AT SEA – DECEMBER 8: In this handout image provided by the Volvo Ocean Race, onboard Team Alvimedica. Not entirely free of the doldrums, the northerly sailing continues but not without it’s sweltering heat and occasional park-ups. A sunburn and sleepy Dave Swete uses his reflection in the camera lens to evenly apply sunscreen. During Leg 2 between Cape Town, South Africa and Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 is the 12th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain on October 11, 2014, the route, spanning some 39,379 nautical miles, visits 11 ports in 11 countries (Spain, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, China, New Zealand, Brazil, United States, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and Sweden) over nine months. The Volvo Ocean Race is the world’s premier ocean race for professional racing crews. (Photo by Amory Ross/Team Alvimedica/Volvo Ocean Race via Getty Images)
Getty Images: Amory Ross/Team Alvimedica / HandoutThe shower is always the worst part!
With Summer in full swing, there’s a chance that you currently have a sunburn or you’re just getting over one. When it comes to sunburns there are a lot of remedies on the market and even old wives’ tales that claim to soothe burning skin.
- Releasing the heat is the first step, Meghan Freely, a board-certified dermatologist from New York suggests holding a cold compress on your skin for 15 minutes at a time or taking a cool shower.
- If your burn blisters do not popping the blister but cooling them in the shower and applying a cream such as a topical corticosteroid like hydrocortisone. Moisturizing the skin is important as well and any lotion that contains vitamins C and E will work the best.
- Aloe is also a great way to moisturize, hydrate and prevent infection of sunburned skin, you should avoid certain products. Anything that contains the medications lidocaine or benzocaine will irritate the skin, which will lengthen the healing process.
