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How to treat sunburn?

All the benefits of summer and sunbathing fall into the water when you start to feel a slight tightening of the skin, burning under the touch of the hand, painful burning.

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Jul 22, 2022 - 13:50

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We believe that you heard the sentence 'Prevention is better than cure' many times and it really applies - in all areas of life! And when it comes to your skin, take all steps to protect her. However, if by any chance it happened that you forgot to renew the layer of protective cream, maybe you thought that your face was protected under the hat (but it wasn't), there is a whole series of effective tips for treating and soothing the burning skin.
It is important to start treating sunburns as soon as you notice them! Along with the traditional advice of our grandmothers that yogurt helps better than anything (so why not try it), be sure to buy after-sun products before summer. Not only will it calm the redness, but it will additionally feed your skin with nutrients, so it will be beautiful, hydrated and keep your tan longer.

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Just in case, you can follow these tips to relieve the uncomfortable feeling of tightening and burning:

Take frequent cold baths or showers to ease the pain. As soon as you get out of the bath or shower, gently pat your skin dry with a towel, leaving it slightly damp. Then apply a moisturizing cream and gently massage it to relieve the feeling of dryness of the skin.
Use a moisturizer that contains aloe vera or soy, as these extracts are excellent at soothing burns. For the most severely burned parts of the skin, you can apply hydrocortisone cream, which you can buy without a prescription.
Drink extra water. Sunburns draw fluid to the surface of the skin, so additional hydration of the body will help prevent dehydration.
If blisters appear on your skin, allow them to heal. Otherwise, blistered skin is a sign of a second-degree burn. Don't accidentally 'punch' the blisters as they actually help your skin heal and protect it from infection.
Be especially careful to protect sunburned skin - until it heals.
Wear clothing that covers your skin when outdoors. Tightly woven fabrics are the best solution – this means that when you hold the fabric up to bright light, you shouldn't be able to see the light passing through it.
Sleep a lot. In fact, you may not have known, but sleep restriction interferes with the production of certain cytokines in the body that help calm inflammation and self-heal.
Try a cold compress. Applying a cold compress to the skin, but not directly to the burned area, at short intervals shortly after the burn can help remove excess heat from the skin and reduce inflammation.
Try an oatmeal bath. Oatmeal bath soothes the skin and reduces irritation. Recipe: Mix a few tablespoons of baking soda and about a cup of oats in a cold bath. Immerse yourself in the bath and enjoy the cooling of your whole body.
Aromatherapists especially advise herbal oils of wheat germ, wild rose fruit, jojoba, almond, calendula macerate, and carrot root, but also some rare, expensive oils such as pomegranate seed oil, which has a chemoprotective and antitumor effect, as well as a strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Namely, they excellently help in the regeneration of all skin damage caused by UV radiation!