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Meleka
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 Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:47 am Post subject: Sunburn Remedies |
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Okay - I look like a racoon!! Does anyone have any good ideas on minimalising sunburn.
I have a serious impression of my sunglasses on my face.....i spent the weekend out on our boat which was fantastic because i needed a holiday, but i need help with the sunburn thing. 
Mora, my face is the colour of Schueys Ferrari!!!!! 
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Maram68
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I'd propose following:
Aloe Vera pure, calamine lotion or, if you dont have either, following household-remedies: tomato or magnesium milk. They will cool the burn and help with the pain.
Fresh Aloe is the best though.
Good luck,
C.
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Thuriniel
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:55 am Post subject: |
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According to my mom, yogur or cloths soaked in cold distilled water will work as well ... I'm blessed with Mediterranean olive skin, so I don't sunburn often ... but my mom has very fair skin and living in Spain has given her a share of nasty sunburns  !
Good luck ... and stay away from the sun!
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BittenBuggy
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Aloe Vera is the only thing that works for me. I have ivory-skin that burns very easily. So I just wear a lot of sunscreen to begin with because sun causes premature wrinkles, age spots and possibly cancer.
So just keep yourself slathered in Aloe Vera GEL, not the lotion. Lotion does not allow your skin to breath! (And that is VERY bad)
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JennnLee
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As a Floridian, I concur with the ALOE GEL. I've gotten the occasional sunburn, and that stuff works the best. And your skin is really really dry, so you'll need to use it a lot. My husband would just put a thick layer of it on my back, and ten minutes later it would be GONE.
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Panneth
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Don't put anything on that has oil or alcohol in - it'll be like frying your skin.
And my Mum would say "you should have put sun cream on in the first place"
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Meleka
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:22 am Post subject: |
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 Thanks Guys.
Ive gone with the Aloe Vera Gel.
I blame myself for not been diligent enough with the sunscreen.
And of course my mum has told me exactly that Panneth. 
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Hathor
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I'm a bit late, but I have to suggest this: cold tea.
Might sounds nuts, but boil up tea, get it very strong, take the teabag out and leave it to get cold. Wonderfully soothing. As someone with scarily pale skin that morphs into red at the mere glimpse of sun, it always works for me!
(And for a later usage, when in the sun, kiddies sun lotion. You might look stupid spraying it on, but ya don't burn. Which is a Good Thing.)
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Anyathe
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I burn very easily..within 5 minutes, some days!
Most importantly, don't apply moisturizer until a few days later. It traps the heat in, and actually can make things a lot more uncomfortable! When the skin's cooler, use moisturizer then.
A great remedy for me is peppermint oil and oats in a cool bath. Very soothing, and it makes you smell good. :)
Good luckwith the Aloe!! :)
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Meleka
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You know im trying losts of the things you guys have suggested and i can tell there a bit of a side affect
I smell freakin weird, even after a shower
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Duchess
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject: Sunburn remedy |
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I have to agree with the person who suggested tea bags, preferably already used so that you don't dye your skin. *g*
Any burn will be helped with this, even severe ones. I usually use the tea bag backed with some ice on top of that, with the tea bag next to the skin.
Did you know that the tannin in the tea helps to toughen the skin so that you don't blister and peel real bad? Or at least not right away and then it isn't painful, at least not for me.
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Rous
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Vinegar can help with the heat. I use it. I burn at the mere mention of sun. A good sunscreen is Bain de Soleil cream in a tube, not lotion. I am not even sure you can get it anymore. I would not even turn pink with that stuff. But as with anything that works, it is probably discontinued. I have to really watch my skin. If I even get a little pink, all my freckles turn green. I am not joking. I did not go out in public for two weeks one time.
After the vinegar, use the aloe to soothe it. Vinegar also works for jellyfish stings ( you do not want to know how I know that!) LOL
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PoweroftheBook
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Thank y'all!
Just spent about five hours out on the water with minimal sunscreen, and I feel like a Barbie doll (stiff and unbendable, not unrealistically beautiful.)
Trying the tea method. Good thing you mentioned the moisturizer thing, I'd already dosed my entire skin with it and will now wash it off.
Gratefully,
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