What is the best home remedy besides aloe vera to take care of a child's sunburn?
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If you can stand the smell and not think that you are pickling your child, white vinegar is good. I used it on my own child when she was small but the whole time I was dabbing it on her with a cotton swab I kept thinking "I am pickling my child!!" but it worked so that's what mattered.
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I'm fair complexioned and have found aloe vera to be the best. But if peeling starts, one thing doctors have told me in the past is to soak a washcloth in cool tea and apply it to the burned skin. The tannins in the tea soothe the skin.
Vitamin E , go to a natural store & ask for gel pills of Vitamin E, WIth a safety pin , pinched it & rub it on his body like cream , that way you can protect his skin, it work also for burns.... cool baths and Motrin
For pain, you can rub Noxzema on the burn and this will soothe it immediately. I also recommend the aloe to help heal it.
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Cool Milk Compresses: - The fat and lactic acids in milk are known to have soothing qualities for sunburned skin. Soak a soft cloth or cotton gauze in cool whole milk, and dab carefully onto the burned skin. Do this for around 20 minutes, and follow by rinsing off with cool water. (Due to the importance of the milk’s fat content, it’s important that whole milk be used in this treatment).
Cool, sugarless tea: - The tannin in tea is the active ingredient here, which helps to soothe and relieve some of the discomfort of sunburned skin. After brewing a big pot of tea, and allowing it to cool completely, slosh the affected areas with a soft sponge or washcloth. you could also fill a spray bottle, and spray the tea directly on the skin. And don’t throw away the used (cool) teabags. These are especially good for sensitive areas around the eyes – simply place the teabags over your eyes if they feel hot and tired.
Make sure the aloe product is high on aloe content.
Drink lots of water to re-hydrate.
Dawn
Try adding some plain oatmeal to the bath water. This helps sooth chicken pox, rashes, and burns. Noxema helps. It's wierd, it's smelly, but it works. I use it all the time.
Diaper rash ointment will help take the sting out and help heal also.It contains zinc that helps heal burns.
I have always used either aloe or vinegar. The Vinegar makes you smell like a pickle, but it removes the burn.Source(s):
Been there, done that
We learned this in Physics - that the burn is alkaline based, and acid may help. Of course, to protect skin, only mild home vinegar was used and only on unbroken skin. I got very badly burned the summer after we learned that, and after 6-7 applications, I was fine. My husband, who refused to try it, was pink and sore for a week... :) I know of a home remedy that will help pull the heat out of the sun burn. Take a cup of white vingar (works best with white) and pour it into a 24oz cup of water, slowly pour it on the burn (make sure your in the tub), or just take a rag and pour the vingar on the it and rub it gentaly on the burn. It may not smell that great, but I PROMISE IT WORKS!
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