I think when I was younger we stuck to Aloe gel. And to prevent that from happening we used lots of sunblock. I don't think that we had any other ways, at least in my family. However I was told today by my Hungarian friend that in Hungary they would slather sour cream on their skin to help the burns. Something about the oil in the skin and some sort of anti inflammatory agent in the sour cream helped it. I don't know if that is true, that it helps or not but I'd imagine that it'd at least feel cool on the burnt skin. Any sunburn stories from your end?
I got terribly burned today. The sun in Japan is insane. Same sun but it feels like it reaches peak temperature at 9am and finishes at 5pm instead of a few hours around noon like I imagine it would be in Canada. I was a little bit worried because I think I had a bit of heat exhaustion. Or a lot of heat exhaustion, I'm not too sure. I had on a hat and actually drank a lot more than I normally would (3L of fluid) but sometime during the middle I felt a bit nauseous and it just spiralled down from there. I don't know what else I could have done to prevent it. I had a cool compress around my neck, would often hydrate myself, wore sunglasses, wore a hat, stayed mostly in the shade when possible... yet being lightheaded isn't a daily occurrence for me. Neither is dizziness, or a rapid heartbeat. I'd like all of those things to not happen tomorrow as I have to do the same thing... And then on Sunday when I'm actually out in the sun all day unlike today and tomorrow where I'd be inside and outside only when I'm moving from one place to the next.
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