Sunburn

998cc · 17 Apr 2011 at 16:44

Last time i got sunburnt was on my scalp in the Alps, blistered and scabbed over well bad.

joemo13 · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:02

Wear a Burka!

trigger-happy · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:03

joemo13 said:
Wear a Burka!

your joke is somewhat depressing but yes it will work.

buckeejit · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:05

my skin is really sensitive when the sun is hot. I live in Northern Ireland and I got burnt four times last year

RomanNose · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:07

buckeejit said:
my skin is really sensitive when the sun is hot. I live in Northern Ireland and I got burnt four times last year

The problem obviously lies with living in Northern Ireland.

jp_bl_68 · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:08

sponge999 said:
Anyone else suffer from it really easily?

I am ginger.

And what do you do to help?

Lurk in the shadows plotting pasty revenge on all you day-walkers

hux · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:08

If you itch then lanacane is your best and probably only option.

Otherwise it'll drive you nuts so best get some.

trigger-happy · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:08

go to Egypt and experience 50c.

buckeejit · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:09

chaosdestro0 said:
The problem obviously lies with living in Northern Ireland.

nope

[TW]Sponge · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:15

trigger-happy said:
go to Egypt and experience 50c.

Sand is my enemy. I will destroy it.

Amp34 · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:19

trigger-happy said:
go to Egypt and experience 50c.

Or go somewhere humid and experience 35 degrees. 50 Degrees in the desert is quite nice, bit of a shock when walking out of an air conditioned office though!

I love all the tough guys around here, it'll explain why I always see so many burned people out and about in summer! (Yeah I do wear sun lotion if I'm out for more than a couple of hours in the summer. I feel sorry for all you people that burn now though!)

trigger-happy · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:22

Amp34 said:
Or go somewhere humid and experience 35 degrees. 50 Degrees in the desert is quite nice, bit of a shock when walking out of an air conditioned office though!

I love all the tough guys around here, it'll explain why I always see so many burned people out and about in summer! (Yeah I do wear sun lotion if I'm out for more than a couple of hours in the summer. I feel sorry for all you people that burn now though!)

lol true. Also don't walkout bare feet! it buuurns like hell!

ash_scotland88 · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:26

Try greek yoghurt to sooth the burning, it's a tip from when I went to Corfu, and I found it helped better than after sun....but I am sure I am allergic to that stuff.

franneh12 · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:27

Wet cloth over affected area for 15- 20 minutes to remove heat , then lightly put on after sun clears my sunburn up within day or two

ash_scotland88 · 17 Apr 2011 at 17:28

Amp34 said:
Or go somewhere humid and experience 35 degrees. 50 Degrees in the desert is quite nice, bit of a shock when walking out of an air conditioned office though!

I love all the tough guys around here, it'll explain why I always see so many burned people out and about in summer! (Yeah I do wear sun lotion if I'm out for more than a couple of hours in the summer. I feel sorry for all you people that burn now though!)

See I cope better with drier heats that's experience abroad, compared to the humid heats we often have over here.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 17 Apr 2011 at 19:08

For starters I recommend P20 for sunscreen, its awesome stuff once used you will never go back. Genuine once a day stuff, Ive used it in the Caribbean and as a "whitey" very rarely get any sunburn with it.

Now if you do actually get burnt you want Lidocaine. You canget aftersun with Lidocaine in it in US but not in the UK. You can however get Lidocaine cream over the counter and that will nuke sunburn.

I always buy some Lidocaine aftersun in Caribbean and bring it home, its typically in the UK I suffer sunburn as just under estimate 30 mins in the mid day sun occasionally. Some tanning shops also sell Lidocaine based products I am told but never actually been to get any there, although I would if I was burn't and it was only option.

Fuzz · 17 Apr 2011 at 19:16

I got out onto the lawn in just my shorts at 10.45am this morning without any cream on.

The first bit of sun my body has seen this year and I'm that pale I'm almost see-through.
Moobs started going red at about 12.30 so thought that was enough for the first day.

Expecting I'd overdone it.. but the redness has gone already.

Roll on next weekend.

Amp34 · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:31

trigger-happy said:
lol true. Also don't walkout bare feet! it buuurns like hell!

I had BIIIG boots on so that didn't matter

Scubascorpion said:
I got out onto the lawn in just my shorts at 10.45am this morning without any cream on.
The first bit of sun my body has seen this year and I'm that pale I'm almost see-through.
Moobs started going red at about 12.30 so thought that was enough for the first day.
Expecting I'd overdone it.. but the redness has gone already.
Roll on next weekend.

Haha, see the secret is to always wear a T-Shirt... I have a whitey white body but my arms and face are always perpetually tanned (really odd, I've had numerous people comment in group photos as to how tanned it is... :confused:

). Unfortunately I looked in the mirror the other day and got a shock... My face has got nice and tanned from the sun over the last week or two, my neck... White as a feather... Must be to do with the jacket collar.

JBod · 17 Apr 2011 at 21:03

How the hell do you get burnt in the UK in April? Do you also get burnt if you stand in front of the fridge with the door open too long?

Due to regular sunny holidays I have never burnt in the UK... Canary Islands midsummer however.... OUCH :eek:

Fuzz · 17 Apr 2011 at 21:07

Amp34 said:
I had BIIIG boots on so that didn't matter

Haha, see the secret is to always wear a T-Shirt... I have a whitey white body but my arms and face are always perpetually tanned (really odd, I've had numerous people comment in group photos as to how tanned it is...). Unfortunately I looked in the mirror the other day and got a shock... My face has got nice and tanned from the sun over the last week or two, my neck... White as a feather... Must be to do with the jacket collar.

Being as I was TRYING to get some sun on my body, a T-shirt really wouldn't have helped much.
I wasn't gardening or anything. I went out there and led on the lawn on a beach towel for a couple of hours.