Summer sun
By ET28LV
@ET28LV (1890)
Latvia
July 4, 2010 5:55am CST
Hello!
On this summer sun is very hot it is good, because we can tan our body enjoy warm water and swim. I have a problem yesterday I be on sea with my brother and dad. We swimming with other people. I tan only for 10-15 minutes weather was overcast then sunny. I to don use a suntan cream and now I am skimming. All my hands, stomach and legs hurts and my face is red. Yep maybe it is funny, but at the same time it is painful.
Maybe you know how to discard from the painful?
I have heard that sour cream helps maybe you know other things which can help on this situation? I do not have a cream after tan and I do not go to the supermarket maybe you know some homes methods?
And the last thing does you ever has had this problem?
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@celticeagle (171195)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Jul 10
I know how painful burns can be. What you need to get is some Alo Vera Gel. It is the greatest. It feels cool on your skin and is very soothing. It works miracles for sun burns. We always have a Alo Vera plant around and use it for stove burns and so forth. Then we got a large bottle of the Gel and use it all summer.
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@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
6 Jul 10
He he you too have experience in sunburns? My grandmother have Aloe Vera, but she lives about 300 km for our house. It is to bit a far to get it. This is fourth day when I have the sunburn and I feel good pains is only left to my shoulders. The skin on my face a little goes off. Thank you for share, Have a nice day!
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@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
16 Jul 10
Ah yes, it can be very easy to spend too long in the sun while we are having fun! It is very easy to get burned by the sun here in Australia too.
The best thing that I have found for sun burn is Aloe Vera. If you have an Aloe Vera plant, then that is the best thing. You just cut off one of the thick leaves and slice it in half, then smear the gel inside all over your skin.
We have a few of these plants and this works really well. There are also lots of sunburn products on the market that have Aloe Vera in them, but the plant itself works better and is cheaper too.
@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
17 Jul 10
Yes It is very easily to spend all day in the sun, because we do not feel how we are burned. Australia nice country. Thanks for share, but my sunburn had ended, but all people advices will help in future. Only Aloe Vera plant is grew at my grandmother place. Take care, Have a nice day!
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
7 Jul 10
I've been lucky this year in that I haven't gotten a bad sunburn, but that doesn't mean that I've never been burnt in the past because I have, I've been burnt quite badly. A couple of things that I've found that many people have in their homes that take the sting out of a sunburn are: aloe from an aloe plant. I know that a lot of people keep aloe plants in their homes. Also, white vinegar works very well too, it might make you smell like a salad, but it works really, really well.
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@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
8 Jul 10
Yep luck you, but good is that you have a experience in sunburns. Many people was said that Aloe Vera, but this thing have only my grandmother who lives about 300 km about our house. He he white vinegar better is smell than fell pain. I think tomorrow all pain would be end. Because, today I feel only little pains. Have a nice day!
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@GardenGerty (162111)
• United States
4 Jul 10
You can actually get a worse burn when it is overcast than when it is sunny. Try cool baths with baking soda, or cool washcloths on the painful area. Some people like to put vinegar on the burn. You can use regular aspirin, taken orally or in a solution, dip a rag in it and apply to burned areas. Use a moisturizer if you have one.
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@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
4 Jul 10
Hello GardenGerty!
I do not know that I can so burn in overcast. People are learn for mistakes and know I too will learn. Next time I certainly use a suntan cream whatever time would be. Vinegar is something like oil? Yesterday I was one warm shower, but today I go to bath. Thank you very much for share, Have a nice day!
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@SomeCowgirl (32190)
• United States
5 Jul 10
Aloe Vera is good, so if you have an aloe vera plant or some aloe vera laying around the house you should use some to get rid of the pain. Sorry I don't know of any other remedies, and had never heard of sour cream as a remedy either. I burn easily.
