Sunburn

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-06-09 06:08pm

What's the best way to get rid of one and soothe the irritating feeling? Besides Aloe Vera, mainly because there's none in the house...yet.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-06-09 06:17pm

Well, if your face is burned, don't shave over it unless you want one of the most painful experiences of your life.

Vaseline Intensive Care, maybe?

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-06-09 06:18pm

Don't let anything at all touch the sunburn...

Of course, the best solution is don't get sunburned in the first place... Ah... I love my skin. I haven't gotten sunburned in years...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-06-09 06:19pm

I don't get sunburnt often, however I currently have the worst Farmer's Tan ever, and my neck is just about black from so much exposure.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-06-09 06:21pm

Camomile(sp?) Lotion.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-06-09 06:22pm

I've endured sleeping, and mowing the lawn with a shirt on. After a few minutes your shoulder nerves just give up from the pain and you don't feel anything. Heh. I thought about Vasaline but doesn't that shit retain heat?

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-06-09 06:24pm

Lord Pounder wrote:Camomile(sp?) Lotion.

calamine Lotion.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-06-09 06:25pm

Cal Wright wrote:
Lord Pounder wrote:Camomile(sp?) Lotion.
calamine Lotion.

Aye thats the one. Mother always uses on me on the rare times i;ve actually went topless in the sun. My jiggily manboobs scare the children.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-06-09 06:29pm

take a cold shower and don't let anything touch it... thats what i do anyway

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-06-09 06:29pm

Nasty missile at close range…wait which sunburn are we talking about?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-09 06:45pm

Beowulf wrote:Don't let anything at all touch the sunburn...

Of course, the best solution is don't get sunburned in the first place... Ah... I love my skin. I haven't gotten sunburned in years...

The last time I got sunburned was when I was out at a camp-in airshow/fly-in for 3 days and I was out continually in the sun ... Asian skin is good.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-06-09 06:53pm

Of course, my GF has the problem where if she's in the sun for all of a minute, she sunburns...

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-06-09 07:14pm

Sounds like me. I'm currently a nice shade of pink from being in the sun yesterday. I'm not burned really, just pink. It'll take another couple of those before my skin'll even think about tanning.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-06-09 07:33pm

Sir Nitram and I take a drive Sunday, and because it's warm I have the window open on the car. After I get home, I find that I've gotten the "Trucker's Tan"... Down my right arm, from my shirtsleeve to my wrist.

Owie!

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-06-09 07:34pm

Close all the curtains and stay inside for a while, like, say, forever.

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-06-09 07:38pm

LadyTevar wrote:Sir Nitram and I take a drive Sunday, and because it's warm I have the window open on the car. After I get home, I find that I've gotten the "Trucker's Tan"... Down my right arm, from my shirtsleeve to my wrist.

Owie!

Could be worse. Could be half your face.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-06-09 07:38pm

LadyTevar wrote:Sir Nitram and I take a drive Sunday, and because it's warm I have the window open on the car. After I get home, I find that I've gotten the "Trucker's Tan"... Down my right arm, from my shirtsleeve to my wrist.

Owie!

Bah. That is nothing. Just try to bike every weekend ten hours under the Sun, wearing lycra shorts+shirt. I think I'll avoid going to the beach for the time being.

It would be very embarassing to take my shirt. I need to roast for a while in my garden.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-06-09 07:49pm

Colonel Olrik wrote:Bah. That is nothing. Just try to bike every weekend ten hours under the Sun, wearing lycra shorts+shirt. I think I'll avoid going to the beach for the time being. It would be very embarassing to take my shirt. I need to roast for a while in my garden.

That's why I don't wear lycra, the tan lines are way too clear with lycra shorts. With baggy shorts I get a better blend from tanned to light skin, but it still looks pretty dumb. I haven't biked all winter and I still have tan lines from last year, I look like such a goof without my shirt on.

EmperorChrostas the Cruel · Post by **EmperorChrostas the Cruel** » 2003-06-09 07:56pm

There is nothing you can do besides skin moisturisers, and pain medication. Many sunburn creams have litocane or benzocane, topical numbing agents. Alcohol, opiates.

Other than that, you have been burned, and time is the only cure. It IS a first degree burn, but with radiation instead of heat. Maybe even a second degree one.
It sucks. My sympathy.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-06-09 08:00pm

aerius wrote: That's why I don't wear lycra, the tan lines are way too clear with lycra shorts. With baggy shorts I get a better blend from tanned to light skin, but it still looks pretty dumb. I haven't biked all winter and I still have tan lines from last year, I look like such a goof without my shirt on.

But.. but.. without lycra, how can I look good in my wonderful bike photos? The girls must be able to see the handsome guy I am

Actually, I'm so used to lycra that I feel strange and unconfortable when biking with normal clothes.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-06-09 08:39pm

Colonel Olrik wrote:But.. but.. without lycra, how can I look good in my wonderful bike photos? The girls must be able to see the handsome guy I am

Actually, I'm so used to lycra that I feel strange and unconfortable when biking with normal clothes.

Observe my stylish non-lycra look, as demonstrated on a teeter-totter with a 8 year old bike.

Actually I was just taking pictures that day and didn't plan on riding, which is why I'm wearing street clothes and don't even have gloves on.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-06-09 09:10pm

I have a white patch on my arm from where my watch prevented a suntan...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-09 10:15pm

I tend to get "farmer's tans" since I'm out in a t-shirt often. I also have the watch mark.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-06-09 10:49pm

Hmm... I just got over a nice case of sunburn. Out fishing on the Tennessee river and, like my smart self, didn't wear sun screen.

My arms, shoulders, and knees burned for a week straight..

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-06-09 11:21pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:Nasty missile at close range…wait which sunburn are we talking about?

Damnit, you stole my post!