I Am Hurting!

in the summer, we frequent a beach and one year i got so burnt from being there that i suffered for days from it. hope you feel better soon.

I deliberately stay out of the sun for the very same reasons, when I burn I go bright pink, blister and peel, and I itch like crazy, doesn't matter what sunblock I put on, even going out, without actually laying in the sun, I have to cover up. Then after all that I go white again, I have never gone brown. I am also heat sensitive too, so I dread the Summer months, if I had enough money I would escape our Summers for a colder climate. Mind you the good thing about staying out of the sun, I am less likely to get skin cancer. I had a very bad experience one Summer when I was a child I got badly burnt on holiday, it was so bad I couldn't even walk, the back of my legs were burnt as was my back, I was in agony, I wasn't going to forget that holiday in a hurry, but it taught me a stiff lesson, about the sun and getting burnt!

Did you use a waterproof, or water resistant sunblock? I got severe sun poisoning so badly as a teen, it kept me out on the sun for YEARS! I was on my senior class trip, and I couldn't attend the luau! :( I grew up going to the Jersey shore, but the sun in Florida was WAY more intense!

I have sensitive skin as well and cannot stand the heat for long. So, I cannot stay under the sun either. The heat alone and sweating gives me prickly heat and rashes all over my body. That is one reason why I don't like summer- I am red all over

Ouch imagine if you did not put sunblock? Try putting some aloe vera cream or natural aloe vera wil will be much better i think. And maybe next time try not to expose your skin too much. Here in asia i think most of the woman go gaga when the sun starts to appear..ahaha im not saying its good though. Hope it will get better soon try not to touch it as much as you can.

Well, I'd go to the pharmacy and ask for a product that can calm your burn. There must be something for calming after burning.

The 70 SPF means that if you normally burn in 10 minutes without sunscreen, the 70 will protect you for 70 minutes. Also, you need to apply it half an hour before being exposed to the sun. Aloe vera gel is good for taking the heat out of burns.

If it's your first time in the sun for the season, you'll get burnt more than ever because your skin is not used to it. That's the time you really need to put on a T-shirt (or whatever) to be on the safe side because you will burn regardless what sunscreen you have on. They say vinegar helps to cool it off. Do some research online and see what helps other than that if you'd like.

I`m so glad that you had fun, but no fun is worth a terrible sunburn. That is vey dangerous. I think that, if your skin is so delicate, you should ask a doctor to tell you what to do and what not to do.Sometimes a sunblock is not enough.

Thanks for this discussion, so you got it during boating, is your place hot and too sunny, here we are having beginning of summer, temp is 43 C now, soon it will shoot to 53, we are accustomed to hot weather. If you come here you will feel like roasted.

Sorry to hear that you got so burnt. It sounds very painful. Glad to hear that you had fun though. That is crazy that you put it on that much and still were burnt really bad.

Eat way more tomatoes or tomato paste! They did tests with it with people who get very easily a sunburn. It was reduces by over 30%. So worth trying it or? You have to start with it about 3-4 weeks before sunbathing. BTW I also have the experiences (with my childeren) that not every high sunblock works at all. So keep your shirt on as well. BTW my granny always had a terrible sunburn (incl. big wounds) even she was using it and just sitting in the shade.

I always get burnt I was surprised a few years ago when I went to the Dominican. I didn't get tanned but got red, but not as burnt as I thought. Only 1 night did I feel sore from it.

Hello lovingmybabies.....You have been consult the problem to dermatologist specialist or beautism????

I have used aloe vera, and I have used vinegar. Both help. I have heard of crushing aspirin and soaking cloths in it to apply, and I have heard of soaking a rag in milk to do apply to remove the pain. I just read recently that if you rub the sunscreen in it lessens the effectiveness, so that is maybe a reason you burned so badly. I hope you get to doing better.

hope the kids did not burn. I tan and never burn.I walk to the store and I get tan lines. I am very blonde and you would think i'd burn easily but I don't. I tan.

I remember i was about 14 years old when My family and I decided to have a beach party for my dad's birthday. I just loved being at the beach, that I stayed out the whole day. And the day after, mt face looked like a roasted pig! got badly burnt!

Hi ! Never mind those burns , the important thing is you enjoyed your outdoor activities. Don't your skin will be back to its original color. Burning a temporary one anyways you still look so beautiful. Personally i am afraid to place on sunblock because i have bad experienced about it . Once i place sunblock because i am out then following day some spots in my face already. I don't know maybe that sunblock is in bad quality. Now i am not placing nay sunblock because of that trauma.

It seems bizarre t.o read about sunburn and sun cream, when we have barely reached double figures here in the uk. I suggest a nice cool bath or shower, that should ease the pain a little. Don't forget to drink plenty of water - we forget how sunburn dehydrates us. Nonetheless, nice to hear you had a nice day

Usually people with fairer skin affected the most. I hope you would get over it soon and take care! Most important is you enjoy much and had a sweet and funfilled memorial boat ride !