Wednesday, April 28, 2010

After a bad sunburn, your skin starts to peel, is there an easy way to make your skin stop peeling?

I%26#039;m looking for a way to fix this without buying products, something natural.|||The peeling skin is burned skin that is sloughing off because it was greatly damaged and has become dead tissue. Your skin is constantly shedding dead tissue, but usually you don%26#039;t noticed this (unless you skin is very dry) because it comes off in such small pieces. Most definitely moisturize; the burned area of your skin is highly susceptible to drying out because that top layer of your skin that helps with moisture control has been badly damaged.





After a few days when the burn isn%26#039;t quite so fresh, try gently exfoliating the burned area. You don%26#039;t even have to be very thorough the first time around; your goal is simply to assist with your body%26#039;s process of getting rid of all of that dead skin. Don%26#039;t go in with the intent of scraping it all off once and for all. Go in several stages over a few days and let your body take care of the rest.





However, the more you moisturize, the less peeling skin you will generally notice. This being because that burned area is so prone to drying out that if left unmoisturized, some lesser damaged skin will become so dry that it too will join in with sloughing off when it might not otherwise.





I once burned the top of my cheeks and nose very badly after spending a day hiking under the bright California sun (me completely forgetting about a little thing called sunscreen.) I was on a mission trip with a group of friends and wasn%26#039;t able to really get good access to any treatment for the burn. Others who were also burned used tea bags on the burns (me being skeptical, I skipped out on the tea bags, though I later found out that they have been scientifically proven to help) and said that their burns seemed to be improving pretty quickly.





Not to long ago, I acquired a similar burn once again (though it wasn%26#039;t quite so severe.) Remembering that trip to California, I let wet tea bags soak over the burned areas and used moisturizers (ones specially made for treating sunburns, mind you) nearly obsessively. I also went with gently exfoliating the skin after the first couple of days. The result? Virtually no visible peeling skin. Needless to say, I was very pleased that redness was the only sign that I had been burned, with none of that unappetizing peeling skin. Though please note that this burn was relatively mild and that I cannot guarantee the exact same results for more severe burns.





For natural treatments for your sunburn, go with letting teabags (make sure it is in fact real tea and not just herbal tea, as I think that does make a difference in how it will help) soak over the burned area, using moisturizers (if you can, try to stick to ones that say they are okay for using on your face), and perhaps simply a damp paper towel for the exfoliating part (remember, gentleness is the key.) Good luck!|||In addition to moisturizing, I would try some gentle exfoliation to remove the peeling skin. I usually buy products for this, but I%26#039;ve seen things online where you can make a mixture from oatmeal, sea salt or other things from the kitchen. Salt may not be the best thing in this case if your skin is already irritated and sore.|||after youre burned you skin has to peel to %26#039;renew%26#039; itself. you can make it a little less noticeable by moisturizing...ALOT! the skin coming off is dry and flakey so moisturizer will help, but you%26#039;ll still peel. Try a thick cream instead of lotion.|||try aloe from an aloe plant|||no exfoliating previosly sunburned skin. you should moisturize several times a day.|||Aloe Vera is the best thing to use on sunburn. However, if you don%26#039;t want to purchase anything, just keep lubed up with a good lotion. Re-juvenating the skin is what you need to do.

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