How to remedy sunburn

The weather is hot in summer and the sun is strong, but we still need to go out in summer. The weather is hot, and if we don’t apply sunscreen, it will be easy to get sunburned. But some people will still get sunburned even if they apply it because the ultraviolet rays are very strong. There is no good way to deal with sunburn after it happens. We can only choose ways to remedy it. So how can we remedy sunburn more effectively and quickly?

If a sunburn occurs, it should be treated immediately. Treatments include:

Use ice water for cold wet compresses or non-condensing cold medicine for emergency skin care; apply calamine lotion, zinc oxide or Fu Qing Lei cream externally; if necessary, take chlorpheniramine, prednisone orally and take 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.

Watermelon peel skin application

Method: Apply watermelon rind on sunburned arms and rub 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. If you use a scraper to scrape the watermelon rind into thin slices and apply it on sunburned skin, it will help the skin to fully absorb the watermelon juice.

Principle: Since watermelon peel contains vitamin C, it has anti-inflammatory and whitening effects when applied to the skin, so it can treat sunburned skin.

Tea for sunburn

According to experts, tea is the most suitable for emergency sunburn treatment.

Method: Use a cotton ball dipped in tea to gently pat the sunburned area. This can soothe the skin and relieve the burning sensation.

Principle: The tannic acid in tea has a good astringent effect, can reduce tissue swelling, and reduce cell exudation. It is very effective for skin that is slightly sunburned but not flaky.

If the sunburned area is too large, you can also add strong tea to a washbasin at home and soak the sunburned skin in the water for a few minutes. The effect will be more significant.

Lotion ice pack

Method: First apply the cotton pad dipped in lotion on your face, and keep applying it alternately.

Principle: Because sunburned skin is extremely dehydrated, adding lotion can shrink pores and moisturize the skin.

After 30 minutes, how do you feel? If you also want to use ice compress, you can add ice cubes to the lotion, or put the lotion in the refrigerator to cool it, then take out the frozen ice cubes, wrap them in a towel and apply them to your face.

After the skin is sunburned, we must take good care of it and don’t rush to wash the sunburned skin, especially when the skin is red. We can only wash it after the redness of the sunburn disappears. This will not hurt the skin. Then, we can use our own methods.