Is there anything else I can do?? ...I'm in SO much pain...

[shihtzulover850]

Personally, I can care less. I don't feel tan does anything or make your more prettier, but oh well. I get tan natrually and all the time. I have never gotten burned that bad and last year was the first time in my life I ever got a sunburn. Regardless, my mom makes me wear VERY strong sunscreen when outside in the summer for a long time and she doesn't want me trying to tan.

The exact same with me!!! Although no matter how much sunscreen I wear I still get tanned. The lotion is good but make sure you try it out first on a small area of skin. You don't want to turn orange

[Toby's my baby]

Thanks everybody! I called my dad and asked him to get me some Aloe Vera Gel WITHOUT Alcohol and he came home with Solarcaine GEL It has Aloe in it I guess, but I was so mad, lol. It feels a lot better after I used that but it is still painful. I hope I dont get blisters, that would suck on our vacation My mom is going to town to see if she can find "regular" aloe vera for me.

[shihtzulover850]

We usually get the aloe vera gel.. It's cooler.

I think they have lotion too, but i'm not sure.

Anyway, I'd get the aloe vera gel...

Gel is better! It feels so much better.

[Cataholic]

I am sorry that you are burned so bad. I used to burn terribly also, but now, for some reason, I only burn slightly, and then the next day it is a tan.

Donna, what happens is that your burn (the damage to your skin) has lost its redness (the damage is still there, and still damage), and your skin has done the naturally protective thing, with the release of the melolin (sic)and a tan has appeared. But, do not kid yourself, or anyone else that reads this- a burn does not 'turn' into a tan. That would be like saying burnt toast, if left out of the toaster long enough, resorts back to bread. More precisely, if you scrape the burnt part of the toast off, you do get the lighter, original toasted look back. Just like your skin with a burn.

The sun, tanning beds, either one is dangerous, and BOTH cause skin cancer. Tanning 'naturally' is just as bad as tanning 'on purpose'. It is damaging to your skin all the same.

[IRescue452]

I've gotten second degree burns from forgetting sunblock one day. I was so hot I was cold and I had blisters everywhere. Solarcaine was my best friend. That stuff works real nice. I don't consider being tan worth the risk of skin cancer. Trust me, you're more beautiful when you are happy and healthy.

[sparks19]

I can't believe it.

My friend goes to a tanning salon even though she knows it's bad for her. So I went with her and was waiting while she had her tan. I read the "tanning guidelines" and it goes on about how tanning can be good for you in moderation and that tan people are often seen as "more fit, attractive, and thin" OH MY GOD no wonder so many people tan if THIS is what they are led to believe. I was appalled

[Toby's my baby]

Thanks everybody for you suggestions! I got "Ocean Potion" which is 100% pure Aloe Gel. It is AMAZING I love it, I feel so much better!

[MomOf7]

There is some over the counter burn medicine. It would be spendy to get enough for your whole body but that stuff works real nice.
Any drug store would carry it.