Sarah Jacoby is a health reporter at TODAY.
Many of us have struggled with red, painful sunburns. Luckily, you probably already some of the best home remedies for sunburns on hand in your pantry or medicine cabinet. A mild sunburn will heal on its own within a week to 10 days, Dr. Shasa Hu, associate professor in the department of dermatology and cutaneous surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, tells TODAY.com. More severe burns may take up to two weeks to heal and may be followed by skin peeling, she explains.
Hu also suggests looking for an aloe vera product that doesn't contain alcohol or added fragrance, which may be irritating to the inflamed skin. Take an over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drug. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, reduce the inflammation and pain of sunburn by blocking the action of prostaglandins, Dr. Adnan Mir, a board-certified dermatologist in White Plains, New York, tells TODAY.com.
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