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Sunburns...
Well, yesterday I got sunburnt SOO bad. My arms are completely red, my legs, my face... Everything. And it hurts so bad. It burns and people have been calling me tomato all day.
I have been frequently applying aloe vera, but it hasn't been working, and it makes me feel gross and slimy... I just want to know, is there anything other than aloe vera that will make the burning and the redness go away fast?
Thanks in advance.
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This might sound wierd, but you could try applying a paste of bicarbonate of soda and leaving it on for about 5 minutes, it should relieve the pain and reduce the redness a little.
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Take a cold bath (or a shower if the water pressure isn't too harsh for you). That'll make the burning go away. Use a calming lotion, or jsut an unscented one, like Aveeno.
Also, what kind of aloe vera are you using? If you use the "cool blue" kind, it'll actually make the pain go away and does more than plain aloe. Since you don't like the feel of it, try applying it like, a half hour before taking a shower so that it gets washed off.
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A great thing for the pain is Solarcaine. It's got a topical analgesic which makes the pain go away. You can't use it too often, but it feels really good.
Other than that, I find for my face I love Burt's Bees carrot soap and lotion, because it helped me heal up really fast after I got a nasty burn.
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