Here are a few things I think can help a lot with sunburn:
•make an oatmeal bath. I blend up some oatmeal into a flour, fill a tub with tepid water. Add a cup of oatmeal and soak in it for a while. This will help with the itch and dryness of your burn.
•make an aloe and lavender oil blend. Take a whole leaf from and aloe plant, dig out the meat, add two drops of lavender oil to it and mix. Apply this to your burn. It will help with pain and inflammation and speed up the recovery process. You can repeat this a few times a day.
•dip a cotton ball in witch hazel and apply it to the burn. This also helps with inflammation.
•apply unsweetened plain yogurt to your burn, leave it on for a few minutes then rinse of in a cool shower. This feels amazing!
•make a tea soak! Brew a strong, large batch of tea (green works best) let it cool, dip a towel in the tea once it's cool and apply the towel to your burn. You can also make a bath with your tea if you have a large area that was burnt. The tannic acid in the tea helps with the pain if sunburn.
•put your coconut oil in the refrigerator and run it all over your burn. The coconut oil will help your burn from drying out and itching and it will feel amazing when it's chilled before you apply.
•obviously keep hydrated, drink extra water and fill up on cool fruits that are really hydrating (watermelon, cantaloupe both great)
Keep in mind that after a burn, your new layer of skin is much more sensitive. Make sure to be extra careful with yourself after you've been burnt, it's take a while for your skin to heal up. Sun exposure is very good for you, it's free, natural vitamin D. Make sure to get out and get sun everyday, just be smart and don't overexpose yourself.
~ Janet ✌🌞
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