Home remedies for sunburns?

Vinegar. You can spray it on or dab it on with a cotton ball, and air dry. :)

@ANef_is_Enuf What does it do?

Take a wet washcloth, put it into a ziplock bag, and leave it in the fridge until it gets nice and cold. Apply to your forehead. Rechill as needed (or just have a second cold cloth waiting in the fridge).

@Jude I forget, I just have heard that it is effective in treating sunburn. My mom always used to use it when we were kids. I know that it is soothing, but I seem to recall reading that it promotes healing, as well. Don’t quote me. It just feels good.

The acetic acid in vinegar soothes and moisturizes sunburned skin – just what you need to feel better now, and minimize unsightly peeling later.

What he said.

Anything cold out of the freezer. Just try not to defrost whatever you’re using.

Cool compress.

A & D ointment.

I wouldn’t put ice or anything too cold on the area. Ice-burn on top sunburn is particularly painful.
Also don’t forget to take some pain relief.

My mom used to put slices of cucumber on the affected area.

I feel your pain was fishing mackerel and burned one side of my face

All that I have is balsamic vinegar, lol.

Maybe a cold compress and some skin moisturizer gently rubbed in? Or possibly neosporin or another antibiotic cream.

No ice, I agree with @Lightlyseared. Just cool. And, tylenol. Tylenolis a pain blocker, interrupts the transmittion of pain along the nerve, good for this sort of thing. Whatever you do, in three days it will be better.

I do have some children’s Neosporin foaming wound cleanser. Should I try that?

I still feel as though I am on a sailboat. :)

Is the burn blistering? Or, just red?

Just red. I was flying the spinnaker and out on the water for a good 7 hours.

Did you know that balsmic vinegar “contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.”? I love google.

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@Jude I doubt the neosporin will help, but it probably won’t hurt. At least the ointment will be moisturizing to the area. Oh, you said foam cleanser, so is it not moisturizing? Blistering burns can become infected, but yours is just red, so the antibiotic probably won’t help.

I say Tylenol/Aceitomenophine.

Thanks!

Yogurt / vinegar.

I heard milk of magnesia helped a sunburn. I don’t remember where, but I remember thinking it was a reliable source.

Cold tea, vinegar, yogurt, cucumber.

I don’t know if it’s already been mentioned, but aloe vera is fantastic for sunburn. If you can snip a stalk off a plant, do. It really helps.

Make some extra STRONG tea. Soak a face cloth in tea, lay down with a couple ice cubes in the cloth. Tannic acid takes the sting a way and ice will calm down the skin.

Do not use food in my opinion. I know you said the skin is intact, so it probably will not matter, but ifthere was an opening in the skin like a blister, you might risk more increased chance of infection with foods. You will want to use reasonably “clean” substances to treat any wound. Some foods might actually harborgood bacterias, but I would not riskit, I would not usea ny unless I knew for sure medically, not old wives tales, that it is a good odea.

I have never put anything but cool water on a burn, aloe if I have it available, and it always heals right up.

Put a wet washcloth in the frizzer then apply to yo fo’head

Like @stardust said…Aloe…works like a charm.

She said she has no aloe at home.

Tylenol & aloe. If you don’t have them, a Walgreens or a CVS can’t be that far away.

Combined baking soda and water into a paste like concoction and put it on the sunburn. I hope this wasn’t already said

Make very strong tea. Let it cool, then dip a washcloth in it and lay it on the sunburned area.

Run a few aspirin tablets under water to dissolve the coating and then make a paste you can smear on your skin. I do this where I part my hair after we go sailing and it works great. The sting goes away and swelling is retarded so there is less peel later on.

Aspirin is basically the same stuff that they put in wart remover (salicylic acid). I would be hesitant about applying it to a burn.

@Lightlyseared: Aspirin paste has been used in my family for at least 4 generations and no one’s been burned yet. I don’t know if I’d put salicylic acid on cuts, scrapes or burns though.

Anything cold from your freezer, like an ice pack, bag of frozen veggies, or even an ice cube if that’s all you have. Granted, the ice cube won’t last for long, but it feels soooo good on a sunburn. You could also try taking a lukewarm oatmeal bath.

If you use something frozen, wrap it in a paper towel so it isn’t in direct contact with your skin.