Bad Sunburn (skin, swelling, dermatologist, doctor)
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so I live near Miami, I went out running at about 4 30 in the afternoon about a month ago. I had been out the nite before, it was an off day. I was hungover, dehydrated, but still went running in the cloudy weather and I was fighting thru my hour long run. Towards the end of the run, the sun came out of nowhere and the rays hit the side of my face pretty hard. I come to find out the sun was giving out extra rays or something like that, that week, but anyway I got a really bad sun burn even with my eye halfway between my ear and my eye. It took like a week to mostly go away, but there's still a small circle that is noticeable and its really making me mad. That was like a month ago and it should be all healed up. It is like a red circle. Lately, I have been taking a lot of precaution, always wearing sunscreen, sunglasses, and a hat. I've also started using aloe vera. Is there any chance it will go away, or am I stuck with this little red circle on my face for life?
yeah u are rite....don't have health insurance people, please no one tell me to go see a doctor.....I think i'm already doing the right thing. i'm going to use aloe vera nonstop and i'm considering moving north, I've been wanting to move from south florida for other reasons anyway....the sun issue is just even more reason to gtfoh
If the sunburn blistered or peeled, it will take a while to go away. Aloe vera isn't going to do much for it at this point. I'd use a little bit of vitamin E oil, massaged in really well several times a day.
If it's rough or raised compared to the rest of your skin, then it should get looked at...you mentioned that you don't have health insurance, but I've seen free screenings for skin cancer and I'm sure they'd take a look at it for you.
Aloe Vera isn't going to help you not get burned, for that you need sun block. It would have best been used as soon as you realized you were sunburned.
yeah u are rite....don't have health insurance people, please no one tell me to go see a doctor.....I think i'm already doing the right thing. i'm going to use aloe vera nonstop and i'm considering moving north, I've been wanting to move from south florida for other reasons anyway....the sun issue is just even more reason to gtfoh
Hm. Well since it's been on your skin for more than a month, I'm pretty sure it's no longer just a sunburn. It might just be a scar. Or it could be skin cancer. Or an allergic reaction to something in your sunglasses, or the sunscreen. But you won't go to a doctor so really - just um..wear clean underwear, and don't forget to brush after eating?
ok, so you don't want to go to the doctors or you have no insurance, I doubt it is anything to worry about anyway, but there really isn't much any of us can do for you. As for moving north, you might want to leave Florida for other reasons, but don't think the sun is any hotter or more damaging there than other places. All you can do is, when you are going to be out more than 10 minutes use sun screen. What level, is still be debated. Our doctor says 15 or more and if you have had skin cancer or even a pre cancer you should wear 30 or more. My daughters dermatologist says 50 or more if you have had any skin cancers and a friend of ours just had a couple little ones removed. Her doctor said 70 to 80.
so I live near Miami, I went out running at about 4 30 in the afternoon about a month ago. I had been out the nite before, it was an off day. I was hungover, dehydrated, but still went running in the cloudy weather and I was fighting thru my hour long run. Towards the end of the run, the sun came out of nowhere and the rays hit the side of my face pretty hard. I come to find out the sun was giving out extra rays or something like that, that week, but anyway I got a really bad sun burn even with my eye halfway between my ear and my eye. It took like a week to mostly go away, but there's still a small circle that is noticeable and its really making me mad. That was like a month ago and it should be all healed up. It is like a red circle. Lately, I have been taking a lot of precaution, always wearing sunscreen, sunglasses, and a hat. I've also started using aloe vera. Is there any chance it will go away, or am I stuck with this little red circle on my face for life?
Aloe isn't going to a darn thing for what you've got on your face. Like it or not, you're going to have to go to the dr. Suck it up and go to one of the walk in clinics....$100 to see a dr....if you can afford to drink, you can afford to see the dr.
I live in S Florida.....it's common knowledge that the sun is hot and it causes skin burns. It's doesn't 'come out of nowhere' and it doesn't 'give off extra rays' it's sun...it's hot...it will burn you.
Leave that little circle alone and you could end up losing half your face (or your life) to skin cancer.
Please see a Derm Doctor and get it tested.I had melanoma stage 4 that showed up in my lymph nodes swelling up 13 years ago.They never found it on my skin but I know I got sun burn more than once in my younger years..After a miserable 9 months of chemo I still see a Derm Doctor every 6 months to a year
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