What to do if your face gets burned

If your skin is burned, you must pay attention. There may be two factors. The first is ultraviolet burns. The other is related to being under certain lights for a long time. Skin burns do not mean that the skin is tanned, but the skin will show a kind of erythema within a few hours. The name of this erythema is sunburn. Severe cases can cause skin edema and blisters, which require special attention.

Emergency care for skin after sunburn Skin sunburn and tanning depend on two factors:

One is the wavelength of ultraviolet light. Medium-wave ultraviolet rays cause sunburn, while long-wave ultraviolet rays cause skin tanning.

The second is related to skin type.

Some people divide the degree of erythema reaction and pigmentation of the skin after sun exposure into Type IV: The characteristics of Type IV skin are:

Type I skin is easily sunburned but never tans; Type II skin is often sunburned but less likely to tan than the average person; Type III skin is sometimes sunburned but more likely to tan than the average person; Type IV skin is rarely sunburned but easily tans. Sunburn often occurs in

People with skin types Ⅰ and Ⅱ. Children and women are particularly susceptible to sunburn in spring and summer. After a single prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays, diffuse erythema (sun spots) will appear on the skin after several hours to more than 10 hours. The skin will become bright red, edematous, and in severe cases, blisters may form.

The skin erythema reaction reaches its peak on the second day after sun exposure. After about a week, the erythema subsides, and there is scaling and pigmentation. The skin feels burning and painful. Severe cases may be accompanied by systemic reactions such as fever, headache, fatigue, nausea and general discomfort, and even palpitations, delirium and shock.

Prevention is better than cure. Sunburn is preventable: avoid exposure to the sun, carry an umbrella when going out, wear a wide-brimmed hat, long-sleeved clothes, apply sunscreen on the face and exposed parts of the body, do not spend too much time outdoors in the summer, and pay special attention to protection when swimming outdoors.

Once sunburn occurs, it should be treated immediately. Treatment methods include: using ice water for cold wet compresses or non-condensing cold medicine for emergency skin care; applying calamine lotion, zinc oxide or skin-relaxing cream externally; if necessary, taking oral chlorpheniramine, prednisone and corresponding symptomatic treatment at the same time.

Generally, symptoms begin to subside and the patient will recover after two or three days of treatment. Sunburn is a phototoxic reaction of the skin, which has a great impact on the skin and will accelerate skin aging, making the skin rough, thickened, and dull, coarsening the skin texture, and causing wrinkles and spots to appear earlier. Therefore, be careful of the ultraviolet rays in the sun to prevent sunburn.

How to apply watermelon rind on the skin: Apply the watermelon rind on the sunburned arms and rub it repeatedly. Soon, the juice of the watermelon rind will be absorbed by the dehydrated skin. If you repeat this process many times, the symptoms of sunburn will be greatly alleviated.