Sunburn is the damaging effect on the skin of the ultraviolet (UV) light contained in sunlight. With too much exposure to UV light, your skin overheats and becomes red and painful, and may later peel or blister.

Home Remedies for Sunburn

Put the ice-pack on your burn and leave it on for 5 seconds. Keep on doing that until you feel your burn cool down.

About 5-10 minutes later do that again. Keep on doing that for about 1 hour.

Understand what a sunburn is. A sunburn is literally a burn on your skin, which is caused from excessive exposure to UV radiation. Your sunburn will go lessen as your body works to recover, but will only completely go away when the burnt layers of skin shed off of you.

Stay out of the sun. The areas around your sunburn may be on the verge of burning, so try to limit your exposure when recovering from a sunburn, as you could worsen the problem.

You should take all these precautions in a cloudy day also because clouds allow a lot of UV to enter and hurt the skin. - Use wide brimmed hat or cap – This will protect your scalp and face.

Soak a cloth or cotton gauze in cold whole milk and apply carefully onto the burned skin and leave it for 15 minutes to 20 minutes, then wash with cold water.

Apply Aloe Vera gel to the affected areas – it is very effective home remedies for sunburn. Aloe Vera cream is also good herbal treatment for sunburn.

Tea without sugar helps to sooth and relief some of the discomfort of sunburned skin. It is one of the best home remedies for sunburn.

If you have blisters, resist the urge to pop them. They form a protectant seal on your skin; if they tear, the sensitive underlayers of skin will be exposed. You won’t like it. Don’t peel off the dead skin either; rather let it slough off on its own in the shower.

If you have extensive burns or blistering, see your physician. He or she can prescribe topical steroids to help minimize the inflammation.

Avoid numbing sprays such as benzocaine. Although they can feel great when applied, they are notorious for causing allergic contact dermatitis. If you think a sunburn is bad, try adding an incredibly itchy, allergic contact dermatitis on top of a sunburn. As one of my patients put it: “Its like being tied down on a hill of fire ants.”

Method:

Make strong tea, remove from the heat and strain it. Now melt oils in an enamel bowl over a water bath. Now slowly add the tea and beat continuously with a wooden spoon. Add perfume when it is cool. Lanolin and almond oil keep the skin moist, sesame oil has the properties to absorb ultra-violet rays. The tannin available in tea also absorbs the sun's burning rays.

Sesame Seed Lotion

Grind 4 tablespoons sesame seeds to powder and mix it to one cup of rose water in a bottle. Keep it for 24 hours, shaking as often as possible. Strain and add 4 tablespoons Vodka or surgical spirit to preserve it.