Saturday, April 24, 2010

Extremely Red, Itchy, Dry skin after tanning - how to treat?

I've been tanning 3 times in a high intensity sun bed called SunSport, using tanning lotion by Designer Skin and ever since, my skin on my back is VERY red, dry, and itchy. I keep applying lotion for dry skin every 30 minutes or so and it won't stop!!! What can I do?

Extremely Red, Itchy, Dry skin after tanning - how to treat?
First of all don't use a sun bed, they emit the same amound of UV rays as the midday sun! I find that aloe vera is great for itchy skin and sunburn. You can buy aloe vera gel at health food shops or better yet buy an aloe vera plant and break off parts of the plant and rub it on.
Reply:It's called UV allergy, quit using sunbeds, if u want to have nice tan do use some tanning lotions.
Reply:use some oil,
Reply:dont tan
Reply:It sounds like you're having an adverse reaction to the radiation of the tanning bed. You should put that off until you can heal properly first.
Reply:take a cold shower and then apply calamine lotion to it and stop tanning or it will never go away.
Reply:Well what you do is, to stop the irritation put Rooibos (Redbush) teabags in your bath, about 3 to 4 bags should do the trick. The only problem is I'm not sure if you get that kind of tea where you are? If not, put tea-tree oil on your back.
Reply:noxema will take away the pain and itch and moisturize your skin. slather it all over your burn.
Reply:don't use it. ur allergic to it, they say to try it on a small area of ur skin and leave for 48 to see results. so its easy to get rid of stop using that product. and next time apply to a small area and test it out first

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