What should I do if my child’s skin turns red after being exposed to the sun?

Not only is the weather hot in summer, but the sun is also strong. If sun protection measures are not taken properly, it is easy to get sunburned, especially for some young women and children, where sunburn is more obvious. Compared with adults, children's skin is more delicate, so when children's skin becomes red due to sunburn, parents should take active measures. What are the specific measures? Let me tell you now!

Prevention is better than cure. Sunburn is preventable: avoid exposure to the sun, carry an umbrella when going out, wear a wide-brimmed hat, long-sleeved clothes, apply sunscreen on the face and exposed parts of the body, do not spend too much time outdoors in the summer, and pay special attention to protection when swimming outdoors.

If a sunburn occurs, it should be treated immediately. Treatments include:

Use ice water for cold wet compresses or non-condensing cold medicine for emergency skin care; apply calamine lotion, zinc oxide or Fuqing cream externally; if necessary, take chlorpheniramine, prednisone orally and take corresponding symptomatic treatment. Generally, symptoms begin to subside and the patient will recover after two or three days of treatment.

Sunburn is a phototoxic reaction of the skin, which has a great impact on the skin and will accelerate skin aging, making the skin rough, thickened, and dull, coarsening the skin texture, and causing wrinkles and spots to appear earlier. Therefore, be careful of the ultraviolet rays in the sun to prevent sunburn.

Watermelon peel skin application

Method: Apply watermelon rind on sunburned arms and rub repeatedly. Soon, the juice of the watermelon rind will be absorbed by the dehydrated skin. If you repeat this process many times, the symptoms of sunburn will be greatly alleviated. If you use a scraper to scrape the watermelon rind into thin slices and apply it on sunburned skin, it will help the skin to fully absorb the watermelon juice.

Tea for sunburn

According to experts, tea is the most suitable for emergency sunburn treatment.

Method: Use a cotton ball dipped in tea to gently pat the sunburned area. This can soothe the skin and relieve the burning sensation.

After reading the above description, I wonder if it will be helpful to parents! When a child's skin is sunburned and turns red, parents can take the above measures to relieve it. However, the methods for treating sunburn mentioned by the editor are also useful for adults. So if you are an adult woman and your body is also sunburned, you might as well try it!