How to Reduce Skin Peeling From Sunburn

As if a sunburn is not painful enough, you may also have to deal with the skin of your sunburn peeling. Of course the best way to prevent your skin from peeling is not to get a sunburn in the first place. But if you end up getting a sunburn, there is a way to reduce skin peeling. Follow these steps to reduce skin peeling from sunburn.

Things You'll Need

• Soft washcloth
• Moisturizing body wash
• Moisturizer for extra dry skin
• Soft towel

Instructions

1. Squeeze a quarter-sized amount of moisturizing body wash onto an extra soft washcloth when you are in the shower. Gently wash the area of your sunburn.

2. Rub very lightly over the sunburn to clean it so as not to cause the skin to peel. The moisturizing body wash will also help to reduce the skin peeling from sunburn.

3. Pat the area of the sunburn with an extra soft towel to reduce skin peeling. Rubbing the skin when drying it will cause it to peel from the sunburn.

4. Apply moisturizer to the area where the sunburn is to reduce the skin peeling. Apply twice the amount of moisturizer that you normally would to this area to hydrate the skin to reduce peeling from the sunburn.

5. Wear loose fitting clothes over the sunburn to reduce skin peeling. Tight clothes will rub against the sunburn. This friction will cause the skin to peel from the sunburn.

Tips & Warnings

• Follow these steps every time you bathe when you have a sunburn to reduce skin peeling.

• Stay away from moisturizer that has a fragrance when you have a sunburn. Fragrances can cause irritation to the skin, causing the skin to peel.