Prolonged sun exposure can cause burns of varying degrees on the skin, causing redness, burning, and discomfort. However, there are some natural ways to help burns heal faster, reducing pain and increasing comfort.
The treatment for sunburn with blisters should be directed by the dermatologist, but while waiting for the consultation you can wet a gauze in cold water and leave it on the skin, changing whenever it cools.
Check out the 4 tips on how to naturally treat sunburn:
1. Camomile compresses
Chamomile has soothing and healing properties that help lessen the discomfort caused by the burn. So, to use chamomile, one should make chamomile tea, leave in the refrigerator until freezing and then wet a gauze, a piece of cotton or a clean cloth in the tea. Lastly, apply the gauze to sunburned skin, letting it act for approximately 7 to 10 minutes, several times a day.
2. Bath only with water
Soap and soap can attack the skin, favoring its dryness and, therefore, in case of sunburn, it is best to take a shower only with water, without rubbing the skin. If the skin is very hot, do not take a shower with very cold water. When drying, it is not recommended to use the towel on the body, letting it dry in the open air.
3. Moisturize the skin
It is important to moisturize the skin soon after bathing and several times a day, applying a good moisturizer based on medicinal plants, such as Aloe vera, throughout the region burned by the sun. So the risk of skin peeling is less and the pain as well. To moisturize the skin from the inside out, one should drink at least 1 liter of water or fruit juices per day. Pineapple, watermelon and carrot juice with orange are great choices as they are rich in antioxidants.
4. Foods that can help
Foods that contain alpha-lipoic acid ease the redness and should be part of the menu of those who have had a sunburn. Some examples are brown rice, oats, quinoa and amaranth. Vegetable oils are also good sources and can be used to cook foods and season salads.
These are some natural treatments for cases of sunburn, when the skin becomes red, swollen and sore, however, if the individual has intense redness throughout the body, fever and blisters it is recommended a medical consultation, as it may be necessary to take some anti-inflammatory, because it can be a sunstroke. See your signs on: Sunshine Symptoms.
A good tip for naturally treating sunburn in the mouth is to open a leaf of slug in half and pass the gel of this plant on the lips several times a day because it has healing properties that help the regeneration of the skin.
First aid for all types of burns
The nurse Manuel Reis shows in the video below everything you can do in case of skin burn:
