I don't think a pill would even do anything for it.......sunburn sucks!!!! there are some types of pain that pills just wont work for..........and I believe mild to moderate burn is one of them. You have to just ride it out.......I burn so bad I too blister. I don't spend too much time in the sun for that reason and I hate using sunscreen.
Just don't put any oil based lotions on it for a few days. Sorry, hun. I feel for you.
Take care.
Luv,
Nauty...............
been there, done that.... OUCH!!!!!....can feel it all over again as you describe it!!!!!! so sorry you're in so much pain! just be careful though, ok? when i got mine (i was in my late teens, it was bad, i had to go to ER), i didn't even know what the heck a narcotic was....wasn't even exposed to them until i was like 30....so, probably best i didn't know of them back then....anyway, all i could do was wear a TUBE top (do they even sell those things anymore???), couldn't put on a bra for over a month....and even a light, light, light shirt over the tube top (cuz i had to go to work at times) was excruciatingly painful....but i just took my 800 mg motrin as often as i could, used a lot of compresses and aloe and all that stuff, got some script topical stuff from the doctor, and got through it....it took a long while to heal, and believe me, ever since then, i've NEVER even come close to getting burned that badly again....it only takes once that bad and you learn real fast....it's probably why i'm so anal about sunscreen with my kiddos....wouldn't wish that on ANYBODY! you can take 4 advil at a time actually....and it's not going to entirely take away ALL the pain (nothing will, just time unfortunately), but it may at least take the edge off....take some tylenol pm to help sleep or something.....i went through bottles and bottles of aloe, too.....just hang in there....every day it'll get better.....you'll be in my prayers!
k.
OOOOUUUUCCCHHHH!!!
Oh Girl I so feel your pain. I cant tell you how many times i have been there myself. I have always loved being in the sun for as long as i can remember. And growing up it took many painful summers till i finally learned to be responsible in the sun. learned many ways to deal with the agony of a horrible sunburn. I remember one summer getting burned so badly at the beach i had to go to the drs. My face blistered and my eyes did too and they actually bled..let me tell ya i was a beautiful site...LOL. Funny thing is....well funny now it wasnt then lol...is that i went to the beach to get a little color to look good in my dress for my boyfriends prom!!! Haha yeah!!! that plan worked real welll!!!..LOL. anyway when i went to the drs. (i know your thinking prom for her? this is ancient medical news...lol) but it does work and i still use this from time to time especially with my girls...milk baths. But what ive found to work even better then the milk baths is tea baths. It is like a miracle. Fill your tub with as the girls told you as hot as you can stand water and put a bunch of tea bags in and soak in the tub untill the water turns cool. You will be amazed at how this helps. Then use the aloe. advil is usually pretty good for the pain..i have taken 3 at a time when its real bad. dress in something light and loose that barely touches you and you dont have to wear a bra with.It can be excrutiating to wear one while that burned. Have never tried the vinegar thing..this is the first ive heard of it so that may be better but like i said the tea baths where like a god send to me when i did this to myself...at least yours was a acccident and not plain stupidity as i have done...lol. learned my lesson though..thank god. good luck hun i hope this helps you. Ill check on you in a bit. Love ya.
I am a sungoddess also...that is the same thing i was going to tell her...take as hot of a shower as she can stand. I always do that after I'm out in the sun. It helps!!
Hang in there, confused!!...and use your aloe plant!! :D
Chi_Chi....thanks!! I know it's not the answer and I fear that this pain will last for days and I don't want to take them for days so I am going to try the vinegar and just tough it out. Thanks a bunch! And I am one tough cookie....LOL
Use the vinegar...if anyone knows about sunburn it's me the sun goddess, LOL. I will have gallons of it with me this summer. Just pour it over you in the shower. And shower with as hot of water as your skin can stand then finish with cool. I'm a sun expert:-)
I know you want a pill but thats not the right thing to do for sunburn confused. Be strong, well you must be strong to be doing all that lifting.
Hugs