Sunburn

Nivea cream on it ? Or, failing that, zinc? Lots of cool drinks,too. Been there many times to my shame !

Oh no, i hope it gets better soon.

It is easy to lose track of time

I'm a big Nivea fan so yes! Thank you

Aloe vera gel is the best relief.

When we were in Malta one year it was sizzling hot. We applied factor 50 to each other but unfortunately I must have missed a piece on my husband’s back. It was only small maybe 4” wide but he was in great pain when it burned. We went to the pharmacy and he said aloe vera was the best thing and it was!! You can get a gel or spray.

Put a handful of black tea bags into a teapot add hot water and allow to infuse for at least ten minutes .

Squeeze out the cooled bags to get as much out of them as you can .

Fill a bath with lukewarm water , add the tea and soak for as long as possible .

Twenty minutes is about right .

Gently pat yourself dry , apply cream or calamine as preferred .
Sit or lie naked (!) by a fan and hydrate yourself with as much water , fruit juice or tea as possible .

Sudacreme is very good too.

I was burnt on my lower legs a month ago, it only took one hour and I never felt it happening. The thought of the consequences of sunburn was quite frightening tbh and I will not let it happen again, to anywhere on my body

I used a cooling gel and needed paracetamol when I went to bed. A few days later, the horrible peeling started and that stung around the edges for around three weeks. A week after the stinging stopped, there are still a couple of tiny sites of peeling skin, which will be shed in due course

I keep burn gel in my house

Aloe Vera gel.
Banana Boat do a good one.

A friend of mine who lived in Saudi for a while said to use yoghurt. Although it’s a bit difficult if you’re having to put clothes over the top.

As a naive eighteen year old student, staying with a family in Germany, I swam in a pool all day in a bikini, with no protection.
As a redhead, I was very badly burned. The lady who owned the house, I was staying in, smothered me in plain yoghurt. It was a miracle!

I ahve used that solution ever since.
Sudocreme is also good for sunburn.

My Australian and New Zealand friends put my daughter and me into a tea bath after both of us were horribly sunburnt . We'd put cream on , but misjudged the cool and cloudy day as safe and needed to apply more cream and cover up .

Plain yoghurt is good , but messy .

Aloe Vera gel is fantastic .

Primrose53

When we were in Malta one year it was sizzling hot. We applied factor 50 to each other but unfortunately I must have missed a piece on my husband’s back. It was only small maybe 4” wide but he was in great pain when it burned. We went to the pharmacy and he said aloe vera was the best thing and it was!! You can get a gel or spray.

As a child in Malta for nearly 3 years in the mid 1950's, I was a mobile blister regularly covered in Calamine Lotion by my mum. Then, in 1971, I fell asleep in the hot sun in a bikini and no protection, got severely sun burned, had to work behind a counter in a cafe with hot grills and ovens behind me, making and serving omelettes etc, saving for a trip to Russia(!) for a month where one of the 3 other women was also badly sunburned with skin peeling off in sheets in all directions. People stared at us wherever we went! Nothing seemed to bother me in those days. I've kept well out of the sun ever since though. Should have known better as I have very fair skin and freckles...! I's opt for Aloe Vera if I needed to....

Thank you all for the advice!

It's still very sore and I need sleep tonight

I'm off to try the tea!

A warning that many meds now make you ultra sensitive to sunshine!

Hubby never burns, always goes brown. I am fairer and always burn. We went to the coast the other weekend and were walking, hubby very quickly went like a beetroot. I didn’t. Because of side effects from other prescription meds he checked his new ones and sure enough hypersensitivity to sunshine was one. Be careful!

I do forget bits from time to time. But it might help others - since taking vit D (hoping to defer osteoporosis) I burn less easily.

It’s b.freezing here,huddled over the fire and it’s nice to hear about heat elsewhere in the world !

A friend has just had surgery for skin cancer so this reminds me of the advice to use high protection sun cream BUT that this is only the second line of defence, and not nearly as important as covering up (long trousers or skirt, long sleeves, wide sun hat) and staying in the shade whenever you can.

nanna8 where in the world are you?

Natural yogurt was the best sunburn treatment I ever had, completely gone by the next day.

Never had sunburn and never used suncream. I was brought up by my French grandmother who insisted I had to be well covered up outside think long socks, long flared skirt and long sleeve blouse. She called me into the house after a short time telling me the sun was dangerous and can kill you. Did the same with my children.

My DD, SIL, DGS and a friend went out on Sunday (in the SW) and smothered themselves in Factor50, repeating 3 times, as they are red heads. The friend was fine, but my 3 are burnt badly...very odd as to why the lotion worked for one but not for 3...

it is not wise for the fairest people to remain in the sun for several hours in the hottest weather.
sunscreen can never fully protect.
covering up with strong clothing and going inside, avoiding the sun is best.