Sunburn

[x2xtreme360]

So, uh, at what point would it be wise to seek medical attention for a sunburn?

I can't help but feel like a bitch right now, but this is some ridiculous pain here. Worked on a car for 4 straight hours yesterday in a cloudless 90+ degree summer day without a shirt OR sunscreen with my back facing the sun the entire time... I'm a fucking dumbass.

Within four hours my skin turned from a very pale red to a cherry red. It started to feel better last night as I applied aloe to it often... well that feeling is gone. I've started to get nice and bubbly all over my back, and cold showers feel like scalding hot water while hot showers actually make it feel cold.

How long do these things usually last? I don't usually get sunburns because I'm not usually this much of a retard.

[GTOX]

I got sunburn a while ago after a fishing trip. No hat or sunscreen and before I even made it home my face was red like a beetroot lol, I was so embarassed to go into work and copped a lot of shit. My face was red for like a week, and my nose took the longest to heal and go back to normal, everyone was calling me rudolph haha.

I hope yours clears up soon, must be very unpleasant. Is there like clear puss shit weeping out from the affected area (sorta like sweat), this is what happened to me lol?

[IPD]

sounds like borderline 2nd degree. keep in mind that 2nd degree usually involves bubbling of the skin immediately. if yours appeared the next day, it's bad-- but probably not as severe as true 2nd degree.

[Ninja Performance]

Just FYI people

You can sunburn, and sometimes even worse, in overcast conditions versus full sun.

Sorry to hear, I got very badly burned this season working outside no protection. Back was toast. The pain will be rivaled by the excruciating itch for a few weeks. Use lots of Ocean Potion moisturizing lotion. It's the only lotion that would ease my itch. I was crawling up the walls.

-Chris

[j2k4]

Why do we continue to do things we know are, well...less than intellectually optimum? :rolleyes:

I speak as an expert.

[2fnloud]

Tye any sunburn relief that has lidocaine in it that will help with the itching.

[x2xtreme360]

Trying to stay out of the sun, but the pain is excruciating. I have no headache, fever, dizzyness, and I can pretty much do all my normal activities.

I'm calling off work today though. I can not... CAN NOT... wear a shirt.

[2fnloud]

been there it is stupid painful, feels like thousands of little knives stabbing you in the back right now.

[Ninja Performance]

Why do we continue to do things we know are, well...less than intellectually optimum? :rolleyes:

I speak as an expert.

I speak from an expert point of view also. I have been burned bad long ago and I know better. Normally wearing sunblock. One day I worked on trenching around the new service garage and didn't realize (with my shirt off) that 4 hours had passed, right in the afternoon sunny time. Burned real bad. Hadn't been burnt that bad for 20+ years. Retard. Now ANY time I am going to spend any aprecaible time out, cutting grass, working on anything etc I 50SPF everything and wear my new nifty sun hat. You know, with the draw strings, flat round top with the nice large rim all around. Keeps that sun out my face.

-Chris

[2fnloud]

Everyone at NG saw my sunhat.

[IPD]

i'll mow my lawn without my shirt...but that's an hour max.

[j2k4]

Edit - double post

[j2k4]

Why do we continue to do things we know are, well...less than intellectually optimum? :rolleyes:

I speak as an expert.


I speak from an expert point of view also.

-Chris

Ah, but I am the KING - I married my ex.

Only two other men on the planet can say that, and the rest of you are pikers...unless you know something I don't - she was very prolific.

[MADMarc]

You should be alright. In the case of it pussing I would get it checked. All they would do is give you some meds for the pain and patch it up with some dry gauze MAYBE. Water blisters I am hoping? Just be sure to let it dry out which is the ironic thing with any burns. For areas that don't have broken skin you can apply milk of magnesia (it's a diarrhetic but it works well) over the skin. Just rub it on and let it dry off. That will make sure those areas dry up quick. ....well, these are just things i'd do ;)

[IPD]

the worst part of this isn't the pain or the itching; it's the potential for skin cancer when you subject yourself to excessive sun.

[DocWalt]

Knowing people that have had skin cancer... I'd go to the doctor, and I'm normally one that hates getting medical attention for stuff.

[mb3000]

You will thank god when you start peeling. There is really nothing you can do about it, except stay indoors as much as possible.

[futurevr4man]

i didnt read the posts so maybe this was said,

being a redhead, i know a bit about getting suburnt. if your skin blisters into big blisters, its time to go to the doc. if you get a million of the little (i call them) water blisters, you will be alright. its probably too late now, but if you keep it aloe'd up for about 3 days you can usually get away with no blisters. your skin has to stay lotioned so it doesnt tighten up, but DONT USE LOTION, use aloe!!! i dont know why, lotion screws everything up though. stick with aloe. i recommend aloe with lidocane in it

also if you get the million little water blisters, you will definitely peel. i say get someone to peel it off for you because when it dries it itches really bad. DO NOT use anything with alcohol based stuff in it as it will burn like hellfire on your fresh skin underneath.

you will be fine within a work week (as in no pain, probably itchy though).

[dbest671]

^LOL my sister is a red head, and she can't tan worth a shit. She can spend a day in the sun, get burnt, and be white the next day. The only thing is her freckles get darker, and she hates that.

I know your pain, I grew up in SWFL. I used to get fried all the time when I was a kid, especially my nose and shoulders. At the beach once, the top of my feet got badly burned, sounds like the same burn you have. It was hell for about three days, even with constant aloe.

The Ocean Potion stuff is great. My arms got burnt this weekend at a car show, Saturday, and today they are tan with no pain. Granted I didn't get burnt as bad as you, I had on SPF 15.

Your back will peel, that is a given.

[Alan92RTTT]

Everyone at NG saw my sunhat.

Everyone saw the crispy critter I was at the NG after forgetting sunblock at the Road Course. OUCH

Try a cold bath.

Lots and lots of Aloe.

[igofast]

yes, we saw ur sunhat and keeps sun off of one's face. my husband is not one to wear hats and burns the bald spot on his head!!

[2fnloud]

I love my sunhat....My wife thinks I look sexy in it :blush:

[AgentOblivious]

You should be fine...it's no luck for me, if I hide from the sun my psoriasis gets worse, if I go out i get a mad farmer's tan, and somehow don't even turn a little bit red where the tan is, yet burn right at the edge.

[beepbeep]

but if you keep it aloe'd up for about 3 days you can usually get away with no blisters. your skin has to stay lotioned so it doesnt tighten up, but DONT USE LOTION, use aloe!!! i dont know why, lotion screws everything up though. stick with aloe. i recommend aloe with lidocane in it


After we ran out of aloe, we switched to the following lotion, which has aloe in it....worked WONDERS for Chris, with discomfort and for the itching. Best of luck...sunburns SUCK ASS (so says the Irish chick)!

Ocean Potion Moisturizing Aloe After Sun Lotion 20.5 fl oz - Product Reviews and Prices - Shopping.com (http://www.shopping.com/Skin-Care-Ocean-Potion-Moisturizing-Aloe-After-Sun-Lotion-20-5-fl-oz/info)

[MNRVR4]

Whats a sunburn?? :p Ive never had one, and there have been times when ive been outside all day :)