Jul 29 2010
Sunburn and our Ultimate Moisturizing Body Butter
OK, I’ll admit this one was entirely my own fault. I had planned to take my boys to the community pool. Once we got there, I was very diligent and made sure their young skin was covered in sun block. Of course, I totally forgot to take care of myself.
So there we were having fun in the pool. Even enjoyed lunch that was provided by the pool employees. After a couple of hours, the three of us went home. I still didn’t think about my back until I went to remove my bathing suit. It was awfully odd how my back was being so sensitive. Then it struck, I didn’t use sunblock. Darn it, this is going to hurt.
And I was right, I didn’t go to the doctor but, it was at least a 1st degree burn. I lived for a few days on Solarcain and, that did help some of the burn. Of course, the blisters shortly followed and the sensitivity went through the roof. Luckily, the blisters finally broke leaving me with peeling skin. So now I no longer hurt but, I itched. So it dawned on me, why not try some of the body butter.
I asked my two boys to apply it to my back. After hearing a chorus of “yuck, you’re peeling”, they buttered me like a piece of toast. However, it took only three applications and, I noticed all of the good skin quickly appearing. It was no doubt due to the healing properties of aloe vera gel and, the moisturizing properties of all the other ingredients.
Now I’m not advocating getting yourself burned to test the theory. But if you find yourself in a similar situation, you might want to try some of this ultimate moisturizing body butter to enhance the healing process. Of course, you shouldn’t try to smear it on but when your only help still likes to watch Thomas the Engine, you gratefully accept the help.