sunburn... fighting the heat,

[VL Berlina 5speed]

best way to fight sunburn???

my face is red as, completely. like this little dudes face >
or eqiverlate to someone trying to go to the toliet and not being able to push the waste out and turning red so ive been told

i know i should of put sunscreen on etc but my stupidaty prevailed and i did not relise that on a overcast day and some scated rain i could still have strong chance of fryed up. suppose 6 hours at a carshow it was bound to happen.

some mums swear by alovera plants some by other stuff.
but what have you used and beleive works well.

i just finsihed putting on some alovera that i butched out of a plant in the back yard but its left me face all tacky and sore
last night i was caking myself in nivia mosterising cream to cool my face down but it was drying up,

any ideas????

[cruzncommo]

get drunk so it doesnt hurt, lol thats what i do [= or wear burny cream!

[=Calais v8=]

i feel your pain mate!

i went to big day out yesterday, and my face is killing me. i bought some cooling spray which cools for about a minute, then makes my eyes hurt, and i just got some aloe vera spray which seems to be ok, so try that.

IT HURTS!

[matty88]

A face washer on ya face works wonders. Keep up the water and you'll be right.

[VL Berlina 5speed]

yah im using the alovera out of the leaves and it aint any good,
must be the adertives in the sprays bottles work wonders.

edit:
the air condition turned on, so nice and cooling on the face

[daron]

im sitting in fron of fan flat out if i move it hurts hehehe

[=Calais v8=]

haha im sitting here with aloe vera on, and my face buried in the a/c as we speak

[Patrio7]

one day of bearing it, for me after motorvation, then the next i had a nice long cool shower and after drying off hit some moisteriser on the skin, hasnt hurt since and its almost gone ( nose is peeling a little though )

[VL Berlina 5speed]

ha, can i post the pic of you daron? show everone how red your face is

[daron]

hahaha sound slike everyone got burnt heheh
i did 2 days in a row outside autofest and omg im paying the price now

[daron]

nooooooo sean ill kill you
hehehehe

ps hot showers brings out the redness pain and stinging hurnts like hell but hot showers work

[padrickz88]

haha mate i got that burnt 2-3 weeks ago and my arms only stopped peeling like a week ago.... its a bitch... i was stranded in the bush with no shade next to an oversize piece of metal that broke down (damn i hate my brothers car) on a 38 degree day in MELBOURNE so imagine what is was in the bush (between bendigo and ballerat) next to a car that wont start for 6-7 hrs.... my arms were completely red put aloevera on and it usually works NOT THIS TIME.... and all i did when i noticed it didnt work was walked around with a wet face towl and just kept wiping my face or just let it sit on my face when i was sleeping..... man that was a hard day... o well just go buy some aloevera and hope it works put it on like 2-3 times a day (its cheap enough) and just hope it works

[Pretender]

I am very fair skinned and going bald and therefore get caught out many times without sunscreen.
An old guy I met in the local Deli, he was a Prospector in Kalgoorlie for over 40years, told me to cut a tomato in half and rub that on my sunburn. He approached me because I looked like I had tried to deep fry my head.
Anyway I tried it and the redness and pain was gone by the morning. A tomato from the fridge feels better (ice cold) but warm or cold it does the trick.
The downside is it can sting a bit at first and dries the skin quickly so I now put moisturiser or Aloe Vera on the next day.
Try it as it most certainly works for me.

[Lloyd1986]

eqiverlate

equivalent - sorry, I normally don't pick on typo's because my spelling is ****, just took me ages to figure out what you wrote. I thought it was French!

[sircruisealotVS]

lol, ah i know the feeling of bad sunburn - i have red hair and ill get burnt just even thinking about being in the sun.
aloe vera does work, but getting it straight from the plant stinks, is sticky and leaves a green gross film on your skin, lol...i find that this green aloe vera gel stuff works wonders, i think its made by banana boat.
if ive been in the sun too long and i can feel the sunburn setting in, when i get home ill layer the gel on constantly. like every 15mins apply a thick coat and just let the skin soak it in, if you treat it quickly it wont end up as painfull or bad and can even prevent it from peeling at all.

[Patrio7]

Pretender, i have heard of that tomato idea, never really tried it tbh.

[Holden2gether]

Make up some ice water then soak and old face cloth in it (the cloth is worn and aint so hard),squeeze most of the water out then just drape it over yer mug.Might sting abit at first but once it's cooled your face the sting will disappear,don't leave it on for any longer than a 20 minute period tho!! The recommended 'medical' way to treat any burns.

Good luck with it dude,I reckon the worst sunburn I had was on the tops of my feet,did it on a friends yacht on the first day of a long weekend,spent the rest of the weekend with my feet over the side in the sea just to cool them off! couldn't wear socks or shoes for about 4 days after that either which was a bugger as I had to wear steel caps for work so I was off work for the week.....Boss had no sympathy,miserable s**t

[minux]

Use banana boat aloe vera spray, it is great for sunburn, make sure you get 2 or 3 bottles though, it feels really good so you sit back and spray it almost constantly.

[Bax]

Any kind of Aloe cream/ spray, just put it in the fridge before hand.

Make sure you put it on a fair bit. Cold showers, water and shade.

[KingDiamond]

I know the feeling. Right now my legs are burnt to a crisp... Kinda like a disgusting looking bright red.

It hurts to walk, feels like they're cramping or something... and my legs are hard as a rock.

I've been putting aloe vera on for days, and it's sorta helping...

[krazyboris]

lol, ah i know the feeling of bad sunburn - i have red hair and ill get burnt just even thinking about being in the sun.
Im in the same boat, and that why im gonna get me one of these tops:--

http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?productID=484

[VS Omega]

I always thought because of that half wog blood in me I was immune to the sun.. bad assumption, burned up pretty badly a few weeks back, skin actually peeled off and crap.. am fine now though and lesson learned

[Troy711]

Use banana boat aloe vera spray, it is great for sunburn, make sure you get 2 or 3 bottles though, it feels really good so you sit back and spray it almost constantly.

haha done that many times at a mates place. we always used to go swimming at the river and get burnt to a crisp and wouldnt realise until we were kicking on later and were drunk

[Blue-VZSSV8]

for sunburn you can go the old way by rubbing on a freshly cut tomato for your back or the new method of applying vitamin E cream to any part that is burnt

[VL Berlina 5speed]

well i fought the heat and won
didnt try the tomato trick just woke up this morning and was in no pain on my forehead, now just got keep mositerising to stop the peeling happening