what should i do for a bad sunburn?

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First of all, you need to take some Ibuprofin (if you're not allergic to it). It will help reduce the swelling and pain.

Second, take a very cool to cold bath--this will help reduce the damage that the burn did to your skin. It will also help with the swelling, pain, and redness. If you can't take a bath, get some ice and rub it on the burned areas.

Third, drink plenty of clear fluids and make sure you're keeping hydrated.

If you have blisters, do NOT pop them. This will not only hurt, but it can leave bad scars. Blisters mean you have at least second degree burns. Not good!

If you have a lot of blisters, especially if you have a fever or the blisters have pus in them, you need to immediately go to the doctor. You probably have sun poisoning. This is very dangerous and can make you very sick.

If your skin is peeling, do not "help" it along...don't peel your skin. That also can cause very bad scarring (I have a big scar on my nose from peeling it as a kid when I had a sunburn--I'm now 35 and the scar is still there!).

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lightly rub aloe vera on it

1 take a slightly warm bath not cold cause as soon as you put on your clothes your skin will begin to burn, then rub aloe vera on the places that you have sunburn.

Aloe vera tends to help, a cool bath can help also. If you are able to take it try aspirin, it will do two things one, relieve some of the pain, two since it is a vasodilator it will open up the blood vessels and allow you to cool off that hot skin.

Take some advil. It relieves the pain for a couple of hrs.

A couple different things might work for you. If you don't mind smelling like a salad, dipping vinegar on a soft cloth and dabbing it on the sunburn takes away the sting. I thank my mom for this one! It's what she used to do when we were kids.

Another solution would be to use aloe vera gel. It will also moisturize the skin, which is going to be very dry for a little while.

You can also take a pain reliever, such as Tylenol, for the pain.

Good luck!

Sun burned skin has lost its moisture. use Skin lotion alot and often. A tepid bath will help also.

put aloe vera on it and let it soke in

Try wearing a clean white T-shirt that has
been soaked in ordinary cold Tea .This will cool
and heal at the same time. Keep the T-shirt
damp with the cold Tea.

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