i got badly sunburnt 2 days bago and it has just started to blister, how long will it take to clear up?
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Without knowing how bad your sunburn is, it is impossible to define a healing period. The intensity of a sunburn depends of the amount of exposure from the individual, the geographical location, the time, an the atmospheric conditions. Sunburns, like any other burn, are classifies as first degree, second degree and third degree. Normally, sunburns are first degree burns.
The symptoms of a first degree burn include pain, heat, redness and tender to the touch in the skin affected. These symptoms can appear from 1 to 24 hours after exposure to the sun. After a couple of days, this type of burn will "cool" into a suntan or thin layers of skin may peel off.
The symptoms of a second degree burn include extreme reddening, swelling, pain and even blisters can appear. The burn goes deeper into the skin's layers damaging small blood vessels and elastic fibers in the skin, and later there is wrinkling of the skin. In most severe cases, the burn may be accompanied by chills, fever, nausea, and/or delirium. Sunburn such as this, is extremely painful and for children is terribly dangerous.
Drink plenty of fluids to keep your body hydrated, and to replace the lost by the sunburn.
To relief a sunburn pain apply over the affected area cool water compresses or fill a bathtub with cold water and dissolve one pound of baking soda or oatmeal in it. Soak in the bath for 30' approximately, until you feel relieve.
Wash the affected area with an antibacterial soap to prevent secondary infection.
Do not burst any blister. They form a natural protection to help the skin sunburned to heal faster.
Do not apply any creams, butter, petroleum jelly or any other greasy substance to a 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.
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Bout a week.
If it is really bad you may need to get some cream from the doc
Petroleum Jelly helps burns to heal faster
I think between 3 or 4 days.
ouch. It will take at least a week. Be sure to keep it clean and moist. Moisture is essential.
it will take about a week. when i was a teenager i layed out in the sun allot and went to the lake allot. i burned and tanned, mainly on my shoulders. i have a doctors appointment in a week or so to have a couple of spots checked for melanoma. be careful and don't end up where i am!
Put some aloe vera on it.
if it's blistering, you may have " sun poisoning "......you may need professional help......if the blisters start to pop, and crust over, you could get an infection....
Talk to your doc, when my mom blistered she had second degree burns and her skin still has problems from it.
Using Natural Aloe Vera will help, never forget ALWAYS USE SUN BLOCK it's not wrth the risk!
TUT TUT TUT.
You heard about skin cancer.
Probably a week. Depending on how badly you got burnt you may even bubble up again.
The same thing happened to me, it takes about a week, depends how sun burnt you got. Lol, try not to pop the blisters.
Depends on your skin type and how bad the blisters are. For future reference, when you get burnt you can get aloe vera gel and put on your burns as soon as you turn really red, it will take out most of the upcoming blisters.
Try some lavender oil - it will soothe the pain and help it heal faster.
Bad sunburn nasty calla mine lotions good to stop itchiness continue to treat for a few days should clear up in a week try not to expose treated area for at least a full week.
About a week, I heavily burnt my shoulder in Africa and I went to the hospital - it was really bad - they said let it heal by itself, but keep out of the sun until it has done. Now I have to keep checking if I have skin cancer developing on my shoulder. Be Careful Pal!!!!
if its blistered you should have it seen to by a doctor, but if you don't want to do that, here's the answer i gave to a silmilar question a few weeks ago.
as someone who has been hospitalised for severe sunburn, i think i can offer a few tips to cope with it. first, take a painkiller every 4-8 hours, aspirin or naproxen are best if can take them and the best topical relief is diaper rash cream (really!).go to the doctor because if it is really that bad, he or she can prescribe a steroid cream that will clear it up in a few days.and if it itches take an antihistamine. drink plenty just in case you are also dehydrated and always put cream on even if you are going out for just a minute while you are healing, better yet - don't go out at all. also my legs healed fine without scarring. i was fanatical about moisturizing.
hope this helps.
7days plus too heal. c'mon you know the dangers of sun burn !!!
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