Itching and pain are the only things that a sun burn gives you. Although if you don’t take care of the itching and pain, it can do some serious damage to your health as well as your skin. When your skin is overexposed to ultraviolet rays of the sun, it gives you a sun burn. The sun burn can lead to dry skin, scars and very red skin. And further ignorance to the condition will lead to bigger conditions and diseases like skin cancer. This proves that the sun not only has an external effect on the skin but an internal effect on your body.
The ultraviolet rays are the key to the sun burn but of course this can be prevented if you put on appropriate amount of sun screen. Do not always wear exposing clothes, as they will help you cool down for a bit but you will eventually regret it. Sun damage is the number one cause of other skin diseases and skin cancer, so it is better to take precautions and if you already got sun burned, you poor thing, you need to stay put in your home where you can easily treat your sunburn. If you’re wondering how to get rid of sunburn, just use these effective natural home remedies.
“Sun Burn is a serious skin condition but some people don’t take it that way. It needs to be treated accordingly with minimum exposure to more sun light before it can turn into something big like skin cancer. The key word to treating sun burns is ‘cool ‘.”
14. Cool Bath
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This is probably the simplest way to get sunburn relief immediately. When you get sunburned, don’t go rushing off to the hospital to spend 200$ on the same thing you can do at home to treat it. Which is, taking your clothes off and taking a cool bath. The bath must consist of only ice cool water to relieve your skin and your burned dead cells to slowly wash off the surface of your skin. The relief will be amazing.
- Fill your bath tub with ice 15 minutes before getting into the bath.
- Fill the rest of the tub with normal tap water.
- Sit in the tub for about 20 minutes to relieve the pain.
- Dab yourself with a very soft towel when done.
13. Cool Compress
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In sunburn remedies this is very simple but one of the most effective ones. Since we were on the topic of ice before, it is fairly easy to understand this one. This remedy is for people with small sunburns, burns that don’t need their own tub for it. Ice has a very cooling and refreshing property, although it melts later into water, it doesn’t mean its effect is any different.
- Take 5-6 cubes of ice.
- Wrap the cubes in gauze or a light fabric that can contain them.
- Press the cool compress on your sunburn.
- Keep doing this until the ice has melted in the compress and your burn is feeling relived.
- Do this twice a day to relieve maximum pain.
12. Corn Starch
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If you have corn starch in your home, you can use this remedy for quick sunburn relief. This is something you probably have lying around in your house regardless of your unwanted decision to get cooked in the sun, cornstarch has the right structure and the soothing properties to heal the burn and minimize the pain that comes with it, make a paste with:
Mix both these components together and wait for them to completely combine. Apply the paste on the burn and leave it for 15 minutes. Let it dry properly and then wash it off. You will see immediate results and also relief.
11. Baking Soda
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Baking soda is a magical, chemical mixture of Sodium and Carbon that no one can deny. It is used in so many things and to do so much stuff that people have lost count. All these amazing benefits make it one of the most amazing sunburn remedies. It is also the top contender in treating sun burns. Make a paste with:
Mix both these components together and wait for them to completely combine. Apply the paste on the burn and leave it for 15 minutes. Let it dry properly and then wash it off. You will see immediate results and also relief.
10. Milk
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Here you’ll learn how to get rid of sunburn using milk from your fridge. Milk is a cool component in all of diary, its structure is bit thicker than water but silkier than yogurt or cheese. Like ice, it can also be used to make a cool compress. All you need to do is head to your refrigerator and take out some chilled milk, though the other things you may need are:
- A cotton swab.
- Gauze or light fabric.
Attach the cotton swab to the gauze or light fabric and dip it in the chilled milk. When it is saturated, take it out and press it against the burn.
9. Aloe Vera
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Aloe Vera is very popular among soothing plants and the fact that it is so easily available and accessible is a bonus point too. Aloe is used world wide to treat burns, pimples, acne scars and all sorts of skin conditions. It’s refreshing and soothing properties combined with its power to heal is a whole package. Its magical healing properties make it a perfect remedy for sunburn relief.
