NWR: Sunburns

klingklang77 Posted: Jun 16, 2006 05:17 PM

NWR: Sunburns

i had a day off today and it was a great day for the beach. i put on sunscreen after an hour, which is my normal M.O.

i never put it on my legs b/c i never get tan there (i have no idea why ). well as i am leaving i noticed my knees were red.

i just got home an hour ago, i dread the sunburned knees i am going to have tonite....

kara10152006 Posted: Jun 16, 2006 05:19 PM

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ouch - I'd get some aloe on those knees QUICK!!!

klingklang77 Posted: Jun 16, 2006 05:22 PM

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Posted by kara10152006

ouch - I'd get some aloe on those knees QUICK!!!

i just put some lotion on it. i havent really had a sunburn in a really long time.

kara10152006 Posted: Jun 16, 2006 05:27 PM

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the memories come back pretty quickly, don't they? we went to splish splash last year and I had an amazing time on the lazy river, unfortunately the underside of my arm (where it meets your shoulder, you know the part that never sees the light of day), burnt like you can't imagine! I couldn't keep my arms down comfortably for days! It had been years since I had been burnt but the memories came flooding back the minute I stepped out of the shower that night. Hopefully your burn will smoothe out to a nice tan!

jerrys girl Posted: Jun 16, 2006 05:55 PM

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aloe vera gel and lanocaine. i am very fair and burn so easily. i stupidly forget about sunscreen.

strawberryshortcake Posted: Jun 16, 2006 06:01 PM

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i am very fair and burnt last year on a vacation in st. lucia...i had read somewhere that asprin or tylenol helps keep the redness down and helps ease the pain if you take it within 24 hours. it worked for me....so it might be worth a try.

lilqtny Posted: Jun 16, 2006 06:59 PM

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Go to CVS and get one of the thermal spring waters by Avene, La Rosche Posay, or Vichy, I highly recommend La Rosche. They are AMAZING. It was actually used on burn victims in the great Chicago fires of the 1800's.

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FrogGirl0917 Posted: Jun 16, 2006 07:05 PM

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Poor thing I feel your pain!! I usually burn so bad that I turn purple!

edsprincess Posted: Jun 16, 2006 07:07 PM

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I just had really bad sunburn a month or two ago that actually blisterd. I bought noxema which cooled it down then I used a aloe with lanocaine(for the pain). I bought it from walgreens. Its actually their brand. It works. you could also take some tylenol.