<p>Went to attend an outdoor event yesterday and it was a mostly cloudy day. Only when I went take a shower then I realized how bad the sun burn was.</p>
<p>The worst part was that I weared a large sunglasses and now you could see the line from 5 miles away. I have to get back to work tomorrow. What could I do? No, make up is out of the question. No, can’t wear the sunglasses in office neither.</p>
<p>Aloe vera lotion…
Buttermilk compress…</p>
<p>Fresh aloe vera gel will help with the pain.<br>
The burn will fade in a couple days, but the line will still be visible. I don’t know of any way to hide it.</p>
<p>I will third aloe vera, preferably the plant, and it will be gooey.</p>
<p>I have always found Noxema skin cream to both be cool and soothing to my sunburns AND to speed the process of it becoming less angry looking (red to brown).</p>
<p>DADII, lucky it was on a weekend. DH used to sneak out to play golf sometimes and then show up on a weekday sunburned…hard to cover that one up :)</p>
<p>Getting a burn is sign of ruggedness. Wear it proudly. I also found it to be a good way to exfoliate along with a good soak in a cooling bath.</p>
<p>Don’t hurry the healing process. Not good to force the skin to heal faster than it should (cancer).</p>
<p>drink lots of fluid- preferably emergenc-e or take extra vitamin c ( aids in healing)
aloe vera/baking soda should help with pain.</p>
<p>My dermatologist recommends taking Advil when you get a sunburn - I can’t remember the science but it does help minimize the harmful effects of the sunburn.</p>
<p>Hey, seiclan - we used to put the Noxzema in the fridge so that it felt extra-cool when put on a sunburn.</p>
<p>I know it sounds strange, but putting a raw egg on sunburn REALLY helps, because it draws all the heat right out of it. Plain yogurt and vinegar can also help (although vinegar tends to burn because of the acetic acid).</p>
<p>Advil or other similar drugs (but not Tylenol) might help because of their anti-inflammitory effects. Cut down on inflammation, cut down on redness? Makes sense.
ANd if nothing else, it will make you feel a bit better.
Thinking along the same lines, avoid anything that makes your skin more red - hot water, alcohol, etc.</p>
<p>Aloe vera gel is amazing. We were ready to take S to the emergency room while on vacation after he got a sandburn on his chest and belly while skimboarding, but bought some aloe vera gel for about $3 at Walgreens to ease the pain while we figured out where to find a doc, but the gel provided instant relief and the end of the medical emergency!</p>
<p>It works on any skin irritation. We also combined it with Advil just in case. If you need immediate relief at home, try a cool bath with 1 cup of baking soda.</p>
<p>Another vote for aloe vera gel and Advil.</p>
<p>As a fair-skinned blond (at least my hair used to be blond before it turned gray and started falling out) who lived in Southern Californian who body-surfed and then sailed a lot, just a friendly reminder that even one really bad sunburn increases your risk of skin cancer. I’ve been through one round of treatment for “pre-cancerous skin cells” and it wasn’t much fun. Keep slathering on that sunscreen – especially on kids.</p>
<p>Amusing anecdote. We had been in Hawaii with the kids (then 7 and 5) for a week, and ran into our family doctor at church right after returning. He asked to see WashDadJr in the office, so WashMom took him by. It turns out that seeing a ghost-pale kid just returned from Hawaii made our doc think WashDadJr was anemic. He wasn’t, but WashMom kept them coated in a thick layer of SPF 100000 the whole time. Ironically, WashMom was the only one who got a scorching sunburn, having neglected to put sunscreen on her back or shoulders one day.</p>
<p>Borrow some of your wife’s rouge/blush and spread a little of it along the lines where your sunglasses were. Blend well. It might hide the marks a little bit. But you will have to be brave. :)</p>
<p>Nephew must also slather on SPF 10000. He body-surfed in Hawaii in a t-shirt that said “I’m from Oregon, we don’t tan, we rust”.</p>
<p>Red headed fair skinned folks here - we swear by aloe vera and advil if we do not get enough SPF 30 to prevent the burn. We also swear by Bull Frog lotion for prevention.</p>
<p>You might put some self tanner on the “owl eyes” to mask it</p>
<p>I hope you are feeling better today, DadII. I used to burn regularly - the joke was that I couldn’t go to the mailbox without getting a sunburn. Fortunately, today’s sunblocks work much better than the sunblocks available when I was growing up. </p>
<p>For sunburns, I prefer aloe vera gel, used liberally & often. I have had to take antihistimines, as well, for a particularly nasty burn.</p>
<p>Does anyone notice burning more easily in recent years? I do.</p>
<p>Don’t know if the sun is stronger now (ozone layer?), or if my skin is just too worn out to protect itself as well as it used to.</p>