sun kissed and hurt remedies

you how it is when one really loves the beach, as in, really love that two months of summer isn’t enough?! some people are like that, and i’m probably one of them.

being in a family who has the priviledge of owning a house by the beach with the distance of just some 2hour drive away from the city, i get to enjoy much from the beach, fresh air, nature, the stillness, the sunrise and sunset.

but i just realized that amdist loving being sun kissed, one should also be responsible in protecting the skin. so after enjoying a weekend at the beach and being sunburned, i was forced to look up the web for home remedies to cure the hurt the sun has caused my skin.

so here is a quick ten home remedies to sunburn from www.fatfreekitchen.com/home-remedy/suburn.html

1. drink a lot of fluids for rehydration.

2. cold compress dipped in vinegar, ice and water lightly rubbed unto the burned skin. this takes the heat out off the affected area.

3. apply some mashed tomato with crushed ice on the affected area for treatment and relief.

4. take in vitamin E supplements to reduce itching.

5. apply the pulp stalk of tive aloe vera or tha aloe vera gel, tak a leaf of aloe vera plant, slit it open at its end, and rub the inside over the burn.

6. add some baking soda to cold water and apply to the skin, it reduces the burning effect immediately.

7. slowly rub slices of fresh cucumber over the burns.

8. soak some tea bags in hot water, take the bags out and let them cool. when they are still warm, place them on the affected area for one hour. this is good for the treatment of pain.

9. apply some drops of lavander essential oil on the burnd area, then spread it witha pece of tissue to cure sunburns.

10. put some vinegar on a cotton ball and rub lightly on the burned area.

on my burns, i tried number seven first, then did number ten. and i just felt the burn for a day. it worked for me.

a quick list of don’ts to sun burn:

1. Do not burst blisters to get relief.

2. Do not apply creams, butter, benzoncaine, lidocaine, petroleum jelly, baby oil or other greasy lotions or substance for sunburn treatment. they trap the heat inside and prevent healing. leave the sunburn exposed to the air for faster healing.

3. Do not use lotions with lanolin when you are in the sun

4. Do not wash burned skin with strong soap.

this may be a little too late, considering that rain has started pouring down. but who knows, this may just come in handy anytime.

enjoy the beach, the sun and still have a great ime with out thinking of the pain afterwards, or at least be prepared with simple remedies to it.

mtniere

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