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Big_Mike
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Posted: Thu May 14th, 2009 12:45 pm |
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Hey y'all.
I'm a redhead, and I don't take to the sun very well. Yesterday I got stuck out in a field in 90 degree heat, and I'm fried. I mean, seriously fried. I've got water blisters the size of pennies on the back of my neck and head. Agony.
I knew I had burned when I got home yesterday afternoon, and immediately used grandma's home remedy of bathing the burn in vinegar, which has always worked, and applied copious amounts of Solarcaine to it, but it still feels as though I've got liquid fire running down my neck.
Any suggestions as to how I should treat a sunburn so bad that I've got water blisters?
Last edited on Thu May 14th, 2009 12:45 pm by Big_Mike
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SharkRider
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Posted: Thu May 14th, 2009 03:32 pm |
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Ouch! I've heard that tea bags (used) are great. One former roommate swore by it.
Here is a website:
http://lacetoleather.com/natcurforsun.html
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Dr.
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Posted: Thu May 14th, 2009 05:15 pm |
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Couple years Back Went down the shore , was stupid didn't wear sun block and by the time my v-kay had ended I had water blisters the size of half dollars maybe even bigger ....
I Did what this page tell you to do ... Pop it ...
http://walking.about.com/cs/blisterschafing/ht/htblisterfix.htm
For the areas that just have the sunburn I use this stuff called Ocean Potion - Instant Burn Relief Ice , Takes away the pain for a little while , and you can find it at most drugstores.Last edited on Thu May 14th, 2009 05:17 pm by Dr.
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Thu May 14th, 2009 08:22 pm |
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Argh!
I can't even touch my neck, much less pop blisters... I had to take half a day off work because my shirt collar rubbing on the raw burn caused it to start bleeding.
Owie. 
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12Plus1
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Posted: Fri May 15th, 2009 09:56 pm |
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Seek competent medical help. You are a prime candidate for infection. A doctor can prescribe an antibiotic and something to ease the pain. Once you have that under control you can use aloe and Vitamin E to promote healing.
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mb
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Posted: Tue May 19th, 2009 04:56 pm |
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How's the sunburn coming along? As a blonde, I am in total sympathy with you! Been there. All these ideas here in the thread are good. Tea bags are an excellent source of comfort as are some of the more modern lotions. Aloe vera is good and is usually an ingredient of those creams and oils used for sunburn. Rehydration is an important component of healing, so even now, it's important to drink plenty of clear liquids. Hope you're doing better!
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 11:28 pm |
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mb wrote: How's the sunburn coming along? As a blonde, I am in total sympathy with you! Been there. All these ideas here in the thread are good. Tea bags are an excellent source of comfort as are some of the more modern lotions. Aloe vera is good and is usually an ingredient of those creams and oils used for sunburn. Rehydration is an important component of healing, so even now, it's important to drink plenty of clear liquids. Hope you're doing better!
I'm still peeling. Thank you for your concern! Appreciated. 
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Posted: Fri May 22nd, 2009 10:23 am |
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Pseudo-Soviet Dictator
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Posted: Fri May 22nd, 2009 03:44 pm |
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Big_Mike wrote: Hey y'all.
I'm a redhead, and I don't take to the sun very well. Yesterday I got stuck out in a field in 90 degree heat, and I'm fried. I mean, seriously fried. I've got water blisters the size of pennies on the back of my neck and head. Agony.
I knew I had burned when I got home yesterday afternoon, and immediately used grandma's home remedy of bathing the burn in vinegar, which has always worked, and applied copious amounts of Solarcaine to it, but it still feels as though I've got liquid fire running down my neck.
Any suggestions as to how I should treat a sunburn so bad that I've got water blisters?
Simple solution! Move to Alaska!  
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Pseudo-Soviet Dictator
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Posted: Fri May 22nd, 2009 03:55 pm |
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Hmmm... As a dark-haired jewish caucasian with white, though fair/olivish skin, I rarely- if ever get sunburns.
After spending a few weeks in Israel a few summers ago visiting distant relatives and enjoying the scenery, I came back with no burns or blisters, but darker skin. Some even said that I came to resemble an authentic middle-easterner while the mega-tan lasted, lol..
But psychologically and morally, I can't really stand hot weather or a piercing blazing sun either... Must be the fact that I've lived at fairly northern latitudes my whole life...
