plantman
Veteran Member
After another year of my little teen bambino forgetting to apply enough sunscreen, and come walking in like a glowing 1940's Vegas Marqee sign, I've decided to share a little info on healing a bad burn.
But first, when he was a baby, toddler and young boy, everyone remarked that we had to rush him out of the sun because he was so fair skinned. He never burnt as a baby and toddler and this is why, beta carotene and other super charged foods. He had access to raw goat and cow milk, dried seaweeds, spirulina, Klamath Lake algae and a ton of squash. Squash almost every other day.
It's almost impossible to keep up that level of mineralization with a teen because, well you know, they're human vacuums when it comes to food and that stuff is spensive!
So anyway here we are with a sunburned kid. Here is what I've found out:
On one leg we applied fresh from the leaf raw aloe vera goo - (reminds me of boiled okra honestly.)
To the other leg we applied Castor oil.
The leg that had the aloe vera had the least amount of pain that night. But next day stayed glowing red with heat.
The leg that had castor oil had more pain the next day but less redness and looks to be a day ahead in healing.
I've gone with the less pain route and have had him put the aloe on a few times a day. The heat is gone but he's still red.
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But first, when he was a baby, toddler and young boy, everyone remarked that we had to rush him out of the sun because he was so fair skinned. He never burnt as a baby and toddler and this is why, beta carotene and other super charged foods. He had access to raw goat and cow milk, dried seaweeds, spirulina, Klamath Lake algae and a ton of squash. Squash almost every other day.
It's almost impossible to keep up that level of mineralization with a teen because, well you know, they're human vacuums when it comes to food and that stuff is spensive!
So anyway here we are with a sunburned kid. Here is what I've found out:
On one leg we applied fresh from the leaf raw aloe vera goo - (reminds me of boiled okra honestly.)
To the other leg we applied Castor oil.
The leg that had the aloe vera had the least amount of pain that night. But next day stayed glowing red with heat.
The leg that had castor oil had more pain the next day but less redness and looks to be a day ahead in healing.
I've gone with the less pain route and have had him put the aloe on a few times a day. The heat is gone but he's still red.
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