To take paracetamol for

[Flojobunny]

Sunburn?
In middle of nowhere on hols, DC in bed, no aftersun.
What can I do? My legs are agony

Absolutely not unreasonable at all. Worth a shot right?

Great I'm doing it, been trying to ignore it for an hour but its impossible.
Looked after the DCs and didnt look after myself.

Are your dc still in nappies? Sudocrem works well on sunburn.

No unfortunately not. I only have sun cream or facial moisturiser to rub in if either of those help!

You could try your facial moisturiser on a small area to see if it helps. If it does you could use more.

Moisturise! Your skin will be dehydrated and it may help with peeling. Don't forget to drink plenty and cover up for the next few days.

Apparently egg white can take the heat out of it, smoothed over it. I don't think any kind of moisturiser can help. I've never tried it myself, but my mother told one of my pale-skinned friends to use it and it worked brilliantly.

If you have it, ibuprophen is better, but paracetamol will do in a pinch.

After sun is just moisturizer anyway I think. Paracetamol sounds worth a shot

why not run yourself a cool bath? That's what we'd do for burns burns!

can you put some cold wet flannels on to take the heat out

Can you get some live yoghurt from anywhere? That's supposed to work well.

Have you got any tomatoes? Cut them in half and rub over the sunburn. Somehow it takes the heat out. Another helpful one is natural yoghurt. Just rub it in.

Thanks, paracetamol taken, cold clothes applied, sun cream in the fridge to spray on after

If you have ibuprofen, you can take that as well; it works in stopping the burn.

No cream until tomorrow treat it as a burn and you wouldn't put cream on a burn. Cool shower or bath.

Ooh, painful! YY to cold cloths, and moisture the f**k out of it, otherwise you'll be peeling all over the place in a few days...

yoghurt is the best

Would agree with tee and overandabove that ibuprofen is probably better if you can get it as it will reduce inflammation of the burnt skin

Keep it as cool as possible (cool compresses) and moisturise frequently. Also drinking plenty of water helps to keep your body hydrate (you are more likely to get dehydrated when sunburnt) and will help your skin to heal.

Keep completely out of the sun until it's healed, sun cream is far less effective on already burnt skin and won't give it adequate protection.

Thankyou, feeling a bit better this morning.

hydrocortisone cream will help - you can buy it from the chemist - unless of course any of the children have their eczema cream with them?

I've heard that the anti-oxidents in concentrated tomato products (eaten) help heal the damage quicker. Not tried it, was on the TV some time back.