All of a sudden my terrible sunburn started itching unbearably! What do I do?

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adam	Totally normal after having a sunburn. For a quick fix before you do yourself any permanent injury, place an ice cube on the burn and move it around. The shock of the cold will stop the itch dead. Be warned though, this only works as long as the skin remains cold. Then go to the chemists and pick up any of the excellent aloe vera gel products. As close to 100% pure as you can get it. And just slather that on...pretend you're buttering toast, and you just LOVE butter. Replace as often as needed for itch Relief. In the beginning this may be as much as once every 30 minutes. Your skin is itching so badly because your damaged skin is so dry. You need to replace as much moisture as your skin can take. This means drinking a lot of water as well. I suggest a 500 ml glass every hour. Then, when your skin has recovered somewhat by losing much of it's redness, or has begun to peel (in a couple of days) replace the aloe vera gel with Vitamin A, D & e-Cream. All of these vitamins promote skin health. There are super-absorbent creams that contain all of them. The most important for skin repair is the Vitamin A, so if all you can find is a lotion with this, then use that, and take a Vitamin E supplement instead. I don't recommend anyone taking a Vitamin D supplement, as it is very easy to take toxic levels of this if you don't know what you're doing. Instead you could buy milk or juice that is fortified with Vitamin D, and drink that instead. And from now on, do not ever go out in the sun this summer again without a high SPF Sunscreen on. Your skin is going to be prone to easy damage for a long time. Give it a real chance to heal properly. Do you know that every burn at a young age promotes the chance of developing malignant skin cancer later in life? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Clarity	itch it more. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Tommy	DUDE!!! i just had that problem earlier. just try and find something else to think about. mine just went away when i started concentrated on fixing something that was broken Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Eric250	concentrate on something. ignore it, if all that fails, just use pain. Your body naturaly focuses on the most pressing issue, so just cut your finger or something. it will dull the itching, but you finger will hurt. it just depends on what you prefer... a bit o pain, or intolerable iching Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Katie M	If nothing else helps, maybe you should go to the dermatologist. I know that it may seem like it's a little overboard, but they may be able to recommend something better than any on-line users may be able to. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Denim Dan	i would say that it it was a bad enough sunburn that it would itch badly as it starts to heal. keep putting aloe and other medication on it and i should stop soon Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

CRYSTAL S	i have been using my usual body Lotion as i always do the only difference is since my sunburn i ahve been applying like 10 times a day..... the reason it is itching is cuz it is healing. so just keep it mosturized and it will be fine good luck hon, Crystal S Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Je2ry	Scratch :-) Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

swimchic441	Take a cold shower or bath Put aloe on Try not ot peel it Sleep on your back Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

stop talkin Gibberish &..save me	itch cream and Hydrocortisone cream... it works Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

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morbidxxx1323	pour vinegar over it...just for the love of [god or buddah or allah or wutever] make sure itz not dutch vinegar.itll burn off sum skin if it is Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Hadji	Get some anti Itch cream and more aloe. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

afireinside904	Aloe is the best thing to use, which I see you've already tried. You kinda have to deal with it for the time being, I know that's not what you want to hear but it's the truth. It shouldn't last too long. One time I got burnt so bad I sat in front of the fire place and still felt cold with the chills, trust me I know it sucks. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Katie W	put a wet cloth on it for about 30 minutes and put anti-itch cream everyday and the itch should be gone in about a few days because I had about 13 mosquitoes bite on me and I did this to make it go away and if the itch is like just a bump and you can't stop itching it then out a bandage on it so you can itch it but it won't hurt it so it will heal hope this works! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

rubbaducki	try baby oil Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

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Michael M	The itching is your skin cells rejuvenating themselves. Don't itch or scratch, go swimming if you can, stay out of the sun. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

marta t	aloe vera gel! cold shower! dont itch!!! ouch itll stop soon hang in there Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

scully513	Put a wet, cold towel on your itch. Make sure it is cold, the cold will numb the nerve endings that's causing the itch. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

classified	i feel your pain, im going through the same thing it suckss take a cold bath it calms it down Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

garfield	Place a cloth soaked with white vinegar on the itchy places, or try a bath with baking soda. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

sens_002	Take Benedryl-- The same thing just happened to me -I also used aloe .. I think its sun poisoning Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

this_one_chickadee	lotion with aloe in it if you want it is even better if you put it in the fridge Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Karl	Itching, I am sure you know, means that your skin is well on the way to healing. Just keep your skin moist, with something like Noxema. Don't scratch your skin, but you can try rubbing it. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No