Anything to help a peeling sunburn?
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HOME REMEDIES FOR SUNBURN
* Always cool down the burn first. Ice is good for most burns, but severe burns can only be relieved by cold water.
* Boil water and steep many tea bags to a very strong tea in a large pot. Add ice until the tea is just slightly warm. Put a bath towel into the pot and keep turning the towel until it has soaked up all of the tea. Have the sunburned person lie on the floor or bed on top of an old towel to catch drips. Place the wet towel over the sunburned area of the body. Leave the towel on for a half hour for a moderate burn and an hour for a strong burn.
* Apply vitamin E cream to affected area and take vitamin E supplements. This will not cure the sunburn but it will help reduce itching and will speed recovery.
* Prepare a yogurt-based paste with barley and turmeric and apply to affected areas.
* Apply cold aloe Vera gel, apple cider vinegar, or plantain to help heal sunburn.
* Apply some sandalwood paste to affected areas.
* Apply regular yellow mustard to the burn. Once it dries, wash it off and this will prevent it from blistering.
* Do not go outdoors between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, when the UV rays are more intense. If you have to be outside during this hour, try to wear a hat, sunglasses that protect your eyes from UV rays, and clothing made of light colored, light weight, tightly woven material.
* Drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration.
* Eat lots of lean, and high quality protein foods. Also include raw fruits to supply the vitamins and minerals needed.
* Fill a bathtub with cold water and dissolve one pound of baking soda or oatmeal in it. Soak in the bath for 30 minutes approximately, until you feel relieve.
* Avoid any creams, butter, petroleum jelly or any other greasy substance to sunburn. They only cause more damage by trapping the heat and can make a burn deeper. The sunburn will heal faster if left exposed to the air.
* Prepare a mixture by adding 2-teaspoon tomato juice and 4 tablespoon buttermilk and apply on the face. Leave for 1/2 hour, and wash off.
* Mix olive oil with equal quantity of vinegar and apply an hour before your bath.
* Wet the blisters with cool water and sprinkle an ample amount of regular table salt to it and let it dry. Let the dry salt stand on your skin for 30 min. to an hour depending on the size of the blister. It is a very effective remedy.
* Apply a mixture of one part olive oil and one part vinegar to affected areas. Wash off after an hour.
* For facial sunburn, apply a paste made from whole-wheat flour mixed with milk, olive oil, or barley flour, honey, and raw egg white.
* Apply any sour cream on burned area.
* Sunscreens help to prevent sun related problems, like aging skin and precancerous growths. Individuals should select a sunscreen to provide protection according to their particular skin type, the time of year, their location, and the activities they plan to do.
* Pat the areas with the potato juice. Wait until dry and then take a cool shower.
* Cook oatmeal and wait until it is cold. Place in the refrigerator if necessary. Again, taking a shower to remove the oatmeal pack.
NOXEMA - slathered on real heavy. Kinda messy but definately worth it.
Real aloe vera gel, not the colored stuff applied topically, and drink aloe vera juice. I prefer George's aloe because it tastes like water.
Also, consume as much Vitamin E and and Vitamin C as you can, like 2,000 IU's of E and 10,000-20,000 mg of C.
Vinegar also takes the sting away instantly. You'll smell like vinegar, but you won't care if you feel good. ;-)
To a tanner you!
Kelley
If you're peeling then the pain from the burn has been taken care of. I just got over this same problem and I was using a sunscreen but the heat index was 10 which is very bad. The heat index is how they determine the amount of UV rays and danger of exsposer.
Using table sugar and cooking oil, make a paste and get in shower and exfoliate the peeling areas to speed up the removal of the dead skin. Bath off with soap as usual. Pat dry and apply a high moisture lotion.
I make a all natural lotion for sun tanning/after suntan that is just for this use. It has a sunscreen of 15. It contains sesame Oil, Lanolin and Avocado which all have a sun screen property and add up to around SFP 15. You can email me if you are interested and I can give you further details.
Aloe Vera! I love this stuff! It has soooooo many uses.
aloe vera will calm down the burning, then you can use moisturizer when the burning goes away. Make sure you use a moisturizer-based sunscreen everyday, even on hazy days. Also, darker clothes do a better job of deflecting the sun's ultra violet rays, you know, the radiation that is actually doing this damage to your skin. I apologize for my lack of knowledge, but i hope this small bit of info. helps.
if it don't hurt you should try apricot scrub,it takes the dead skin off,it's like a sand paper type cleaner you can buy it at wal-mart for under $5.00 dollars,it's really good try it.all stores may carry this product.
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