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If you do end up with a burn, even a slight one, take a shower IMMEDIATELY after the exposure. But not a regular shower. Get the temp where its comfortable and then turn it down just a notch until you adjust, once you are used to the lower temp, lower it again. About every minute you should adjust it. Keep doing this for at least twenty minutes. The idea is to pull all that heat out of the skin. Residual heat is what does the vast amount of damage. The colder you can tolerate the better. After this take aloe vera gel and apply over the affected area plus six inches away. Apply the gel frequently.

If the burn is severe seek medial attention of course. But like I said they key is to remove the heat to prevent blistering, peeling and reduce the damage.

I have clients do this. Some people, no matter how much you teach them and how nice a base they have, still will get a wicked burn way south. They do as above and rarely peel. In fact most can not tell they have a burn the next day.

Its a VERY obvious thing to do, use a long cold shower to remove heat. We do we do with a finger burn from cooking, put it under cold faucet water, right? Sunburn is not much different. I have been thanks a few times for "saving their vacation".

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