Sun Burns?

I am the type of person who doesn't burn, well so I thought. I haven't had one in over 6 years, I spent 2 hours outside today and now i look like a red lobster. It burns and i used some aloe stuff but it doesn't seem to help, Any idea on what i can to do help it stop stinging?

Aloe Vera will work you just have to put it on a couple times a day for about a week and then it will be gone.
aloe vera gel is the best thing you can do for it though.

put alot of cream on it

LidocanE IN THE FRIDGE!!

calamine loition

Not much you can do for that, keep using the aloe and only time can fix that.

green rubbing alcohol works really well, you can get it in the same place you buy regular alcohol

give it time. nothing will stop the stinging. the red skin needs to peel, and then you'll be better. until then keep aloe on it. ice packs on that. take some ib profen. and wait it out

If you use enough, the Aloe Vera Gel should work. Thats what I always use, and I burn almost every time I go outside!

Alera Vera
Lotion.

Although it may sound strange it will help - put yogurt on it. Tap it in with your finger tips, when it dries put more. You will see, in an hour it will look much better.

Vinegar will help with the sting, works really well, doesn't smell so great though. But I have found it to work the best of everything, it seems to soften the skin really well too. Follow up with lotion or aloe.

Well I myself don't get sunburns either and I have been outside for hours and never gotten one but my sister did and what she did was she put on sunscreen the next time she went out (of course!) But she was burnt so bad and she put on a sun burn healing cream from Brooks store or they may have it at Wall greens or CVS. What you could also do it put an ice pack or a heat pad on the burn, what ever helps the most. Some people like hot and others like cold! I hope I have helped!

What ever you do, dont put lotion on it. Because if you do then the air bubbles on where the sunburn is will get bigger. Just eep using the aloe stuff and it should get better in a couple days.

As a healthcare provider I can tell you of two 'old time' remedies that really work. White vinegar will take the sting out. (But it smells funny to me) I usually use strong tea (cooled) and applied to the burn. It takes the sting out too. I usually make a strong tea solution and cool it. Then soak the paper towels in it and apply to the skin. When it starts to sting again,resoak the paper towels and reapply. It the burn is on the back, I put my kids on their stomachs lying on a towel, and apply the cool tea paper towels.

if you feel the pain is too much go to a doctor cause you can get second degree burns or even third degree skin sunburnOK, FIRST DONT USE ANY OIL BASED CREAM! that will only worsens the healing process and make the skin produce bubbles. The better way to treat skin burn is to put any kind of skin burning cream, banana boat is good or any other brand almost all of them contain aloe vera. If you want to go natural go and slice big tomatoes and apply them cold at the area until they warm,then wash with lukewarm water and apply aloe vera, if you happen to get a real plant do the same as with the tomatoes, put them on the fridge until cold and then apply it to the affected areas. If your back is the affected area then I recommend sleeping face on the bed. But now if you think that the tomatoes dont relieve you enough then get pickles,not the sliced in the jar ones, natural big picles slice them and apply to the affected area.

1. Add some baking soda to a dish of water. Mix, and then sop up the mixture with a soft cloth. Apply the cloth as a compress to affected areas for 15-20 minutes.

2. Cucumber slices can cool it down a little.

3. Get a spray on product from the drugstore containing Lidocaine. Lidocaine is a topical anesthetic that will temporarily help numb the skin you've burnt.

4. Take a bath of any temperature you find soothing, and dump in a bunch of oatmeal. Oatmeal calms down the skin and relieves redness.

5. Keep using the Aloe vera. You might also try a lotion or serum containing vitamin E or a few drops of vitamin E oil to repair the skin.

6. Take some tea bags and make a batch of boiled tea just like mom used to. Place tea in the refridgerator to cool. Once it has cooled dip a rag in and dab on burned area. The titanic acid in the tea will turn the burn to tan. It was used in burn wards for years, and there is a reason. Also you can just put the tea in a spray bottle and spray on your skin.

7. This one is weird but it works. Dab Maalox liquid on your sunburn...it will take away the burn. Just keep applying when the pain comes back.