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Sunbed Shock

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SansaStark90 · 16/04/2025 17:09

I’ve been really stupid and gone on the sunbed for twenty minutes and the burns I’ve got - I’ve never seen skin as red. I’ve got like indents to my skin as though I’ve woken to stretch marks on my chest. Will these disappear? I’m in agony. I’ve never burnt and so didn’t know it could cause this kind of pain. I’m shaking shivering. I did this yesterday. Can someone reassure my health anxiety that these indents will all calm down?

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SansaStark90 · 17/04/2025 19:38

Gettingacoffee · 17/04/2025 19:36

Not being able to understand doctors, and they not being able to understand you, is a real problem. I’ve had that experience and it’s very difficult.

Thank you, sorry but if I’d caused a fuss I’d have been stereotyped and labelled. You can’t win. Of course I didn’t want to be rude but what could I do. Force him to help me. I started tearing up as I am in an awful lot of pain.

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faerietales · 17/04/2025 19:36

SansaStark90 · 17/04/2025 19:29

I don’t understand why people are being even meaner than before. I’ve had a really bad week to be honest. Yes self inflicted. But I’m really paying the price.

I’ve got my a&e wristband that was hurting being on! Why on earth would I make this up? And thank you - I already feel stupid enough, now I should know the ph levels of tomatoes.

YOU keep saying I’ve got second degree burns. I went to a doctor. To be assessed. And sorry but why is it my fault that I’m too polite to say sorry I couldn’t even tell it was my name being called and I don’t understand anything you are saying.

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I wasn't even responding to you Confused

I'm also not the only one who has made these comments so I'm not really sure why you keep sniping at me but ignoring everyone else.

You're probably not interested in hearing it, but you need to go back to hospital and push for treatment. You are at real risk of dehydration and becoming incredibly sick. People are concerned about what you're posting as you sound very unwell.

CheeseAndHamToastieAndCrisps · 17/04/2025 19:36

faerietales · 17/04/2025 19:26

You shouldn't wrap it in clingfilm either 😬

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Yes you should. I’ve worked in burns and a&e.

Gettingacoffee · 17/04/2025 19:36

Not being able to understand doctors, and they not being able to understand you, is a real problem. I’ve had that experience and it’s very difficult.

MissDoubleU · 17/04/2025 19:34

SansaStark90 · 17/04/2025 19:33

So I should have wrapped my whole body in cling film?? And waddled into a&e

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Better idea than bathing in tomatoes

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SansaStark90 · 17/04/2025 19:33

CheeseAndHamToastieAndCrisps · 17/04/2025 19:23

You don’t put anything on a burn! Other than to wrap it in cling film and attend a&e. FFS!

I’m also having my doubts now..

So I should have wrapped my whole body in cling film?? And waddled into a&e

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BuffetTheDietSlayer · 17/04/2025 19:33

A bath of tomatoes? More like a shiver of sharks jumping in the distance..

Gettingacoffee · 17/04/2025 19:32

But in the actual sun have never burned and go from porcelain Celtic skin to people have spoken Greek to me thinking I’m local as I have black hair and tanned that deep.

Porcelain Celtic skin burns OP. It’s a defining factor really.

You can have pale skin without it being porcelain, celtic-type though? I suspect that’s you.

I really hope you feel better soon.
Medical attention again sounds like a good idea.

AngelicKaty · 17/04/2025 19:32

Woodburnerisout · 17/04/2025 19:22

Jeez, more sensible than going to A&E and actually getting properly assessed??

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I didn't say I would do it, but I noticed someone saying that a PP had suggested it and I thought "surely not", so I went and googled it and to my astonishment several hits came up recommending it!
I've had severe sunburn, resulting in sunstroke, as OP describes, and I felt very poorly for 36 hours. I lay in a very tepid bath to bring my temperature down whilst sipping water. I took some paracetamol and got into bed, lay there shivering under a duvet in summer(!) but eventually managed to drop off to sleep (DH kept a close eye on me). The shivering stopped within 2 days and although I was bright scarlet for a week, my skin didn't blister.

Yodeldodeldo · 17/04/2025 19:30

OP why don't you try an online GP consultation service?

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SansaStark90 · 17/04/2025 19:29

faerietales · 17/04/2025 19:22

This isn't just a minor sunburn though, this is 2nd degree burns to over 80% of her body.

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I don’t understand why people are being even meaner than before. I’ve had a really bad week to be honest. Yes self inflicted. But I’m really paying the price.

I’ve got my a&e wristband that was hurting being on! Why on earth would I make this up? And thank you - I already feel stupid enough, now I should know the ph levels of tomatoes.

