How To Make Your Sunburn Not Blister?

I have a bad sunburn on skin that's probably never been in sun before?

• I'm already really fair and sunburn quickly. Most of my back has almost definitely never been in sun at all before, and it just was yesterday for probably less than an hour. For hours nothing happened and then it just kinda appeared, and it feels like one of the worse ones I've had. What can I do besides sunburn sprays and stuff to make it not like massively blister? :/

• Answer:

  Get someone to help you and get some apple cider vinegar and some cotton balls. Have your friend soak the cotton balls with the vinegar and have them coat your back with the vinegar. This will help reduce the inflammation, minimize the stinging, and depending on how severe the burn may reduce if not minimize the peeling. In the future you need some SPF 30-50 and to understand how the SPF system works. There is a popular oversimplification of how SPF determines how long one can stay in the sun. For example, many users believe that, if they normally get sunburn in one hour, then an SPF 15 sunscreen allows them to stay in the sun fifteen hours (i.e. fifteen times longer) without getting sunburn. This is a gross oversimplification and would be true if the intensity of UV radiation were the same for the whole fifteen hours as in the one hour. This is never the case. Intensity of solar radiation varies considerably with time of day. During early morning and late afternoon, the sun's radiation intensity is diminished since it must pass through more of the Earth's atmosphere while it is near the horizon while the noon-day sun is at its most brutal. So while you may be able to go 1 hour without burning in the morning, you may only last 15 minutes at noon. In reality, the effectiveness of the sunscreen (apart from the SPF) depends on other factors such as: - The skin type of the user (fairer skinned people will not last as long as darker skinned people) - The amount applied and frequency of re-application. (certainly want to re-apply before the sun starts getting high in the sky) - Activities in which one engages (for example, swimming leads to a loss of sunscreen from the skin as does sweating). - Amount of sunscreen the skin has absorbed. So apply liberally, reapply often, and avoid the sun at the highest times to prevent getting lobstered again.