The
overexposure to the sun is damaging
. Whether you tan or burn, your skin has already gone through a process of UV rays that cause inflammation and sometimes swelling, blistering, peeling, and pain.
Prevention and precautions are the most important in treatment. Applying sunscreen (SPF 15, at least), wear UV-protective sunglasses, and limiting your time in the sun will help avoid this problem. Stay out of the sun when it’s high in the sky; this is when the UV rays are more intense (from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Choose clothing that covers your skin – hats, lightweight, long-sleeved shirts. Pure aloe vera rubbed into the skin can help to heal. Take antioxidants to help block the chemical reactions that can trigger cancer’s uncontrolled cell growth.
A suntan is a warning. It tells you that your skin has been burned. Ignore repeated warnings, and you may end up with wrinkles, age spots and skin cancer.
Here are some tips to protect your skin:
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Limit your time in the sun.
Avoid the strongest ultraviolet (UV) sunlight, which is between mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Be aware that UV light reflected from water, sand, snow and cement can be as intense as direct sunlight. Sunlight intensity increases as you get closer to the equator. It also increases about 4 percent with every 1,000-foot increase in elevation. Clouds can block brightness but may allow up to 80 percent of UV light to reach your skin.
Herbal Remedies
Aromatherapy Remedies
Aromatherapy can help relieve sunburn discomfort
and minimize the damage to your skin. A bath in essential oils can help draw out the pain of the sunburn and help in cooling down the skin.
Lavender oil and other blends can help the dry, cracking skin. Essential oils such as Lavender, Chamomile, Peppermint and Patchouli can be very helpful.
Sunburn can happen very easily if you are not careful. Dilute one part tea tree oil with ten parts of olive oil or coconut oil and spread freely over the affected areas. This is soothing and pain-relieving and to reduce blistering and peeling. People have also applied tea tree oil full strength to sunburn.
Be aware that many citrus oils increase sensitivity when you go into the sun.
Sunburn Cooler
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Mix together, shake well. I put it in a squeeze bottle and keep it in the refrigerator. Works wonders 🙂
Nutritional Advice
Hydrotherapy
The mysterious and amazing healing power of water has been utilized or centuries. Water cleanses, refreshes and restores all life. We are always drawn to water. Be it a soothing fountain or majestic waterfall. Water is a carrier. It flows.
It moves along the line of least resistance to find its way to the ocean where comes and goes in the ebb and flow of tides and waves. The appeal is inexplicable! We crave water, maybe because our bodies are made up of a large percent of it. Maybe because we instinctively know how it can heal us.
Hydrotherapy is the use of water in any form, in the treatment of disease. Hydrotherapy was used by the ancient Greek physicians. The use of baths for such purposes as well as for religious purification, personal cleanliness, and private or social relaxation dates from at least the time of ancient Greece. A German, Vincenz Priessnitz, popularized the use of spas in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, where they are still popular today.
Take a cool bath. Fill the bath tub with cool water. Soak for 15-20 minutes. Afterward, gently pat your skin dry with a clean towel. Do not rub your skin or you’ll irritate it further.
The following substances can reduce pain, itching, and inflammation:
Compresses are wonderful to relieve the sting of sunburn. Try any one of these varieties:
If sunstroke occurs, effective therapy may save the patient’s life. Without delay, the nude patient should be placed in a bathtub filled with ice water. This WILL NOT cause pain, shock, or cutaneous vasoconstriction. The patient’s temperature will need to be monitored carefully.
Remove from bath when temperature falls to 103 F. or 39.4 C. If ice water and a bathtub are not available, place wet sheets on the nude body, fan vigorously, and massage the skin. The use of sedatives may be required to control convulsions. Careful observation of the patient for signs of fluid imbalance and renal failure will be required for several days.
If first or second degree burns, apply cold water compresses immediately.
Homeopathy
This medical system uses infinitesimal doses of natural substances to stimulate a person’s immune system and body’s natural defenses. Homeopathic remedies are named for the plant or animal ingredients they are made from. Homeopathy not only offers relief from temporary disorders but, can provide long term healing of a person due to its individual and “wholistic” approach.
This often leads to a complete recovery from the dis-ease, as well as, providing an improved understanding of the patient’s situation. This type of healing makes it easier and possible to avoid recurrence or relapses in the future and homeopathy stimulates the body’s natural defense system by reestablishing normal immune system and cell functioning.
For sunburn:
Managing Your Sunburn
Are You Photosensitive? Certain drugs, soaps, or cosmetics increase your sensitivity to the sun and lead to a burn like dermatitis. If you are not sure, check with your doctor.
Antibiotics, tranquilizers, and anti-fungal medications can cause reactions, as can oral contraceptives, diuretics, drugs for diabetes, and even PABA-containing sunscreens. Always ask your doctor about potential side effects of any oral drugs you may be taking.
The best way to cool down an acute flare-up is with ice. It will help reduce swelling. For best results, put an ice pack on the site of the pain 15 or 20 minutes. Do this for a day or two.
Moisturize your skin. Soaks and compresses feel good and give temporary relief, but they can make your skin feel drier than before if you don’t apply moisturizer immediately afterward. Pat yourself dry, then smooth on some bath oil.
Give yourself time. Time is the best healer. The way we train our thoughts also has extreme control over our pain.
Again, the following tips are very important:
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