Treatment and Home Remedies for Sun Burn

Skin Care Treatment Tips Sun burns

When your skin is exposed to too much sun, the pigment in the skin comes up to the surface to protect the skin against burning. In the process the skin gets a darker shade and becomes rough and hard as welt. Sitting in the sun during winters and also going out in the sun during the hot summer months tans your skin. This mild sun-tan from sports or outdoor work can be easily cured by taking lots of Vitamin C and Vitamin B.

Treatment and home remedies for Curing Sun burns

1. 1. Cucumber is great home remedies for protection against the sun burn. Peel and grate a cucumber, take out the juice and mix half a teaspoon of glycerin and half a teaspoon of rose water. Pat this mixture on sun burns for a mild bleaching and soothing effect. Another way to use cucumber for sun burns is to soak some pieces of it in a cup of milk for a few hours and then apply the milk on sun burns.
2. Equal parts of lime water and linseed oil mixed together may also be applied on sun burns for effective results.
3. Cod-liver oil has a soothing and healing on sun burn.
4. Even potato juice is good home remedy for sun burn.
5. Any ordinary tea solution has a soothing effect on sunburns.
6. A face mask of egg-white mixed with a little honey and witch hazel is another home remedy for sun burn.

The moisture-dryness is caused by the inadequate functioning of the sweat glands and internal dehydration. The natural elements such as sun and wind in extremes contribute to it. Increasing the liquids in diet and using skin moisturizers are extremely helpful.

Ultra-Violet Radiation

We have known for quite a while that all ultra-violet radiation is cumulative and that every hour of sunlight a person gets whether at age one, or fifty adds up. But we did not realize until fairly recently that an hour of radiation is far more damaging to a child than to an adult, Of course if you can stay out of the sun for several years your skin will recuperate to some extent. But the harm caused by any period of exposure can never be completely reversed. So children should be taught to use sunscreens.

Home remedies for Sun burn: Use calamine lotion and baby lotion (equal quantity) to which is added a pinch of zinc oxide, before your child goes into the sun. An hour before your child goes into the sun – mix vinegar with olive oil in equal quantities and apply to the areas exposed, leave for an hour and then wash off with mild soap. This prevents sun burn.