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major sunburn!!

tarab21 Posts: 508 Joined: 2003/03/31	2003/06/29, 06:46 PM Anybody have any good ideas for a severe sunburn treatment? I went for a 6 mile walk today and I guess the sunscreen wore off at some point and I got a BAD burn..it's blistering up and yuck it's gross and it hurts. It also made me REALLY hungry for sugar...strange, I had to have a bowl of oatmeal crisp cereal.. bad bad. I know to use ice and all that good stuff but just thought I'd ask if anyone had any treatment ideas.. thanks!
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/06/29, 07:20 PM noxzema works great for the pain
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/06/29, 07:30 PM trust me it does help i had a bad burn years ago he way you have it and i used noxzema ,,,it really works
tarab21 Posts: 508 Joined: 2003/03/31	2003/06/29, 07:35 PM thanks padua, i may have to run to wal mart and get some noxema..seems like it would burn but i'll trust you! bhardy, I always heard not to eat carbs in the evening, especially simple sugars, that's why i felt so guilty about the big bowl of sugary cereal. don't you worry about me starving. I'm in better shape now, but trust me, in those pics I really was not. Skinny, but in horrible shape. Thanks for the concern ... sincerely, the lobster
tarab21 Posts: 508 Joined: 2003/03/31	2003/06/29, 08:20 PM oh my gosh that sounds way good.... I don't know if I'd want to eat the ice cream or dump it on my red shoulders, haha.
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/06/29, 08:39 PM tara it doesn't even burn...please excuse my spelling i'm still trying to work on it ..... ;)
tarab21 Posts: 508 Joined: 2003/03/31	2003/06/29, 09:11 PM spelling, huh? i didn't even notice but jeez don't worry about it, this is the internet. i got some noxema...very cooling, you're right! thanks!
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/06/30, 12:28 AM .......COOL!!!!!
bowers Posts: 179 Joined: 2003/04/13	2003/06/30, 02:30 AM aloe vera is great for sun burn cooling and keeps the skin moist but use pure aloe vera gel
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2003/06/30, 02:51 AM The Conditioner by Paul Mitchell; it's a leave-in hair conditioner. I once dated a hair dresser many moons ago, and she gave me some after a bad sunburn. Takes the sting right out, and helps prevent peeling. -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/06/30, 09:35 AM the actual aloe vera plant is good for it to not really the lotion and it also works so you don't mark....my mother at 15 was in a house fire and in Puerto Rico they really did not have alot of creams for burns(1973)she still uses it when she gets an oil burn.....ooh and if any one is interested vipor rub works for nail funges ;)
tarab21 Posts: 508 Joined: 2003/03/31	2003/06/30, 10:11 AM thanks all! i'm not going to go out and buy paul mitchell conditioner... i can't even afford it for my hair! I have aloe though... sunburn is already feeling much better today
t-babe Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/02/20	2003/06/30, 12:25 PM another one I heard about (but haven't tried myself) is natural yoghurt - apparently takes the sting out and really cools the skin don't know if i want to get burned to see if it works though :)
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/06/30, 12:32 PM if it does work keep me posted i get out of crazy things that really works.. how's the noxema tara?
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/06/30, 10:11 PM Aloe is the #1 remedey. Its natural with no alcohols. Get it right from the plant and rub it on. You won't peel or be red. And hope you feel better soon. -------------- You can walk to anywhere you want, it only takes time. Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)
tarab21 Posts: 508 Joined: 2003/03/31	2003/06/30, 10:48 PM my gosh people are so caring around here! aaww.... padua I didn't try anything crazy ...the noxema just made the skin feel cooled temporarily.. not bad. Aloe is the best though, you're right Ivan. However, I am peeling. that was a bad, bad blistering burn though. I had to take the day off of the gym because I couldn't lift my arms or anything. And the calf machine or leg press...forget about it! not on these shoulders! thanks all, you're very kind.
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/07/01, 09:02 PM well tara i know how you feel with your sunburn i was at the park today with my kids and now my back is burning....i want to cry......LOL.... ;)
tarab21 Posts: 508 Joined: 2003/03/31	2003/07/02, 09:50 AM after listening to my whining you went and got a burn? Okay now go up and read your own advice...haha
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/07/02, 10:33 AM the worse thing is this morning i for got all about it and i rubbed my shoulder men did i remeber noxema to the rescue.....LOL..ha ;D
JessicaR Posts: 467 Joined: 2002/08/12	2003/07/03, 07:45 AM I know I'm coming in late but my dad is a beach bum and he swears by vinegar. If you don't mind smelling like a pickle. :) My mom always kept aloe on the stove for burns; we just split the aloe spike in half and taped it on the burn; works if you don't stab your burn w/ one of the spiky leaves (OW)!
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/07/03, 04:06 PM lol that is a good one ,,,,,i love vinegar but i don't know if i love it that much.HA HA lol
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/07/08, 04:51 PM My mom used to use vinegar too. At the beginning of summer we always buy a bottle of aloe after sun gel and sometimes the spray right along with the sunscreen, cuz no matter how careful you are you still end up burnt at least once, somewhere. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
Greenlee Posts: 65 Joined: 2003/01/17	2003/08/25, 12:33 AM A mix of aloe vera, solarcaine, and banana boat sootheacaine did it for me. numbed all pain that I was feeling, and an oatmeal bath works wonders to.