Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Get some Aquaphor healing ointment

I know exactly what you are going through. Memorial Day weekend I went out on Sunday for a sailboat race and wound up with a severe sunburn (and windburn) on my extremely sensitive fair skin. Sadly I had three coats of sunscreen applied as directed (half hour before exposure, right before exposure and ninety minutes later) so I can only imagine what would have happened if I hadn't applied any...probably blisters and hospitalized in the burn unit over a couple of days.

I wound up miserable Sunday night and all day Monday from it and went to the dermatology clinic on Tuesday. There they recommended that I continue to take aspirin or Advil (took Tylenol and it worked since the other two upset my stomach) to help with the pain. Take a cool (not cold) shower in the morning and at night. I was told to not use aloe gel that had alcohol in it since it doesn't help the aloe gel absorb correctly. Instead it was recommended that I apply Aquaphor healing ointment (can get it at Walmart, etc.) to the skin every two hours for the first day and then as need the rest of the days. I absolutely can not believe how well this stuff worked in healing it up and keeping me from peeling. When I told my mom what I was using she told me that they use it on the babies and have great success with it and it was good to know it worked on sunburns. Figure since I spent the money for the derm appointment, might as well share the info I learned.

I also got a great recommendation on the Blue Lizard Sunscreen from the derm clinic. Its a bit pricey but it works great compared to what I had been using. The cool thing about the sport sunscreen is that the bottle turns blue when its exposed to UV light- mostly so kids know to keep applying it. I have used that three weekends now and have been so pleased. My fiance has kept using his Coppertone sunscreen and wound up burned while I have been okay. He has also used the Aquaphor and had good success with helping.

Hope you all feel better soon.

-Michelle

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