From 10 o'clock in the morning and up to 14 o'clock in the afternoon sunburns most often occur, because during this period of time the sun's rays are the most dangerous and aggressive. Most often, and faster burns holders of light hair and eyes, light skin. Some tranquilizers, antiallergic therapy, tetracycline antibiotics can increase exposure to sun rays. In addition, the sugar substitute is also a "provocateur" of the most rapid combustion under the sun's rays.
Symptoms of sunburn
The main symptoms of sunburn include: obvious reddening of the skin, swelling of the burned area, soreness of the affected area, if the area of the lesion is large, then weakness and elevated body temperatures are possible. In some cases, the sunburn is accompanied by a thermal injury, and in this case the symptoms described above will be added to the symptoms described above.
What if I have a sunburn?
- 4 tablespoons finely chopped plantain leaves pour 300 ml of boiling water. The broth is infused for 2 hours, we moisten the gauze napkin in it and apply it to the affected area of the body and leave it for 15 minutes.
- Type in a bath of water and add a handful of baking soda and lie in this water for a while, after "taking" the bath, do not wipe yourself with a towel, let the soda water dry on the skin.
- To relieve swelling and pain, you can use aloe juice, of course if you do not have an allergic reaction to aloe.
- 4 tablespoons of oatmeal is crushed in a coffee grinder, the resulting flour is poured into 100 ml of boiling water. Cool and apply the slurry for 15 minutes on the affected areas. We wash off the mass with cool water, and apply any moisturizing cream.
- To treat a burn on the face will help an ordinary cucumber, which must be grated and applied to the face for 20 minutes. The mask is washed off with tea brew or cool water.
A sunburn to heal effectively will help compress from raw crushed potatoes or grated cottage cheese.
The burned skin will help raw protein quail or chicken egg.
Do not wash with soap before going to bed, if you are burned, it is better to wipe the skin with milk.
The owners of sensitive skin have pigmentation spots that can not go away for a long time. In this case, use freshly squeezed carrot juice, which twice a day should be lubricated by these stains. In addition, it is advised to drink a glass of freshly squeezed carrot juice daily.
Also a good proven home remedy is an immature black currant, the berries are ground with 1 teaspoon of honey in a puree-like mass. The resulting mixture is applied to the skin for 30 minutes, then the stains are smeared with diluted apple cider vinegar or lemon juice.
What not to do with sunburn:
- Do not lubricate affected areas with agents that contain alcohol. They will only aggravate the course of the burn.
- Do not use fat-based products, for example, petroleum jelly, various oils, thick ointments, sour-milk products, since they form a film on the surface of the skin, which creates favorable conditions for the multiplication of pathogens, which means that a burn will occur.
- It is strongly recommended to avoid the sun from noon to 4 pm, because at that time the sun's rays are particularly active.
Well, if you want to sunbathe, then double the protection with stronger sunscreen.