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Pseudo-Soviet Dictator
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Posted: Fri May 22nd, 2009 03:59 pm |
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Also, try mixing black bread with eggs and ground carrots (grandma's recipe for curing parched/damaged skin)... eat a cup worth of this mixture. While it's not exactly the best short-term remedy for the pain you're experiencing, it provides longer coverage, rejuvenation and nutrition for your Skin with all the vitamin a and e.
good luck.
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Sat May 23rd, 2009 06:39 am |
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Pseudo-Soviet Dictator wrote: Big_Mike wrote: Hey y'all.
I'm a redhead, and I don't take to the sun very well. Yesterday I got stuck out in a field in 90 degree heat, and I'm fried. I mean, seriously fried. I've got water blisters the size of pennies on the back of my neck and head. Agony.
I knew I had burned when I got home yesterday afternoon, and immediately used grandma's home remedy of bathing the burn in vinegar, which has always worked, and applied copious amounts of Solarcaine to it, but it still feels as though I've got liquid fire running down my neck.
Any suggestions as to how I should treat a sunburn so bad that I've got water blisters?
Simple solution! Move to Alaska!
Before I lived in Arkansas, I lived 8 years in Michigan's UP, loving every single minute of the 9 months of winter and 350 inches of yearly snow fall. It was lovely living far enough north to get 5 hour long days during December. We Scotch-Irish aren't meant for sun, or anything warmer than 60 degrees, we're a people made of the cold, rain, and fog.
On the flip side, you didn't see women wearing bikinis to Wal-Mart for a good 6 months up there...
The top of my head peeled, and being a bald guy, it came off in one big sheet. Nasty.
My farmer's tan is rockin' though.
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dc-2
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Posted: Fri May 29th, 2009 05:13 am |
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Put your aloe lotion in the fridge. When applying it, you get instant cooling as well as the longer-term healing.
Vitamin E oil does a great job for stove burns (put it on in the first 5 seconds and you can prevent blistering), but has almost no effect for me for sunburn.
How well do you handle poison ivy/oak?
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Fri May 29th, 2009 12:22 pm |
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dc-2 wrote: Put your aloe lotion in the fridge. When applying it, you get instant cooling as well as the longer-term healing.
Vitamin E oil does a great job for stove burns (put it on in the first 5 seconds and you can prevent blistering), but has almost no effect for me for sunburn.
How well do you handle poison ivy/oak?
I can roll naked through a field of poison ivy and not get a single bump. My sister, on the other hand, can't get within 50 foot of a single plant without breaking out into the world's angriest rash.
The best treatment for poison ivy hurts like a sun of a gun, but if you come home and rub bleach onto the affected area, it will knock it right out.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 07:58 am |
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Big_Mike wrote: I can roll naked through a field of poison ivy and not get a single bump.
Sounds kinky
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Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 12:04 pm |
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Big_Mike wrote: Hey y'all.
I'm a redhead, and I don't take to the sun very well. Yesterday I got stuck out in a field in 90 degree heat, and I'm fried. I mean, seriously fried. I've got water blisters the size of pennies on the back of my neck and head. Agony.
I knew I had burned when I got home yesterday afternoon, and immediately used grandma's home remedy of bathing the burn in vinegar, which has always worked, and applied copious amounts of Solarcaine to it, but it still feels as though I've got liquid fire running down my neck.
Any suggestions as to how I should treat a sunburn so bad that I've got water blisters?
You should use SunOil before going out. If it doesn't help you have to go to pharmacy.
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Posted: Sat Jul 11th, 2009 12:20 am |
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I read that putting yogurt on sunburns helps, and also pieces of cucumber.
GOOD LUCK on recovering... sunburn sucks. 
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Posted: Sun Jul 12th, 2009 10:15 am |
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Indy72 schreef:
I read that putting yogurt on sunburns helps, and also pieces of cucumber.
GOOD LUCK on recovering... sunburn sucks.
You could buy a bowl of tzaziki.
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Posted: Mon Jul 13th, 2009 06:07 pm |
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zonnebloem wrote: Indy72 schreef:
I read that putting yogurt on sunburns helps, and also pieces of cucumber.
GOOD LUCK on recovering... sunburn sucks.
You could buy a bowl of tzaziki.
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