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@cream97 (29085)
• United States
5 Jul 10
Hi, ET28LV. When I go to the beach, I will make sure that I have on suntan lotion. If not, my skin will burn and sting like crazy! I have learned from this many years ago when I went to the beach with my relatives. It was dreadful. I could not even take a shower. My skin was peeling off. And the sun cooked my skin. It was horrible.![](/Content/images/emotes/sad.gif)
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
4 Jul 10
sUNBURNS ARE NOT FUNNY. tHEY CAN BE VERY PAINFUL. If u have any kind of ointment for regular burns that will help. I have always heard to put vinegar in sunburns but i have never tried that. Didn't want to smell like a pickle, lol.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
4 Jul 10
The sun can definitely fool you so please be sure to wear sunscreen the next time you go to the beach. A bad sunburn can lead to cancer. What you need to put on your skin is lotion. One containing Aloe Vera is the best but anything that will help keep your skin hydrated will help. Sunburned skin is very dry which makes it tighten up and that makes it hurt more.
@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
5 Jul 10
Yes next time I certainly use a sunscreen. I know about cancer... it so bad. He he today my mother was said that Aloe Vera have my grandmother, but she live about 300km from our home. Yes sunburned skin is very hurt, but I do not have a big body temperature anymore. I have only pain to my shoulders and face.
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@Hvaniday1 (550)
• Malaysia
4 Jul 10
Hello! Yeah, is very painful when you stay under the sun for sometime. Nay, I don't get sun burn at all, personally I am very tan. Thus, I 'll stay away from going under the sun. If you tan for just 10-15 minutes and feel pain that means the weather is very hot out there. Hope you get well soon...![](/Content/images/emotes/niceday.gif)
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@Ladyslipper (1327)
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
I have not experienced having sun burn in my life. It's because I'm always prepared with a sunblock whenever I go to beach with family and friends. However, I know one ointment you can use as a remedy. I don't know any home remedies. The only remedy I can think of as of this moment is Vandol Ointment. It's good for soothing pain and helping heal minor wounds and burns.
It's the ointment I use for my 9 month old son to protect him from diaper rash. The ointment is also good for dry skin. You might want to try it.
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@ElicBxn (63755)
• United States
4 Jul 10
I haven't had a bad burn since college, I did get a wind burn in 1985 - OUCH!
I don't know if you have it there, but if you can find some aloe vera, it can help - ALOT! I had some put on a burn on a finger (you know, a real burn with blister and everything) and after about an hour it stopped hurting, and it really didn't hurt again except when it was touched.
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@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
4 Jul 10
Wow wind burn too is very painful. No I do not have a Aloe Vera, but if my pain will not end I need to get it somewhere. Well Thank you for sharing! The hardest thing is sleep, because body is very hot and feeling is like I am sleeping on hot coal. Have a nice day!
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
4 Jul 10
Hello ET. The problem you mentioned here is the one that I have in every summer when I get out in the sun for just a few hours. Then my skin becomes red followed by painful feeling the next day and then it becomes dark. Once it gets dark, it can not get back to the previous skin color until after the whole winter without the arm suntanned. Take care.
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@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
4 Jul 10
Hello williamjisir!
Oh you have these problems every summer. Does your skin always go to brown color? I have heard that skin sometimes come off and need to tan again. I hope my skin too go to brown color. This day is 2 when I have the painful pain slightly narrowed.
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@ellie333 (21016)
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4 Jul 10
Hi ET, If you have an Aloe Vera plant, break the leaf and put th juiceof the plant on you, this is what the sailors used to use for sunburn centuries ago and still does work, if not get something with aloe in it cream wise touse. If you have tea tree oil, put a few drops into a luke warm bath and bathe in it for a while this will help with the healing process too. Huggles. Elles. Ellie :D
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@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
4 Jul 10
Hey ellie333!
I do not have Aloe Vere plant. I do not know that sailors use this method before some years ago. I do not have tea tree oil too. Maybe I think something what to do. This is day two and pain is slightly narrowed. I hope that painful in next two days will end. Thank you, Have a nice day!
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@dreamsharmin (2281)
• China
26 Mar 11
Suddenly you swim that's why you feel pain in your body. So for take summer sun you must put some cream otherwise it could be bad for your skin.
I don't like summer sun.I never had such a problem till now.
Have a good time!
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