Sunburn treatment at home (Blisters)

When you once get sunburns, the best thing to do is to protect your self from the sun. You should immediately cover your self and not let the heat from the sun touch your skin. Also you should avoid sun the next few week , during the healing process of your skin, because if you get sunburns again , you may get blister and scars.

When you get sunburns , you also get pain with them. After geting sunburn put a cold compress on you skin.Just put it on and hold it for 10 minutes, 5 times a day. You can also use a cold towel by putting it in an icy water  and then applying it on your sunburns. You may use a plastic bag full with ice and wrapped with cloth, for your sunburned area. This will reduce the pain and prevent your skin from getting blisters.

When you want to reduce the pain from sunburns, the best way is to take pain-killers pills. But anyway you must not use products that contain lidocaine and benzocain. Most skin sprays for pain have lidocaine or benzocaine, because they are local anesthetics. But when you spray on your skin at first you will feel a huge pain , because they string the skin , which is very painful on skin with sunburns. Also if you have sunburns and use those sprays , you may get skin irritations and allergy.

When you get sunburns, your skin is red and really hot. Taking a cold shower or cool bath is really pleasant thing to do. This will low your skin temperature and will stop any inflammations. Also it may help you with the redness. Take shower several times a day , but avoid soap . Instead use some shaving cream or hair conditioner.

Nothing help better with calming your skin , than aloe vera gel. Aloe vera is a plant, whose leaves contain gel that has a great cooling and anti-inflammation effect.  There are two ways of getting it. You can find it in stores , like cream-gels or you can get it directly from the aloe vera leaves. Just cut them in half and wait a little bit for the gel to come out and then start rubbing it into your skin. The gel will calm down your skin and will reduce the chance of getting inflammation.

If you have been exposed to sun , you will probably get sunburns. But sometimes there are bigger problems that goes with sun exposure than redness , inflammation or itching.If you get sunburns that are really painful and have blisters you should go and see doctor.Also if you feel fever and chills or an upset stomach , you should definitely ask for medical assistance. You may also feel confusion or headaches, because you may have dehydration. All of those signs are very dangerous and may lead to heat stroke. Because of these if you have any of those symptoms, you should immediately visit doctor.

Sunburns are followed by itching, redness and the most uncomfortable, pain. Sometimes the pain is so unbearable that you can't even wear clothes. Wearing tight clothes, like tight shirts or jeans, can be really painful , because they are rubbing against your painful skin. Also if they squeeze you a lot , will probably cause you inflammation , which may lead to other problems. The best way is to wear less clothes while you are at home, and they must be very loose , so that the barely touch your skin. Also make sure to be cotton clothes, because the cotton allows your skin to breathe. Try wearing cotton t-shirt and some cotton shorts, but avoid socks if you have sunburns on your legs , because the socks sling will make it worse.Also avoid wearing bra , because the straps will harm your sunburned skin.

If you want your sunburns to heal quickly and properly, you must make sure they are clean all the time. Wash them thoroughly, but avoid rubbing them, because you may irritate your skin , or make wounds.  You should avoid soap , because soaps have opposite effect of moisturizing your skin . Instead, try using baby shampoo, shower gel, shaving cream, because they will keep your skin soft ,stretchy and moistened. Your water should not be hot , but also not too cold , because it will not let your skin to heal. Or if you prefer, you can take long baths, which will also help because the skill will have time to get hydrated. You can wash your skin several times a day (about 3-4 times). Also if you use any creams, gels , home made recipe for sunburns, after some time when their effect stops , wash them just to let your skin breath.

If you have been expose to sun for a longer period, you may get second degree burns. Those sunburns are followed with redness and blisters. So if you get blisters first you have to wash your blisters and keep them clean, just like sunburns. If they are small and does not bother you in every day activity you should not touch them and let it heal themselves. But if you blisters are too big , and obstruct you, you can drain them. You must make sure the whole process is absolutely hygienically.You can drain them with needle, but first sterilize the blister and the needle with medical alcohol. This will not let any infection. Do not remove the skin of the blister, because it will not heal quickly and may leave scar. Cover the area with antibiotic ointment and put a bandage on.

If you got blisters , and you drained them, but did not follow the instructions of sterilization,  there are big chance to get infection. If you notice yellow pus , or you have some more redness or foul smell, you probably have infection. First thing you should do is to put an antibiotic ointment such as bacitracin or polymyxin B antibiotic ointment. Make sure you are not allergic to them by making small test on some healthy area. The second thing is visiting a doctor. He will decide what is best for you , because you must cure your infection.

Putting cold thing on your sunburned areas will help you. But the proper choice is to make a cubes from aloe vera.This will have double effect, cold from the cubes, and calm from the aloe vera. First find a aloe vera plant and choice some healthy leaves near to the root. Cut the leaves. Put the leaves in a glass with the cut part at the bottom, then leave them for 15 minutes and the gel from the leaves will slowly leak from them into the glass. Now take ice cube trays and fill them with the aloe vera gel. Then freeze them for several hours. When the are hard enough , just slide them gently to your skin.

You must treat your sunburns properly, so you do not get any irritations, inflammations or blisters. But if your skin has already become inflamed, try applying cortisone cream. Those cortisone creams have small amount of steroids. Those steroids will help you to reduce any inflammation you have on your skin , as a result of your sunburns. But because they have effects like testosterone in your body , you should not use them on children because they can stunt growth.

When you have sunburns, you skin is damaged and needs to be healed. The egg oil or known as oleova is full with omega-3 fatty acids  and immunoglobulins. Those acids penetrate deep into the skin and helps with renewal of dermis.This will help with your redness and pain. Put the egg oil on your skin and start to massage your sunburns and theirs surrounding for about 10 minutes.Then leave the egg oil on your skin for about one hour, and during that hour avoid exposure to direct sun.After that you can wash it with mild water. You can do this twice a day , until you notice any improvement.

The sun is at its strongest between 10am and 4pm in almost every part of the world.  Staying out of the sun between these hours decreases chances of a sunburn and reduces the potential severity if one is obtained

Umbrellas are not just for rain.  If you are walking a long distance on a sunny day or having a day of beach fun, use an umbrella to block out UV rays that cause sunburns.