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Tips to Cure Sunburn

Here are few tips to cure sunburn:

• Take four tablespoons of sandalwood powder, five tablespoons of coconut oil and two tablespoons of almond oil. Mix and apply on the exposed areas. This is a natural way to remove tan in arms.
• Massage the tanned skin with sandalwood based cream. Further, apply a paste of fuller's earth and sandalwood powder mixed together.
• Keep away from lotions that include topical anesthetic medications because you can become allergic to that medicine.
• Prepare a paste of barley, turmeric and yogurt in equal proportions. Apply it over the area of sunburns for sunburn quick relief
• Sunscreen must be applied generously .If you are out in the sun for a prolonged period during the day, wearing a hat and other protective clothing is recommended. Light clothing reflects the sun most effectively.
• To cure sunburn, apply cold aloe vera gel, apple cider vinegar, or plantain.
• Tannic acid present in green tea removes the burn out of the skin and heals it. After just one application, most sunburn is no longer painful and is much less reddish. However, this treatment will give relief from pain but may not prevent peeling.

Here are few excellent remedies for sunburn:

• Coconut oil is very gentle for skin. Massage all over the body with coconut oil before going out in sun. It helps prevent sunburn.
• Milk is also a good remedy for sunburns. To get relief from sunburn, apply milk on the affected area using a cloth.
• Apply ice to the burnt area, as it is beneficial.
• Using cold tea bags will remove tanning from the sunburns.
• Slice small pieces of raw cucumber or potato and apply it to affected area .It will reduce redness and inflammation caused by sunburn. Application of sandalwood paste also provides relief from the burning sensation.
• Combine wheat flour, milk, olive oil, or barley flour, honey, and raw egg white paste to make a mixture. Use this mixture for treating sunburn and tanning.
• Mix tomato puree and cucumber puree with lemon juice. Apply this paste all over the suntanned and sun burnt skin. Let it dry. Dab the puree again. Repeat three times and let it dry thoroughly, then rinse off. Use this treatment for a week and see the difference. It not only helps to relieve the tanned area, it adds a glow to the skin too.
• Take three tablespoons of milk and add to it one tablespoon of turmeric powder. Apply all over the face or affected areas. Leave it to dry. Rub in circular motions and then rinse off. It not only helps cure sunburn but also helps remove fine facial hair.
• Take a few vitamin pills and grind up as many as needed into some cod liver oil (make into a paste), put in about 1/4 of its mass in Vaseline (with vitamin e and aloe). Add any type of natural lotion that has green tea in it and apply to burnt areas. Apply it before you take a shower. Leave on for as long as possible before showering .Wash it thoroughly as possible and then apply the green tea lotion to sun burnt areas.