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Reducing the redness of sunburn
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Every year I say I won't do it and then every year I do... :banghead:
A couple of hours in the garden (with SPF15, I might add!) yesterday has left me rather pink. I usually go pink, and then brown, but I was just wondering if anyone knew of a way to get rid of the redness quicker - not to bring on the tan, just so that I don't look so shocking! I've been using Boots Soltan AfterSun spray and Simple AfterSun Cooling Gel (left over from last summer), but they don't seem to be taking the redness away.. Any ideas anyone? :yeees:
A couple of hours in the garden (with SPF15, I might add!) yesterday has left me rather pink. I usually go pink, and then brown, but I was just wondering if anyone knew of a way to get rid of the redness quicker - not to bring on the tan, just so that I don't look so shocking! I've been using Boots Soltan AfterSun spray and Simple AfterSun Cooling Gel (left over from last summer), but they don't seem to be taking the redness away.. Any ideas anyone? :yeees:
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use after sun.
And use a higher factor suncream
this will stop it getting worse
For example if your skin burns at 10 minutes without protection... a SPF of 15 will increase this by 15 times...i.e. 15 x 10mins =150mins = 2 1/2 hours
I wasn't trying to get a tan - I was sitting in the garden, testing the effectiveness of my new eye drops for hayfever actually! They worked, even if the SPF15 I was using didn't! :roll eyes:
The redness is going down a bit now. I'm not sure whether it was the aloe vera gel (which I coated myself in for about 24 hours!) or something that one of my colleagues gave me - Piz Buin AfterSun Cooling Action Spray. Marvellous stuff! It's the only thing I've ever used that when I spray it on, it's actually sunk straight in and after a few minutes, my skin didn't feel tacky or sticky at all! Highly recommended!
Lucky for you the fairest person in the world just read this question--Me!! Taking aspirin within 24 hours of getting the burn not only reduces swelling and redness, but can actually cause your body to skip the whole burn process (if its not too bad). Just a little trick my doctor taught a poor girl who gets a little burned no matter how often she reapplies her sunblock.
P.s. please try to be preventive in the first place. Your skin'll look a lot younger in your older years if you practice sun safety!!:flirt: