What to do if your skin turns dark after sun exposure

It's a hot summer, and women who love beauty have a love-hate relationship with summer. What they love is that they can wear skirts to show off their beautiful figures, but what they hate is that they get tanned easily. Especially when exposed to the sun unavoidably, the skin will darken faster. So what should you do if your skin darkens after being exposed to the sun? I believe that this question is something that most people would like to know. I hope the following aspects can be of help to everyone.

After being exposed to the sun, you must take timely measures to care for your skin to prevent ultraviolet rays from lurking in the skin and causing serious consequences such as sun spots and premature skin aging. Generally speaking, the 72 hours after being exposed to the sun is the "golden period" for repairing sun-exposed skin. As long as the first aid measures are taken correctly within 72 hours, the skin can quickly return to its original whiteness.

Generally speaking, the skin goes through four stages from exposure to sunlight to sunburn. If we want to save our skin from the sun, we must start from these four stages and gradually eliminate the damage caused by ultraviolet rays to the skin.

Minor sunburn: redness and burning

When the skin turns red and hot, it means that the skin has been slightly sunburned.

Recommendation: After cleaning the sunburned area with cool water, apply an iced after-sun repair mask/aloe vera gel to the sunburned area for 15-20 minutes. In addition, you should stop using functional products and only use basic hydrating and moisturizing skin care products to avoid burdening your fragile skin.

Moderate sunburn: pain, redness, and swelling

When your skin feels painful or you can even see obvious redness and swelling, it means that your skin has been moderately sunburned.

Recommendation: Wrap ice cubes in a wet towel and apply to help calm the skin quickly. After calming the skin, apply aloe vera gel evenly and thickly on the sunburned area. In addition, sunburned skin is extremely dehydrated, so it is necessary to replenish the skin with necessary moisture in a timely manner. It is recommended to increase the skin's hydration and moisturizing efforts to accelerate the repair of skin damage.

If your skin is peeling and blistering, you may have a severe sunburn.

Recommendation: Avoid rubbing your skin to prevent blisters from bursting. When the skin is severely sunburned, you should seek help from a doctor at a regular medical institution. After diagnosis and treatment by the doctor, you should treat the sunburned skin correctly according to the doctor's instructions. In addition, be careful to avoid using skin care products and cosmetics before recovery.

In addition to these, there are some tips to relieve sunburn

1. After sunburn, you can apply 1.9% saline solution to the injured area. The method of preparing such a brine is very simple. Just dissolve one tablespoon of salt in one liter of water.

2. Applying fresh yogurt on the wound is also effective.

3. The decoction made from black tea and oak bark is also effective, but the skin may temporarily turn darker due to the color of the decoction.

4. If the sunburn is severe, taking an aspirin can effectively promote skin repair. But if the sunburn is extensive, you should see a doctor immediately.