Sunburn can be obtained not only sunbathing on the beach in the open sun, it can happen even just during a walk and in cloudy weather. First of all, the skin of the face suffers, as the most sensitive and tender, especially for white and fair-haired women. Consider how the sun burn looks, and what should be done when it occurs.
Manifestations of sunburn of the face
Symptoms of sunburn rarely manifest immediately after exposure to ultraviolet rays, more often visible manifestations of skin lesions occur after several hours. There is a strong reddening of the skin, swelling, tenderness, itching, in the future, the formation of blisters or crusts, skin peeling. In more severe cases, body temperature rises, and some people also develop a rash on the damaged skin.
Treatment of sunburn of the facial skin at home
Treatment of sunburn on the face should be carried out as early as possible to prevent damage to deep layers of the skin and the formation of serious defects. Help with sunburn of the skin of the face is as follows:
1. First of all, the surface of the affected skin should be cooled. For this purpose, you can apply cold wet compresses with ordinary purified water. This will not only lower the temperature of the skin, but also moisten it to reduce pain. It is even better to prepare black tea, a decoction of chamomile or calendula, aloe or cucumber juice for a compress.
2. The next step is to disinfect the skin to prevent it from becoming infected, which is especially important when treating a severe sunburn on the face. This also requires the use of compresses, but impregnated with antiseptic solutions - manganese, furacilin, chlorhexidine or others.
3. After that, you need to moisturize the skin, for which you can apply any of the following:
- Creams and lotions based on dexpanthenol;
- means after sunburn, containing extracts of aloe vera, chamomile, vitamin E;
- home masks based on curdled milk, low-fat sour cream, kefir, egg white;
- masks of fresh vegetables - potatoes , cabbage, cucumber, pumpkins, etc.
4. To reduce pain and reduce body temperature, you can take Paracetamol or Ibuprofen.
Do not burn the skin of a person as follows:
- Use alcohol-containing products.
- Apply to the skin fatty creams and oils.
- Stay under the sun until the skin is completely regenerated.
- Puncture the forming blisters.