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How To Manage Itchy And Scaly Skin Caused By Sunburn?

I got a sunburn about two weeks ago. It was really painful and instantly turned red. It started to blister and those have went away. I have scaly patches on my shoulders now and the redness is still there. I also am extremely itchy because of this. Is this normal?
posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2014
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HI...thanks for sharing your problem here..
you got the sunburn...no need to worry about as its already healed..just you to do is to use some soothing lotion like calamine..use some anti allergic like fexofinadine for itch... do use sunblock with longer spf hen going out in the sun again...hope there will be no problem in future...
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How To Manage Itchy And Scaly Skin Caused By Sunburn?

HI...thanks for sharing your problem here.. you got the sunburn...no need to worry about as its already healed..just you to do is to use some soothing lotion like calamine..use some anti allergic like fexofinadine for itch... do use sunblock with longer spf hen going out in the sun again...hope there will be no problem in future...