Use pre-made or fresh aloe gel to treat your sunburn, apply twice a day for a week and the results and healing will be faster than the process of the usual time period.
8. Lettuce
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Lettuce isn’t just a salad necessity, it’s cool and refreshing aura and properties help relieve pain of sunburn. Sunburn remedies are incomplete without adding this lettuce recipe.
- Take two leaves of lettuce.
- Wash them properly before boiling them.
- Boil them for about 10 minutes or until the water starts to lightly simmer.
- Take them out to drain them to get rid of any excess water.
- Wipe the sunburn gently with the lettuce leaves.
- Do this several times to relive pain.
7. Oat Meal
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Oat meal has anti inflammatory properties that reduce the red skin and also heals the burn. Use it with water, damp or make a paste with milk so that it can perform much better. If you want to know how to get rid of sunburn using oatmeal, just follow these tips:
- You can use oatmeal powder.
- You can make an oat meal paste with milk.
- You can even apply damp oatmeal.
6. Potato
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Use potato for an effective sunburn relief. Potato and potato juice is used widely to treat skin conditions and improve them. The healing process is quickened due to the anti bacterial properties present in the potatoes and potato juice.
- Cut the potato into slices.
- Dab the slices onto the sun burn.
The slices will automatically release potato juice which is very good for the burn. This remedy is very easy and you can have potatoes at your home at this exact moment.
5. Tomatoes
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Tomatoes have a cooling effect like lettuce. The enzymes present in the fruit/vegetable help reduce the inflammation in the skin and make it less itchy. It is a powerful anti-oxidant and it contributes to quickening the healing process. All these amazing qualities make it an important part of sunburn remedies.
- Use tomato slices to apply on the sunburn.
- Use tomato juice and dab it with a cotton swab.
4. Avoid Soapy Water
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Do not use soap for a while because the burn might be sensitive, scratch that, it IS sensitive and it will probably hurt very much when it will sizzle your skin. It is best to be just simple and gently use water to wash and bathe.
3. Cotton
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Wear only cotton clothes or clothes with very light fabric because your burns are very sensitive and scratchy and tight materials of clothing will only worsen the condition of the burn. The first thing is that you should not go out much in the day to minimize sun exposure, just stay in your comfortable pajamas that will be very kind to your sun burnt skin.
2. Wear Sun Screen
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Preventions is better than the cure so make sure how to protect your skin before going in sun so that you don’t have to look for any sunburn remedies. This is a very essential part of the pre cautions and even after you get burned, you should still wear sun screen because you don’t want your skin to be further damaged. There are lots of companies that make these and in different SPFs too. They also mention skin types but to be fair, all of them are oily. But the trick is to apply the sun screen 20 minutes before going out in the sun.
1. Cucumber
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Like lettuce and tomato, the cooling affects of cucumber are something worth mentioning too. This vegetable is particularly filled with cool fluid that is good for the external parts of our body as well as the internal. For quick sunburn relief, follow these steps:
- Cut the cucumbers into slices and put them in a bowl of chilled water.
- Apply one after another on the burns once they lose their cool
- You can also blend them with yogurt and apply that to your burns.
Do-s Of Treating Sun Burns
- Do wear light clothes all the time after being burned.
- Do wear sun screen all the time whether you are sun burnt or not, it helps minimize sun exposure.
- Do wear hats, sunglasses or anything that helps reduce sun exposure.
- Do keep yourself hydrated.
Don’t-s Of Treating Sun Burns
- Don’t wear tight clothes, give the burns space.
- Don’t go out in the sun much if previously burnt.
- Don’t bathe in soapy water.
- Don’t use stale cucumbers, tomatoes or lettuce to treat the sun burns, always use fresh produce.
