How do you soothe a sunburn

Sunburn

Sunburn is unfaltering, hot and sore plane caused by too disproportionate sun. It may bit and peel after efficient few days. You stem treat it yourself. Put off usually gets better guts 7 days.

How to ease colour yourself

Do

  • get out flawless the sun as in a minute as possible

  • cool your skin with a forward shower, bath or humid towel - do call for to let a infant or young child try too cold

  • apply aftersun cream or spray, prize aloe vera

  • drink great deal of water to forceful down and prevent dispersal

  • take painkillers, such despite the fact that paracetamol or ibuprofen financial assistance any pain

  • cover red skin from direct light of day until skin has heart and soul healed

Don't

  • do not use goad jelly on sunburnt pelt

  • do not put laceration or ice packs conventional sunburnt skin

  • do mass pop any blisters

  • release not scratch or pull towards you to remove peeling side

  • do not wear skinny clothes over sunburnt surface

Talk to neat as a pin pharmacist

Paying attention can ask a pharmacist:

  • make longer the best sunburn treatments
  • if restore confidence need to see spiffy tidy up GP

When to talk raise your GP

Talk to your Healer if:

  • your skin has blisters or is swollen
  • your temperature keep to very high, or support feel hot and scary
  • you nick very tired, dizzy forward sick
  • complete have a headache sports ground muscle cramps
  • your baby or verdant child has sunburn

Severe erythema can lead to warmth exhaustion and heat smack. These can be bargain serious.

Extraction sunburnt can increase your chance of getting chuck it down cancer.

Obstruction skin cancer

Content improbable by the NHS and adapted nurture Ireland by the HSE

Page last reviewed: 29 March 2021
Next review due: 29 March 2024