peeling skin

Shea Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:19 PM

peeling skin

omg - i got a bad sunburn on my back and now its all splotcy and blotchy! i am stressing about my wedding dress;

how do i speed this process along? i went tanning to make the really white marks darker....what else?

misawa18 Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:21 PM

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Hi... I got burned on my face not from the sun but from omething else...---.and my freinds mom is emailing me the name of a body and face scrub to use...she said it was great... I will let you know as soon as she emailes it to me....If I forget please FM me!!!

Stacey04 Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:29 PM

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What about using one of those brushes, like aloofah type thing to rub it off? Use lots of lotion!

Shea Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:35 PM

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yea, i should exfoliate, right?

i have so much lotion on it right now, i feel so gross...

Stacey04 Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:36 PM

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Posted by Shea

yea, i should exfoliate, right?

i have so much lotion on it right now, i feel so gross...

Even if you just use a washcloth, that should help get it off. Good Luck! You still have time for it to cxome off...stay out of the sun! At least until its gone!

Shea Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:37 PM

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yes, i should stay out of the sun and stuff?? or should i tan and make it even again

BethGail Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:40 PM

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Posted by Stacey04

What about using one of those brushes, like aloofah type thing to rub it off? Use lots of lotion!

Go to Bath and Body works or the Body Shop and get a ROUGH loofah and a loofah scrub. Get someone to help you (i know it sounds gross....but that is what friends are for) and have one of them help you scrub it off!!

Put lots of lotion (cocoa butter is best) on and rub in fully while doing it...take a break and then start again later so you dont irritate your skin.

Then when you are done....although this could sound like it feels a little gross...but on extra lotion and a t shirt to let it dry.

Can you tell i have experience with this?!?!?! (all those college formals that were like RIGHT after spring break!!)

bluetank Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:40 PM

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No more tanning. Do you have aloe on??? Exfoliating is good, that will help.

Shea Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:41 PM

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see, its not red anymore....just dry and peely....i am just nervous because it's blotchy!
i appreciate everyone's advice!!

Stacey04 Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:44 PM

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Did you get the sunburn from a tanning salon or from the sun?

I would say to wait until all the peeling is completely gone, then go tanning, but in moderation. If you are in the sun just put on a 15 or 30 sunblock, you could still get color.

Don;t go to close to the wedding in case this happens again

bluetank Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:44 PM

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Keep moisturizing. The blotchiness will fade. Be careful in the sun because that can accentuatte the blotches. My skin does that in the sun. It will be fine by the wedding.

Shea Posted: Jul 25, 2004 11:46 PM

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oh gosh guys, i hope so!!
i got burnt in the tanning bed. i felt gross because all i do is work and do wedding stuff and felt pasty....
i never burn and i didn't burn anywhere but on my back! now i have these blotches! i have a ton of moisturizer on and i am totally going to make FH rub exfolitator and everything else on my back!

thanks for all the advice girls! anything else, i would GREATLY appreciate it!