Sunburn Remedies Hiding in Your Closet

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lilangel91659 — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:37:07 GMT

I've had great success for relieving pain and discomfort from sunburns simply by adding a cup of vinegar to a lukewarm tub of water. Soak for about 10 minutes and airdry, then using a powder puff cover burned area with cornstarch. I have used this method several times and it has worked every time.

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saynotoquacks — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:03:38 GMT

I while ago I posted to this article that African-Americans need more sun exposure than Caucasians to keep their vitamin D levels healthy, and someone removed the post.

This is very important to be aware of, since African-Americans don't have a culture of sunbathing as whites do, and yet they require more sun exposure for good health. I can't understand why this post was deleted!

Also I posed a question: Is it good to avoid showering just after sunbathing? Can the vitamin D can get washed off?

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GrandSlack — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:08:22 GMT

Could the natural oils that our skin produces help protect us from sunburn? It does seem to work against flies. I have been going to camp where we have no running water for the past 3 months. (3 or 4 days a week) I started slowly in April to get vitamin D from the sun but quickly went to 1 hour between 12:00 and 2:00 every day and got no sunburn at all... not even a little bit.
P.S. Yes naked... I am alone!
P.S. 2 I do use baby whipes for the smelly parts

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pexx421 — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:12:15 GMT

I dont know if any of you has ever heard of this, but my fiancee heard this in class at Southwest college of Naturopathic medicine in Phoenix az, and we tried it quite successfully. When we went to florida to bask on the beach, we started one week prior to take large doses of vitamin C (5g/day) and large doses of Carotenoids...not sure exact dosage for that one. we continued to take them through our vacation, used NO sunblock, and still didnt get burned at all! and thats spending 5-8 hours in direct sunlight a day!

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xbigoil — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:21:25 GMT

Something that works well for sunburn and any kind of burn is to apply colloidal silver to the burned skin. The silver activates skin stem cells to repair the damage and accelerates the healing process. The best source I found is www.purestcolloids.com. They even have a money back guarantee. I have a good constant current colloidal silver generator to make my own but after looking at their comparison chart their product is far superior to what I can make at home. 1 ml of mesosilver has the equivalent silver particle surface area of almost 5 liters of my home brew. The smaller the silver particle size the greater the surface area. Study it out for yourself.

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cydwatts — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:36:10 GMT

Yes, aloe vera works well; we all know this. My roommate and best friend has been advocating the baking soda bath for twenty seven years, ever since he invented the remedy!

As for the lemon water, that should be a very bad idea. The baking soda works because acids in the skin produced by the burning are neutralized by the base of the baking soda. Lemon juice is acidic. While the vitamin c and bioflavanoids would speed healing, and the acid would initially relieve the pain, in the long run it would slightly accelerate the damage from the acids, and you ultimately might break even from a healing standpoint. In other words, it wouldn't be quite as bad as using vinegar or, worse yet, butter. (Yes, I've heard of butter being advocated--personally, I don't want to be deep-fried).

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chefmarkn — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:00:58 GMT

A couple of other remedies that I did not see mentioned are:
a compress of Vinegar (cold, it is just more refreshing,) helps to take the sting out of the sunburn and another one is, Brewing a very strong pot of Tea, (5-8 tea bags in a quart of water of Orange Pekoe or Black Tea) steep until it is very strong and let cool, then saturate a soft cloth and blot on the sunburn. I have found relief from both of these methods. I suggest the tea first unless you want to have the aroma of a Vinegarette.

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LivingDandelion — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:31:01 GMT

I've personally found myself to be allergic to aloe vera leaves, I break out in hives when I apply it :0(...Actually I haven't burned yet this summer! The only thing I've done differently then previous years is increasing sun exposure gradually form the beginning of the season. if you think about it, way back when we used to live more outside we would get exposed to the natural increase in sun exposure that goes with the seasons. However most of us spend most of our time indoors for the winter then suddenly go on a summer vacation down south (by the way I'm a Canadian, probably this is more effective with those living more north) and get MAJOR SUDDEN SUN EXPOSURE. This ain't natural, no wonder the skin can't take it!

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lizcoz — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:31:00 GMT

lemon juice on sunburns? be careful..only use if you are not going back out to the sun. i live in the tropics and have made that mistake, resulting in severe blistering. the lemon reacts with the sun. have you tried vinegar? takes the sting out immediately! then later apply the aloe vera..

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Petrus — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:17:54 GMT

In South Africa, (and maybe somewhere else in the world,) you find an indiginious plant related to the aloe, called Bulbunella (catstail in the folk mouth). This plant heals anything from bee sting to certain skin cancers. I cleared my hands of 'old man spots' with B. Petrol was spilled over be by accident and caught fire; my wife grabbed handfulls B, crushed them and applied it. Not a spot remained. After an accident docters had a hard time to stabalize a wound on my leg. After applying B for 4 days directly into the wound, a scab formed and it healed. It helps to reduce scars from operations. Where ever I go I have a B bush in my garden. Wonderful for sunburn and kitchenburns.

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Healthy-Oil-Guy — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:45:16 GMT

I find emu oil is an excellent healthy oil to use on your skin. It's almost identical in essential fatty acids as our own skin. This makes it highly compatible and easily absorbed.

My shoulders were really red and tender after too much sun. Applying emu oil helped relieve the redness and reduced the tenderness.

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Birdlady — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:56:18 GMT

I rarely burn, but I got a pretty bad one just a few weeks ago. It was totally unexpected. I put Aubrey Organic sun lotion on my shoulders but missed my neck area. Well my shoulders were fine, but my neck was bright red. I was SOO mad at myself for burning and I think I should do some EFT about it.

I put some cucumbers on it which really seemed to help cool it down. It was relaxing too. I would recommend peeling the cucumber, so that the green edge doesn't jab into the sun burn.

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amindseye2020 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:46:18 GMT

I don't care what anyone says...after experiencing some horrific sunburns in my life I swear...absolutely swear by pure lavendar essential oil...topically applied. I can' t believe mercola or anyone else didn't mention it. My skin peels at the slightest hint of burn...and every time I utilize lavendar oil it seems to work miracles. I found it at the top of the list on several sites recommending natural remedies that really worked regarding sunburn. All of these sites tested all the main usual recommendations from aloe to cocoa butter to bathing in black tea or draping towels soaked in black tea. All tests showed lavendar oil to hands down be superior. Hope this helps a few folks out there.

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Bora — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:30:36 GMT

The best remedy I've found for sun burn is ozonated olive oil. It also works great for insect bites and as an underarm deodorant. ozonatedoliveoilandmore.com has the best price on the internet. I've also used vitamin C to prevent sunburn. If I'm going to be a the beach and don't want to use toxic sunscreen lotion I take 1000 mg of Vit. C every 1/2 hour to 1 hour during sun exposure, starting an hour before going out in the sun. The first time I tried this I spent 4 hours on the beach (mid-day) on a clear day in Florida during July. I took the Vit. C and at the end of the day... it was as though I hadn't been in the sun at all. But I did get a minor case of the runs from too much Vit. C. Vit C also work as soon as you find you spent too much time in the sun. Take 1000mg every 15 mins. for an hour..... then 1000mg an hour after that. If you catch it right away.... the burn will be gone in a few hours. You can use this in combination with the other remedies and the ozonated olive oil.

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