So you've got to sunburn and you want to know how to treat it well you found the
right video because at the end of this video, you're gonna become a pro now
before I begin telling you everything that you need to know about treatments
if you're a regular on my channel you will know that I'm not usually one of
those healthcare professionals whose all doom and gloom but getting sunburned is
actually very serious so serious in fact by just getting it once every two years
it can triple your risk of getting melanoma skin cancer which is why it's
so important that you don't get it in the first place and I'm going to discuss
all of this how to reduce your chances of getting sunburn at the end of this
video so if you do have someone right now you need to promise me that it's
never going to happen again because you now know just how serious it
is now let's begin with treatments okay so the first thing that you need to do
when you've got sunburn is you need to get out of the Sun straightaway a preferably
going door now please remember this that sunburn isn't only when your skin is
peeling it's blistered its raw sunburn is also classified as when your skin is
just pink or it's just irritated from the Sun these are all classified as
sunburn so now let's say you're indoors which is great you need to first start
by taking frequent cool showers or cool baths and this is going to help relieve
the pain now please remember once you finish your bath once you finish the
shower please don't dry yourself vigorously with a towel you need to
gently pat yourself dry and leave a little moisture on the skin to apply
moisturizer over it's gonna help trap the moisture in generally speaking you
can use any moisturizer but they do say that those containing aloe vera so
aloe vera based moisturizers have a more cooling and soothing effect but if
you don't have it you can use any moisturizer the more often you use it
the better just please remember make sure to moisturize it doesn't contain
benzocaine or any ingredient in the same family which ends in caine the reason for
this is that it can irritate the skin and potentially cause an allergic
reaction for smaller areas of the skin which are very uncomfortable and
nothing's really helping you can use a topical mild steroid cream such as
hydrocortisone for example you can purchase this from any pharmacy will
make sure that you're not using it on the face and always beats your
pharmacist first so they can check the it's safe and suitable to use it and
that little information leaflet that comes with it always read that to again
to make sure that you're safe and suitable to use it
now steroid creams should be used very thinly in what we call fingertip units
so one fingertip unit should cover two palms in area so that's just how thinly
you need to be using it now if you do want more information on how to use a
steroid cream properly I did make a video about quite a long time ago and I
will leave a link up here and in the description below for you so you now
know all about creams but what else should you be doing well I'm important
fact to remember is that when we get sunburned it draws fluid towards the
skin surface from the rest of the body what does this mean well it basically
means that you're gonna have to increase your water uptake during this period of
recovery from the sunburn because if you don't you're gonna be at risk of
dehydration which you're gonna make you feel terrible and it's also gonna slow
down the recovery process now let's say that you've tried all the tips that I've
mentioned so far in this video and you're still in a lot of pain and
discomfort then another option for you to take is paracetamol or ibuprofen however
before you take these medicines please always speak to your pharmacist just so
that it can make sure it is safe and suitable to take the medicine and always
read the information leaflet that comes with it now please remember that if your skin
does blister from the sunburn please do not pop or scratch these leave them
alone when we get blisters from sunburn this is usually the sign of a secondary
degree burn and these blisters they play a critical part in one the healing
process and to preventing infections because when you break that physical
barrier by popping or scratching them it's gonna let in all them germs it's
also recommended that you speed to your doctor or healthcare professional if you
do get any blisters or swelling from sunburn what I will do actually is I'll
leave a full list of when you should seek medical advice in the description
below and I would highly recommend everyone to read it now sober skin is
healing you need to protect it as much as possible from the sunlight so try and
cover it as much as possible which is highly woven close tightly woven fabric
basically means when you hold it in front of the light nothing passes
through so I really hope that my video helps you today but please remember that
the start of this video you made me a promise and you said that this is never
going to happen again so please keep that promise because you now know the
facts you know it against some but once every two years
triples your risk of melanoma skin cancer so please remember that fat so
it's super important that you protect yourself and your family from getting it
in the first place this means using a sunscreen often and correctly
the right UVA and UVB protection now I understand that buying the right
sunscreen can be a little difficult and tricky but I did make a video a few
months ago all about how to pick the best sunscreen what ingredients to look
out for what UVA and UVB is and all that stuff means so I highly recommend you
watch that video I'm gonna link it up here animal description below and I
promise you once you watch that video you're gonna become a sunscreen Pro
there's also many other things that you can do to avoid sunburn one of which is
having a physical barrier so wearing loose-fitting clothes which is deeper in
color wearing a hat spending more time in the shade and less time in the Sun as
much as possible this is especially important when the Sun is is strongest
between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. but please try and spend most of your time in a shade
that's the best thing you can do there's loads more things that you can do which
I'm gonna leave in the description below I also explain all of these in much more
detail in the sunscreen video which I just spoke about which is an even better
reason to watch it and that's the end of the video I really hope my tips help you
always remember that you're awesome and I will see you next week did you see
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