I am very sun burnt. I fell asleep on a boat. I need relief besides aloe. Any suggestions.?
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* Vinegar is an acid. Putting acid on a burn = genius.
* Baking soda is good for chemical burns, not sunburns.
* It's a person, not a roast...forget the cooking oils.
* Milk is good for the bones, not the burns.
Please let common sense prevail. A cold shower will take some of the heat off... soothe it somewhat. I find Aloe Vera to be particularly efficient, and it's theonly homeopathic remedy I subscribe to(in part because of the positive clinical evidence). Take any one of a number of OTC pain medication. If you burn blisters, don't pop them.
The sunburn will be uncomfortable, it will hurt, and it often itches. If the pain is severe, you may have to see a doctor for stronger Rx painkillers.
Use vinegar! It pulls the burn out! Hope you feel better soon!
Oh, it smells but it works great!
Go see the doc and get Silvadene cream.
Cool baths or showers, tylenol or aspirin for pain, lots of fluids and use the aloe vera a lot. If you have blisters, go to the er, that is a pretty bad sun burn and needs to be seen if you have let it go that far.
A cold bath will help relieve the burn.
Anything that is used for skin burns will work on sunburn.
If the pain is intolerable or doesn't ease, see your doctor.
Take Ibuprofin or something like that and it will take some of the heat/fever out - relieve some of the pain... Put vinager on your skin and it will soothe the skin.
Hawaiian Tropics puts out a product called Cool Ice (or something like that) and it has lanacane in it to stop the pain of the burn. Cold baths and keep cold wet wash cloths on you.
This is a crumbly solution but it will give you some relief. Oil your body where it is burnt with baby oil or even better, with olive oil. Blot off the excess oil; you don't want to be greasy, just moist. Then make a paste of baking soda and water, and apply that to the burned areas. Let it dry completely. Then go and stand in the shower or bathtub, and brush the loose baking soda off (it will dry and cake, and if you don't do this, you will leave a trail of baking soda crumbles wherever you go), or jiggle it off.
You can do this a couple of times a day. Also, take a couple of aspirin or Tylenol, and do this as frequently as you need for the pain, up to the maximum dosage. This will help with the pain. Burns wards use anhydrous lanolin on burns, to keep the skin supple. It hurts when you move because you are actually stretching a wound. If you keep the skin well-oiled, it will hurt less when you have to flex, say, your arm where the skin is badly burned. So a really pure emollient, like petroleum jelly (anhydrous lanolin is even denser than this) would be an excellent choice.
I certainly hope this helps.
Calmoseptine. Over the counter burn relief. with zinc and aloe, works great. Good luck
calamine lotion
cold water is the best/only first aid when you burn yourself - 20 minutes under the tap and no less. NEVER ice OR vinegar OR milk OR butter OR green tea OR mustard OR toothpaste OR sunscreen OR semen OR vaseline OR tomatoes OR vanilla extract OR yogurt OR sour cream OR egg white OR egg yellow OR lavender oil OR cocoa butter OR salt OR tea bags OR potato OR shaving cream OR olive oil OR baking soda OR banana peel OR petroleum jelly OR whipped cream OR avocado OR bacon grease OR corn starch OR turmeric OR lemon juice OR curd OR pickle juice OR soy sauce OR urine OR talcum powder OR mashed strawberries OR exfoliating scrub OR mayonnaise OR peroxide OR bleach OR deep heat OR ketchup OR red grapes OR hairspray- not until the skin is fully healed!
ibuprofen or aspirin will help but large burns are often accompanied by stomach ulcers, so tylenol/panadol is best for pain if you are gonna tough it out. drink plenty of water or energy drinks that don't have caffeine (gatorade)
i would advise that you cover the burnt area with white soft paraffin (white petroleum) or aqueous cream bp. (check the links below and see if you can find a local equivalent). wash the burn and reapply every 4-6 hours - cover with cling wrap if you wish to cover with clothes - this will stop your clothes getting covered with paraffin and maintains the burn.
cling wrap alone is also ok if you can't get hold of any paraffin. it acts as a protective artificial skin - helping retain moisture and protect from further damage and pain. cling wrap is cheap and clean off the roll. in Australia ambulances often use this when someone has been burnt. - please note that cling wrap isn't always practical, like on your face.
aloe is good coz it remoisturises but that moisture can be quickly lost as the skin can't contain fluids. so put aloe on, and then the paraffin on over the top. if there is broken skin leave out the aloe - just paraffin.
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finally if you are really worried go to a hospital that has a burns unit or plastic surgeons. serious sunburn i.e. blisters (and all other burns) should be seen by a burns trained doctor or nurse.
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