How can I alleviate the pain of a sunburn?

Answer 1

Aloe gel.

Answer 2

First of all, you need to take some Ibuprofin (if you're not allergic to it). It will help reduce the swelling and pain.

Second, take a very cool to cold bath--this will help reduce the damage that the burn did to your skin. It will also help with the swelling, pain, and redness. If you can't take a bath, get some ice and rub it on the burned areas.

Third, drink plenty of clear fluids and make sure you're keeping hydrated.

If you have blisters, do NOT pop them. This will not only hurt, but it can leave bad scars. Blisters mean you have at least second degree burns. Not good!

If you have a lot of blisters, especially if you have a fever or the blisters have pus in them, you need to immediately go to the doctor. You probably have sun poisoning. This is very dangerous and can make you very sick.

If your skin is peeling, do not "help" it along...don't peel your skin. That also can cause very bad scarring (I have a big scar on my nose from peeling it as a kid when I had a sunburn--I'm now 35 and the scar is still there!).

Answer 3

1. Cool Milk Compresses: - The fat and lactic acids in milk are known to have soothing qualities for sunburned skin. Soak a soft cloth or cotton gauze in cool whole milk, and dab carefully onto the burned skin. Do this for around 20 minutes, and follow by rinsing off with cool water. (Due to the importance of the milk’s fat content, it’s important that whole milk be used in this treatment).
2. Cool, sugarless tea: - The tannin in tea is the active ingredient here, which helps to soothe and relieve some of the discomfort of sunburned skin. After brewing a big pot of tea, and allowing it to cool completely, slosh the affected areas with a soft sponge or washcloth. As with the vinegar (4), you could also fill a spray bottle, and spray the tea directly on the skin. And don’t throw away the used (cool) teabags. These are especially good for sensitive areas around the eyes – simply place the teabags over your eyes if they feel hot and tired. (If you have ‘St. John’s Wort’, consider using this as it contains cooling properties, which can help tone down some of the heat in your skin, as well as soothing the nerve endings damaged by the sunburn).
3. Aloe Vera: - Aloe Vera is commonly used to treat sunburn. As well as providing soothing relief, it may also assist in the healing process. Apply to the affected areas as needed. Although the gel extracted directly from an aloe Vera plant works best, if you don’t have ready access to one, you may use an ‘over the counter’ Aloe Vera Cream that contains the gel. For this to be effective, just ensure that the cream contains a high concentration of Aloe Vera than it does water or other solutions.
4. Water: - When exposed to the sun, your body loses water and essential body salts. Dehydration occurs when your body loses too much fluid, and begins to reabsorb fluid from the blood and other body tissues. To prevent the consequences of dehydration, increase your fluid intake to ensure you adequately re-hydrate your body for optimum recovery and health.

Answer 4

Get an aloe leaf for the grocery store. Rub it on your skin periodically. Pure aloe is the best because there's no additives. Believe it or not, Noxzema (Original Formula) works as well. I've been sun burned a few times and I recall my mother applying this to the burned areas as a child. It actually cooled the area and I was relieved!

Answer 5

Take a cool bath or shower and gently pat dry. Cover area with aloe gel, hydrocotisone cream or lotion for sunburn
Apply cool, wet washcloth to the burned area when you feel like it is still hot and burning.
Take aspirin or ibuprofen to reduce pain and inflammation.
Don't break any water blisters if you start to blister. Apply antibacterial ointment to any that break on their own.
My daughter just got a terrible sunburn, and we did all of the above.

Answer 6

Aloe Vera is probably the best method for pain relief. Your next consideration will probably be peeling, I recommend you use a moisturiser with Vitamin E in it. Just keep moisturising. If you're lucky it will prevent the peeling completely, if not it will mitigate the damage.

Answer 7

Purchase some Solorcane it cools and heals at the same time. Eat plenty of vitamin E.

Answer 8

cucumber, has cooling and soothing properties. and it tastes good. but aloe gell will do the same sort of thing. go to the pharmicy and they will tell you exactly what is best.

Answer 9

put vinger on it I know that it stinks but it will help with the pain I had to do it many times I burn very easily