I, the freakish Irish woman who never burns got a sunburn on my back. I got it Friday and it still hurts today. My bra was less fun than it normally is and I used my softest one!

So I broke down and bought some Noxema. I didn't know how much pain I was in until I slathered it all on! I'm almost pain free and just about cried in relief! Annabelle says I have the back of a Snow Woman now :D

I love Noxema. I usually have some on hand, not to use, but just for the smell!! :lol: The few times in my life that I have burned a little I used Noxema and it really helped!

i used noxema with my hellish sunburn a couple weeks back. it helped until the burn dried the noxema to a crisp on my skin...then it was baaad.

but...that was a pretty deep second degree burn. it's been 10+days and i'm on my 4th peel. ick.

hope you feel better soon.

Don't forget about aloe! That stuff has been a miracle for me for bad bad burns.

Ouch!

This sounds strange, but take extra vitamins, and live on broccoli for a while. A, C & E will mop up the free radicals. And the broccoli has a substance that creeps into your cell nuclei and edits and repairs them.

( I haven't been able to eat broccoli since finding this out- the idea of creepy little green worms with broccoli bud heads worming into my cells, and touching the dna....AAhh.) ( OTOH, it really does repair damage, so I'm being irrational.)

And grapes, and mangoes, and black bean soup or salsa wiht red pepper- started with onions and garlic- it's body repair in a bowl. Handily enough, you can top it with mango, or have the mango, and maybe some yogurt for dessert. This is the big skin repair dinner I recommended to subjects.

I hope you start to feel better...

What is noxema? why isn't it crunchy? Isn't it that smelly face wash recommended to spotty teenagers?

ari

Ouch!What is noxema? why isn't it crunchy? Isn't it that smelly face wash recommended to spotty teenagers?

Yes, it sure is! I'm off to eat some mango and broccoli :D

never thought about noxema as a burn salve.

I loooove the smell of it!
To me, it's like creamy eucalyptus...mmmmm.