.

BTW, the reason that butter and other oily things aren't good to put on burns is because, while it makes you feel better, it actually traps the heat below the skin, causing more damage. So, it's not the best idea.