YOU keep saying I’ve got second degree burns. I went to a doctor. To be assessed. And sorry but why is it my fault that I’m too polite to say sorry I couldn’t even tell it was my name being called and I don’t understand anything you are saying.

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WinterBones · 17/04/2025 19:29

The cling film is actually NHS medical advise.

WinterBones · 17/04/2025 19:26

Last i heard the receptionists at Hospitals are not nurses, they're admin

isthismylifenow · 17/04/2025 19:26

AngelicKaty · 17/04/2025 19:21

@Simonjt @CheeseAndHamToastieAndCrisps @WinterBones
I was also sceptical about putting tomatoes on sunburn, however, a quick internet search brings up several hits which say that "applying tomato juice or paste to the skin can provide some relief from redness and inflammation".
Who knew?🤔

I live in a hot country and so know that eating tomatoes gives very slight sun protection. But slight as in still needing SPF.

I have never heard of bathing in them though.

faerietales · 17/04/2025 19:26

CheeseAndHamToastieAndCrisps · 17/04/2025 19:23

You don’t put anything on a burn! Other than to wrap it in cling film and attend a&e. FFS!

I’m also having my doubts now..

You shouldn't wrap it in clingfilm either 😬

Woodburnerisout · 17/04/2025 19:23

SansaStark90 · 17/04/2025 19:21

When I was booking in at reception in a&e, she actually mentioned tomatoes aswell so I thought this was a thing!! Then I stood under the cold shower for half an hour.

I am unusual and I would like to know my genetics as I don’t know if you’ve seen the photo I posted on the small area I haven’t burned, but I’m as pale as can be. But in the actual sun have never burned and go from porcelain Celtic skin to people have spoken Greek to me thinking I’m local as I have black hair and tanned that deep.

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Curiouser and curiouser ....

CheeseAndHamToastieAndCrisps · 17/04/2025 19:23

You don’t put anything on a burn! Other than to wrap it in cling film and attend a&e. FFS!

I’m also having my doubts now..

faerietales · 17/04/2025 19:22

AngelicKaty · 17/04/2025 19:21

@Simonjt @CheeseAndHamToastieAndCrisps @WinterBones
I was also sceptical about putting tomatoes on sunburn, however, a quick internet search brings up several hits which say that "applying tomato juice or paste to the skin can provide some relief from redness and inflammation".
Who knew?🤔

This isn't just a minor sunburn though, this is 2nd degree burns to over 80% of her body.

Woodburnerisout · 17/04/2025 19:22

AngelicKaty · 17/04/2025 19:21

@Simonjt @CheeseAndHamToastieAndCrisps @WinterBones
I was also sceptical about putting tomatoes on sunburn, however, a quick internet search brings up several hits which say that "applying tomato juice or paste to the skin can provide some relief from redness and inflammation".
Who knew?🤔

Jeez, more sensible than going to A&E and actually getting properly assessed??

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SansaStark90 · 17/04/2025 19:21

saveforthat · 17/04/2025 19:03

I'm really sorry you are so badly burnt op and the doctor who assessed you sounds awful but I don't understand how you can have porcelain skin (like me) and still tan easily in the sun/go without SPF in Thailand, the two are usually mutually exclusive. I can't do two hours on a hot day in the UK without SPF.

When I was booking in at reception in a&e, she actually mentioned tomatoes aswell so I thought this was a thing!! Then I stood under the cold shower for half an hour.

I am unusual and I would like to know my genetics as I don’t know if you’ve seen the photo I posted on the small area I haven’t burned, but I’m as pale as can be. But in the actual sun have never burned and go from porcelain Celtic skin to people have spoken Greek to me thinking I’m local as I have black hair and tanned that deep.

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faerietales · 17/04/2025 19:21

Woodburnerisout · 17/04/2025 19:19

I'm begining to think this maybe isn't all strictly true....

Yep, glad I'm not the only one, tbh.

Who gives themselves 2nd degree burns to 80% of their body, then lies in a bath of tinned tomatoes based on advice from a total random on the internet? Confused

XelaM · 17/04/2025 19:21

Of all the advice on the thread you chose the tomato bath?!? 😱

AngelicKaty · 17/04/2025 19:21

@Simonjt @CheeseAndHamToastieAndCrisps @WinterBones
I was also sceptical about putting tomatoes on sunburn, however, a quick internet search brings up several hits which say that "applying tomato juice or paste to the skin can provide some relief from redness and inflammation".
Who knew?🤔

WinterBones · 17/04/2025 19:21

if anyone knows where the tomato post is please report it for being dangerously stupid medical advice.