What is the best home remedy for a sunburn?

Question

What is the best home remedy for a sunburn?

Answer 1

it depends how bad the burn is.  if it is not blistered, but some aloe Vera on it.

Answer 2

Aloe gel.  Apply it to your skin, and don't touch it.

It'll gradually get less red, then clear up within a week.

Answer 3

Here are some best home- remedies for sunburn.

http://myblogonbeauty.blogspot.com/2007/...

Answer 4

aloe vera and moisturize with coconut oil.

Answer 5

Aloe vera gel has always worked for me.

For what it may be worth, there's validation of this home remedy from the prestigious Mayo Clinic: "Early evidence suggests that aloe may aid healing of mild to moderate skin burns. Further study is needed in this area. ... Pure Aloe vera gel is often used liberally on the skin three to four times per day for the treatment of sunburn and other minor burns."

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aloe-ve...

Based on other responses here, there seems to be a strong consensus that aloe helps both relieve the discomfort of, and help in healing, sunburn.  Gel is often easiest to find in stores - and adheres well to skin as it dries - but you can also use the juice from splitting the leaves of the live plant if you have it around.  A (warning: possibly gross) photo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Split...

Other suggestions:

http://www.mothernature.com/Library/book...

(Suggests a number of home remedies in addition to "those old standbys," aloe and hydrocortisone cream)

http://www.myhomeremedies.com/topic.cgi?...

(Suggests vinegar and several other remedies)

Answer 6

aloe vera gel or vitamin e oil...

or just put cucumber on it!

Answer 7

Pour some apple cider vinegar (~1 cup) in bath water and soak in it.  It soothes the skin and helps with the pain.

If you do not have apple cider vinegar int he house, you can use baking soda in place of it in your bath water.  It also can help soothe the skin.

Answer 8

after sun cream with alo vera, put loooads of this on to rehydrate ur skin and it will get absorbed and do its job

you really need to put on a lot!!

cool ur skin down with cold water

and next time that skin is exposed to the sun it will be reeeally sensitive so make sure u keep it covered for a few days

Answer 9

aloe vera lotion.

Answer 10

Keep aloe vera plants. When you get a sunburn, break of a piece and squeeze the goo out and put it on the sunburned area.

Answer 11

If your skin feels hot, tight, itchy & painful, you can mix around 20 drops of Lavender essential oil in say 50ml water and spray it on your skin....it really helps..and wear a strong sunscreen during the daytime..

Answer 12

Peel off your skin, stay away from the sun

Answer 13

aloe vera gel and keep it in the refrigerator feels better.