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Lindy asked in HealthAlternative Medicine · 1 decade ago

My friend and I went camping this weekend and she got a really bad sun burn, what do you suggest to put.......

on it to cool it down aloe vera isn't working for her?

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    NEVER use oil as some others have suggested as it prevents the skin from breathing and therefore healing. Get the most plain and natural aloe gel you can find and lay it on thick. Find one with lidocaine HCL as it will numb the pain. Make sure you are not using the after sun lotion as it will contain oils that will only negate the benefits of the aloe and slow the healing process. Also a cool (not cold) damp rag will help ease the pain as well.

  • 1 decade ago

    Ohhhhhhh!!! I had a sunburn that put me in the hospital this year. No messin around! Solarcane sunburn spray with aloe works great. I am allergic to all the burn creams from the Dr. because they are sulpha base, and the solarcane did help a lot. Vinegar does help take the sting out. Soak a couple of towels and lay them across the burn. Watch for blisters and swelling.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You need to use aloe straight from the plant. Go to any

    grocery store and purchase a leaf. Cut it up and bandage it on

    her , if its her ENTIRE body, well you are going to be buying

    alot of aloe. If you have a bit of money there is a product

    called Emprizone by Mannatech, it works like a charm for me!

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, if aloe vera isnt working then try this concoction my wife used on me once. She used honey, about 3/4 cup. 1/2 cup sugar. and any alcohol, try to keep consistency thick. Mix all together, get basting brush or use finger an apply.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Let her soke in hot water(as hot as she can stand it) thatll sort of i guess suck the sunburn out of her not all of it though so after she gets out put aloe vera back on and when that soaks in put some lotion on her.

    Source(s): Hope she feels better sun burn does suck.
  • 4 years ago

    aloe from an aloe plant, merely take a leaf and ruin it open and rub it on it is so soothing and cool there's a fruit stand close to me that sells man or woman leaves for cooking possibly you have some thing close to you

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Noxema the cold cream from the 70's it will cool it down.

  • 1 decade ago

    a cool bath

    vicks vapper rub

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    sometimes a cool bath will help....or else get a medicated sunburn relief medicine...also aspirin sometimes helps

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Vinegar it will take the heat out

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