what else can be used as aftersun???

Question

Mrs sithy has burnt shoulders (too long walkin around local event), but we have no after sun, and now she is suffering as they are stinging, been putting on Vaseline intesive care cream, but is something else better (baby oil? - not kinkily. lol).

any info would be great thanks

Answer 1

Aloe Vera plant...or a long cold bath...it is a burn after all

Answer 2

I agree with Amanda you cant beat Aloe Gelly as an aftersun, The aloe takes the sting out of it and even prevents me from peeling ( I used to always peel ). Lasts a long time you don't need to use a lot and if you have a natural aloe plant even better!

Answer 3

cold water is the best first aid when you burn yourself - 20 minutes under the tap is ideal. NEVER ice or vinegar or milk or butter or green tea or mustard or toothpaste or sunscreen or semen or vaseline or tomatoes or vanilla extract or yogurt or sour cream or egg white or lavender oil or cocoa butter or salt or tea bags or potato or shaving cream or olive oil or baking soda or banana peel or petroleum jelly or whipped cream or avocado or bacon grease or corn starch or tumeric or lemon juice or curd or pickle juice or soy sauce - not until the skin is fully healed!

alcohol might help with the pain but it is a serious risk as it will dehydrate you - so don't drink any. ibuprofen or aspirin will help but larger burns are often accompanied by stomach ulcers, so tylenol/panadol is best for pain if you are gonna tough it out. drink plenty of water or energy drinks that don't have caffeine (gatorade)

i would advise that you cover the burnt area with white soft paraffin (white petroleum) or aqueous cream bp. (check the links below and see if you can find a local equivalent). wash the burn and reapply every 4-6 hours - cover with cling wrap if you wish to cover with clothes - this will stop your clothes getting covered with paraffin and maintains the burn.

cling wrap alone is ok if you can't get hold of any paraffin. it also acts as a protective artificial skin - helping retain moisture and protect from further damage and pain. cling wrap is cheap and clean off the roll. in Australia ambulances often use this when someone has been burnt. - please note that cling wrap isn't always practical, like on your face.

the paraffin imitates the natural oils, creating a seal stopping water leaving the body and reduces pain by protecting sensitised nerves. both of these factors improve healing - good stuff stays in, bad stays out - that is one job of healthy skin. aloe is good coz it remoisturises but that moisture can be quickly lost as the skin can't contain fluids. so put aloe on, and then the paraffin on over the top. if there is broken skin leave out the aloe - just paraffin.

http://www.doorone.com.au/xGS-Aqueous_Cream~NS-1~linkin_id-8009837

http://www.pharmacyonline.com.au/david-craig-paraffin-400g-p-1831.html

http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/cvs/gateway/detail?prodid=134100&previousURI=/CVSApp/cvs/gateway/search?page=1^Query=White+Petrolatum^ActiveCat=65

email if you still have questions - send photos [e-mail]

finally if you are really worried go to a hospital that has a burns unit or plastic surgeons. serious sunburn i.e. blisters (and all other burns) should be seen by a burns trained doctor or nurse.

Answer 4

if she's burned don't use anything with oil base...use aloe Vera as it's a cooling agent and a antiseptic.also cold compress to bring out the sting from the burn ice rapped in a flannel will work. keep this up till the sting subsides.

Answer 5

I got totally frazzled on tuesday and I have been using aloe vera and specialist burns cream it was quite bad!!
I have just started pealing as well and the best thing I have found so far is to rub some exfoliating scrub onto it, this sounds painful but it doesn't hurt one bit to get rid of the flaky bits then thrown on lots and i mean lots of moisturiser.
Oh yeah and don't give her the well you should have put sun cream on its your own fault that it hurts talk its just too late for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 6

I burn easily and the one thing that I have found that works better than anything else, is plain white vinegar!

Take a paper towel or a washcloth and soak it in the vinegar apply it to the sunburn, it cools the burn and promotes healing. Stay out of the sun until you are healed. If you must go out make sure you cover up with a white light weight shirt

At night apply aloe vera gel.

Answer 7

Try slicing a potato very thinly and laying the slices on the sunburn. Sounds wacky but apparently, there's something in the starch of the potato that is very cooling. Mashed strawberries have the same effect. A friend of mine tried this after a sunbed session that went wrong and he said it really works!

Answer 8

When my daughter was little we used calamine lotion
Friends living in the Middle East say that they cover sunburn (unbroken skin) with plain yoghourt!
In Madeira they use Aloe Vera (the plants grow everywhere there)

Answer 9

E45 cream is good for sunburn. Or Aloe Vera lotion (ie, from The Body Shop) is also good.

Answer 10

Well you can use greek natural yoghurt, it was a hand tip given to me when i was on hloiday in turkey,( it smells a bit, but it works).
Hope this helps you.