Simple tips for sunburn

For quick relief from sunburn, place a cold compress on your skin.

Take a cool shower or bath to cool the affected skin and soothe the pain.

Add a glass of apple cider vinegar to the bath, this will normalize the pH balance, and healing will come faster.

An oatmeal bath will relieve the itching of the affected skin.

A drop of lavender or chamomile essential oil added to a bath can relieve pain and burning.

Add 2 cups of baking soda to your bath to help reduce redness.

When taking a shower, do not use soap – it dries tanned skin.

Use body lotions containing aloe vera. Some aloe products contain lidocaine, an anesthetic that relieves pain.

Drink more water and juice. Your skin is now dry and dehydrated and needs extra fluid to regenerate faster.

For severe burns with itching and swelling, you can apply an ointment containing 1% hydrocortisone.

To relieve pain, take an over-the-counter pain reliever such as ibuprofen.

Make a compress with cool but not cold milk. It will create a protein film on the body, which alleviates the discomfort of a burn.

In addition to milk, yogurt or sour cream can be applied to the skin.

Vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant, helps reduce inflammation caused by the sun. Take it inside, and lubricate the skin with oil. Vitamin E oil is also good when exfoliating burnt skin begins.

Cooled tea leaves are recommended to be applied to a clean cloth and applied to the skin. Black tea contains tannins that relieve heat and restore pH balance. If you add mint to tea, the compress will be cooling.

Put the tea bags soaked in cold water on the inflamed eyelids.

Grind cucumbers in a blender and apply gruel on burned skin. Cucumber compress will help to avoid peeling.

Boil the potatoes, mash, let cool and apply to the affected areas. The starch contained in the potato soothes and relieves pain.

You can also make a paste of water and corn starch to soothe inflamed skin.

 

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