How to Treat Sunburns?
4. Eat and Drink Right
Make sure that you drink plenty of fluids, such as juices, natural drinks like coconut water to ensure that your body remains cool. Needless to say, you need to drink plenty of water as well. Also ensure that you are consuming fresh fruits and vegetables. All these give an internal soothing effect to the body, and aid in treating sunburns. In fact, some vegetables when sliced and applied to the burns give relief, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes etc. Overall, make sure that you eat foods that are rich in Vitamin E and C, as well as zinc. Consuming plenty of milk and milk products is also advised.
5. Skin Care Regimen
While bathing, add a little amount of apple cider vinegar to the water, to get a cooling effect. After the bath, if you are stepping outside the house, make sure that you are applying a good quality sunscreen all over your body. You could also opt for calamine lotion, as some chemical compounds in the sunscreen may cause itching on the sunburns. Also keep in mind that the lotions you use should be absorbent, as if they cause the skin to get too oily, then they will block the skin’s exposure to air, causing the heat of the sunburns to get trapped inside the skin.
6. Avoid contact with the sun
Use sunglasses, hats, umbrellas, and whatever it takes to avoid direct contact with harmful UV rays of the sun. This is not just important to cure sunburns, but is a good practice in general to avoid tanning, and other skin damages that sunrays cause, such as skin spots, wrinkles, dry skin etc.
