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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jodi
Washington
USA
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 Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 11:57:04 AM
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I had a little too much fun out in the sun while camping this weekend, and now I've turned a shade of brilliant lobster red.  I've been putting aloe on it, but my shoulders still hurt so bad. Anyone have a favorite way to soothe it and help it heal up quicker?? Oooh yeah, and I can't wait until it starts to peel...  LOL
~Jodi
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 12:00:26 PM
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This sounds gross, but apple cider vinegar always does the trick for me...takes the sting out. I also have some sort of "soother" that I bought from Crabtree & Evelyn and that works nicely, too..but in a pinch, Apple Cider vinegar.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 12:06:20 PM
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Aloe and I read somewhere to make like wraps with cotton cloth and the Apple Cider vinegar Jonni mentioned. Also, take so ibuprofen.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 12:09:31 PM
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Jonni - Do you apply the ACV directly on the burn? Or use it in a bath? I poured some in a bath about a month ago when I had a bad burn. And I felt great until I got out of the tub. I don't know what caused it, but suddenly, I had the most intense pain coupled with itching. I doubled over it was so bad. I called David and was nearly screaming in pain....the best way I can describe it is 'shingle pain'....it was late at night, so he asked a pharmacist in Walgreen's who recommended Benedryl instant, melt on your tongue strips. They worked! But I still can't figure out if the vinegar caused it or if it was just the burn going postal on its own.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 12:26:58 PM
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I remember my mother putting cider vinegar on my sunburns when I was little .It really helps. I tried to tan a little in the 70s when we lived in Arizona, and I got skin cancer on my face and my arm. Some of us are just supposed to be pale and pasty I guess.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 12:37:58 PM
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WELL to late now, but the first thing you do when you know you have had to much sun is take ASPIRN. It cuts the heat, just like a fever, and get in a cool shower, and then with what ever you choose, aloe is the best, moisturize moisturize, and lots of cool water to drink because you have really dried yourself out, loose clothes and then don't do that again. HA. Little Leary on the vinegar thing, I know that will take the sting out of a burn for a few minutes, but then it comes back. And Vinegar is a drying agent.
NANCY JO
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 12:41:10 PM
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Janice, I'm not sure about that pain....I've never used it in the bath, but when I have a bad sunburn I take a nice soft cloth, and pour a bowl filled with the cider vinegar, and dip it in, barely squeezing it dry and then sort of "sponge bathing" it on the parts that are burned...usually my shoulders (like Saturday) and the backs of my legs. Gosh, I'd hate to think that it caused that type of pain for you, but perhaps it was just the bad burn--I've had one so bad that my bones actually ached and I threw up and had to go to the e.r.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 1:01:34 PM
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I'll remember the advice, Nancy Jo. Aspirin, cool shower, moisturize, drink water and loose clothes. Because it will happen again. Always does-LOL!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 2:25:25 PM
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I'll have to get some apple cider vinegar, then... my shoulders feel like they've been sandpapered... I'll alternate between that and the aloe....
It's not so bad that I have to take painkillers, thank goodness!
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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aimeeravae
True Blue Farmgirl
341 Posts
Aimee
Deer River
MN
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 09:49:15 AM
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Have a good laugh at this one...
Medicated shaving cream, you know the foam stuff. Colgate still makes it. I put it on the burn, then sit in front of a fan on low until it dries.
My son gets one horrendous burn a year. We do this and he is sleeping on it that very night. Its still red but the pain is gone.
Aimee
http://laplantewardklopf.blogspot.com/ Motto To Live By
"Life should NOT be a jouney to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!" |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 09:52:43 AM
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Aimee- does the shaving cream work the same as Noxema?
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 3:37:08 PM
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I burn very easily and so does my daughter so needless to say we are not big on spending to much time in the mid-day sun. On the rare occasion that we have been burned I use an old remedy that my mom did when i was a kid. She would grind a bit of oatmeal into a powder and then mix it with some yogurt to form a paste. Then pat it on the burn and let it set for as long as you can but at least 20-30 minutes. It is very soothing. Then once you wash it off apply aloe vera. You can do this a few times a day.
On an off note here I will just say that several years ago a friend of mines baby had a terrible burn on her cheeks. Since she was still lactating her midwife told her to put a little breast milk on it. I was good the next day. The power of women never stops amazing me. 
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
Although no one can go back and make a brand new start; anyone can start from now
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aimeeravae
True Blue Farmgirl
341 Posts
Aimee
Deer River
MN
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 07:52:33 AM
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Heather,
I believe it does partically. I know they both contain menthol. I think the shaving cream has something else. my Doc is very home based fixits. He says its the stuff they put in for razor burn work for sunburn.
Let me ask you this...Why don't they put razor burn "stuff" in girl shaving cream? Maybe it is technique. Are we better leg shavers then they are face shavers? Just one of my general questions to the universe.
Aimee
Aimee
http://laplantewardklopf.blogspot.com/ Motto To Live By
"Life should NOT be a jouney to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!" |
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quilt8305
True Blue Farmgirl
409 Posts
Mary
Spokane
WA
USA
409 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 12:48:07 PM
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Plain old aloe vera gel is the best thing to soothe a sunburn.
Mary
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. Albert Einstein
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CarharttQueen
Farmgirl in Training
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Miriam
Soldier's Meadow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 1:35:19 PM
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| Has anyone tried honey for sunburns? I use it for other minor burns (stove, iron, etc.) with amazing results! |
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