How To Safely Treat a Sunburn

by Bethany on February 12, 2010

If you have the unfortunate instance of getting a nasty sunburn, it does matter how you care for it to protect the health of your skin! Here is what to do from my makeup San Antonio experience:

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First of all, apply a cold cloth to the sunburned area to ease the pain. You can also take any type of anti-inflammatory medicine to reduce severe swelling and inflammation.


Next, use a cooling gel like aloe vera or even 1% hydrocortisone that can be purchased over-the-counter to treat redness and swelling in the sunburn. The best thing to do is care for the area so that new skin can grow and replace the old damaged skin.

The bottom line is that it is important to wear an SPF on a daily basis that will protect from UVA and UVB rays to reduce premature aging and wrinkles, not to mention a sunburn!

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