Whitening tips

Chapter 5 First aid for sunburned skin

There are many tall buildings in the city, and the large glass windows and the surfaces of cars can reflect sunlight.Even if you hide under a shady umbrella and wear a large wide-brimmed hat, it's impossible to avoid multiple sun exposures.Once the skin is red and dry, the spots are not far away from you.

Even if you wear sunscreen at all times and apply sunscreen all over your body, it's still possible for your skin to get sunburned.If your face is red and sore from the sun and your back is burning, you need to take urgent steps to treat your skin with primary care.

List several types of post-sunburn treatments that will ease your pain and heal damaged skin quickly.

external conditioning
(1) Keep cool: After the skin is burned by the sun, it will be at a higher temperature.You should immediately wrap the sunburned area with a towel soaked in cold water, and then apply cold compresses every half an hour to make the skin cool down slowly and return to normal. Note that the cold compress time should not be too long.

You can also wash your face with frozen milk first, and then apply a cotton pad soaked in milk on the face, or use a thin towel to absorb milk and apply it to the affected area.If you feel pain all over your body, you might as well soak in a milk bath, which can soothe the sunburned skin, reduce pain and prevent inflammation.

After the sun redness disappears, pay attention to avoid dry skin.At this time, you should add water as much as possible to moisturize the skin, and you can also use a cotton piece dipped in toner to soften the skin.Finally, replenish the oil with lotion, cold cream, or ointment.

(2) Natural therapy: After sun exposure, apply the gel containing aloe vera on the sunburned skin, which is an effective way to treat sunburn.Because aloe vera contains an aspirin-like ingredient that can relieve the pain caused by sun exposure.

Or make tomato sauce, apply it on the face, wash off with warm water after about 15 minutes, it can also treat sunburned skin.

(3) Drug care: After sunburn, you can take aspirin as soon as possible, this anti-inflammatory drug can reduce pain.When the deep skin is severely burned, blisters occasionally appear, you can apply some chlortetracycline eye ointment to control inflammation, hook to avoid infection, and do not scratch with your hands.

(4) Drink plenty of water: Sun exposure will absorb a lot of water in the human body, and the body is prone to dehydration, so you should drink plenty of water to replenish it in time, and it can also indirectly relieve skin damage after sun exposure and avoid skin dehydration.

(5) Mask and massage: After being burned by the sun, the skin will inevitably appear spots, freckles and darkening of the skin.Therefore, after the skin regains moisture, in order to promote its metabolism and inhibit the production of melanin, it is very effective to do facial mask and massage.

Mix 1 teaspoon of honey, appropriate amount of flour or pearl powder, 1 vitamin E pill and 1 tablet of vitamin B3 powder and mix well, then apply the paste on the face and neck, wash off with water after 15-20 minutes Clean; then, apply water-rich skin care products (Chinese herbal skin care products with anti-inflammatory and moisturizing effects, or other nutritional skin care products).

(6) Do not make up: After sunburn, you should not use whitening products to cover it, let alone make up to cover up the sunburned skin, but use moisturizing cream to moisturize the skin properly.

Inner conditioning
For pigmentation and freckles caused by sun exposure, women should supplement vitamin C in time. Such fruits and vegetables include lychees, longan meat, persimmons, watermelons, bananas, oranges, leeks, spinach, radishes, lotus roots, wax gourds, loofahs, tomatoes, green onions etc.

In addition, adequate intake of vitamin E, vitamin A and calcium to increase skin elasticity is required, all of which can be obtained from food or nutritional supplements.Because of mental stress or excessive fatigue, the vitamin C needed by the skin will be gradually consumed, so maintaining a peaceful mind at all times, emotional stability and adequate sleep are also very important for skin recovery.

Daily life conditioning
If you want to go out, you should avoid the time period from 11:2 am to [-]:[-] pm, which is the most intense period of ultraviolet rays, and try to stay in the shade.After sunburned skin rests for a period of time, it will be exposed to sunlight slowly and in small amounts.

Beauty Tips:
Watermelon rind is rich in vitamin C, which has anti-inflammatory and whitening effects, and can improve the symptoms of sunburned skin.If you repeatedly wipe the sunburned area with watermelon rind, or scrape it into thin slices with a scraper and apply it on the sunburned skin, it can effectively relieve the pain.

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