How do you know if your sunburn is second degree?
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usually the dermatologyst will tell how, since they will check  your skin, and ask you to be careful about melanoma
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You should see a doctor. If the burn is that bad you are probably suffering from exposure and dehydration, possibly heat or sun stroke. Check to see if you are running a fever. You can go into shock over something like this and that is nothing to fool around with. I would definitely see a doctor. Never mind the home remedies. That's okay if you are dealing with a small area, like the back of your neck or your the arm you left on the window of your car for too long. If it is your arms legs and back, SEE A DOCTOR. Sorry for raising my voice, but this can be very serious.
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could mean "(I am) good, but I got sunburned."
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I also suffer from SAD and have been successfully utilizing a tanning salon, in the winter months only, with great results.  I realize UVA/UVB rays can be harmful, but I use sunblock and I only go 2 times a week during Dec./Jan./Feb.; by then, spring is back where I live and I can be outdoors again.
950471
learn a lesson...do you have to touch the burner twice to figure out its hot
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Aloe Vera is very cooling. Also soaking burnt skin in cool water helps. There are some aloe treatments specifically for sunburn, which contain lidacane, a pain reliever. Check your local drug store. And drink lots of water.\n\nHope this helps.
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if its very dark then u should go to a good skin doctor .and if its not so dark then its normal because i do have n many people have it .wat happens is that its not an open side for sunligth as ur face do or may because of u will wash ur face a lot than ur boby .or because of sweat .
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1st off i am jealous of you that you have a sunburn in november an 2nd try some aloe vera gel. it sooths teh burn and helps to clear it too. or use noxzema
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Depending on how bad a burn - first degree (red): alohe, cool water.  Just hurts.  second degree alohe/medicated creme loose bandage.  third degree (blistered) go to the doctor
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tanning is a reaction of your skin to protect itself from UV rays, melanin is produced to help absorb some of the radiation.  Sunburn is an actual burn, damage done from overexposure to the radiation.  What determines the difference is the intensity of the radiation and the duration.
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I don't get a sunburn. I get tan.
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My long term medication says that too, and I too am pale, the medicine made me extra-sensitive to sun and i got a burn in august and I still have the tan from it on the tops of my legs and my chest.\nSo my advice is dont go atall, or if you do only go for a litte bit.
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White vinegar will dry out the skin.  A sunburn is damaged skin, not tanned skin.  A sunburn is an injury.  The last thing you want to do is re-expose the skin to more sun again....   Are you nuts?  You have to protect this injury and you shouldn't reexpose it to more of the same damage again.\n\nYou need pain relief on the skin itself to cool it, and then medication inside you to take the edge off the pain (Tylenol is best.  Aspirin can cause more bleeding problems under the skin.)  \n\nOnce the pain is diminished only then can you revert back to using Aloe Vera.  Aloe Vera doesn't always work on an injury, it's an old time folk remedy that continues to be popular even though there are much better methods for dealing with a skin damage.  Aloe Vera tends to leave a sticky layer on the skin that adheres like a glue, and other than a few vitamins in the Aloe, it doesn't really have the healing properties you need.  \n\nGo get a sunburn relief product instead to cool and extinguish the pain, take the tylennol and make an appointment to see your doctor if the burn is extensive.  Leaving a sunburn to heal on it's own can be a real mistake, especially if there are blisters under the burn - that is a classic sign of severe damage. If those open blisters break open you will have tissue damage that will leave a horrible scar.   You have to treat a sunburn as if it was a burn from an open flame.  Again, this is skin damage, an injury that can become infected.  Get medical attention if my advice. \n\nSkip the wedding or cover your sunburn from all light.  Protect your skin.
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Its indeed a precancerosis, a lot of people have it, especially those who have been in the sun a lot in their lifes, its easily removed with a laser, so if you have some, you should best contact a dermatologist
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Have you tried gong to the doctor? And have you been out in the sun alot, if so you may have sunburn. I suggest that you go to the doctor and see what they say.
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The type of sunburn I refer to here is the type or level where tapping the victim on the shoulder is absolute agony or where your bedsheets hurt so much you cant sleep.Aloe vera in a bottle is fine but!!!!!Aloe vera in a plant,many of us have them.Cut two inches from the leaf ,slice down the middle and rub down gently on the burn in a straight line ,you will notice that you are still burning on both sides of the part you have just applied the aloe vera to but where you applied is pain free almost instantly.By doing one patch/line first it shows you,the disbeliever, how good it is.After you have done all the affected areas you can use P.A.B.A.(para amino benzoic acid)in tablet form.In England chemists dont seem to sell it but Holland & barrett do as will other health food outlets.I would take one tablet of paba for mild burn and if it doesnt go down in terms of pain I take more till it reduces to the point I can cope.My family have used this for 40 years without adverse effects.If in doubt ask the people in the health food shop,If you ask doctors about it they tend not to be pleased(my expreience but enlightenment is available free on the N.H.S.) because they havent prescribed it,please let me know it workedP.S. this is not a licence to burn ,if you allow your children to burn you are abusing them,sounds harsh but its true
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I think that would be a second degree sunburn and is really bad for you. \n\nBlisters are caused by sunburn because the sun literally burns your skin to the point where it kind of starts to bubble.  Wear sunblock and limit your sun exposure if this happens to you often. \n\nYou should wear sunblock often.  Especially during the summer.  Have fun =)