How many times have you been sunburnt?

[Ilove8Trax]

I have been about 3 times...it seems like i never learn. And it always happens in FL! One year for spring break, I was severly burnt. I think they call it sun posioning. I had the chills and got a cold from laying out too long. The whole front of my body was beat red and i was in complete pain. I couldn't get enough aloe vera and lotion on my body. Plus, the heat radiating off of me was like a fireplace. A week later, all of my skin was peeling off...including my legs which seemed so odd because that had never happened before.

Even just last year, i fell asleep at the BC pool for a couple hours and woke up pretty red once again. I vow that this summer, i am going to take all the percautions for my July trip!

 

[julie_yet]

[color=3300ff]When I was a kid my best friend had a pool so every summer I'd have a sunburn. I'm very allergic to sunscreen so I just wouldn't wear any.
Once after spending all day at a water park I had a sunburn so bad my face swelled up. I had gotten sun poisoning. Now I know better so I use sunscreen for sensitive skin.[/color]

 

[Dax]

My DH has very sensitive skin. He goes outside for 10 mins, and he turns red...He worked at a waterpark and they put him in the sun. He has sun poisining on his mouth and lips very very bad. It took close to 3 mo to heal. This was 2 yrs ago and not my poor hubby has to wear chapstick all the time as his lips dry out.

I get sunburn too, all the time. It just turns to a tan though luckily

 

[Kitty 34]

Only once.......my last day in Jamaica years ago!

 

[winniedapooh]

Eeeee gads.....more times than I care to remember. I have been blistered and burned on the shoulders, face, ears, lips, and legs. I have gotten swollen and peeled and blistered. It hurts and I do the heat radiating thing with the chills and all. Does it stop me.....nope. If I am very careful and go out a little at a time it is not too bad, but if I try to do the beach without a little topcoat first uggg. Think my brain got fried after the first time, cause I still haven't learned.

 

[Saffron]

I get sunburned all the time if I don't wear sunscreen. I have auburn hair, green eyes and very fair skin. Guess I'm destined to always burn if I'm not careful. I've only had sun poison twice, thank God. Not fun! Besides the symptoms you guys have all ready mentioned, I also couldn't stop vomiting and I became dehydrated. Those two times were times I fell asleep in the sun. I never, ever fall asleep in the sun anymore. I guess it's because I don't lay out anymore. Self tanners work great.

 

[poohandwendy]

I have been sunburned more times than I could remember. As a child I had sun poisoning once, every year for 7 years. I am a pale skinned redhead who grew up with a pool... I didn't apply sunscreen enough. I learned my lesson. But, unfortunately, I have to worry about checking my skin for cancer. I always envied people who could go out int he sun and not eventhink about sunscreen!

 

[ez]

Oh, we used to bake in the sun as kids on long island, we spent every summer at the beach. First a sunburn, then tan. I am fairskinned but always got a great tan after the initial burn. Now I live in Fl and work outdoors, trying to avoid the sun. I am 40 and the wrinkles are really started to show up, unfortunately. I wish my parents had made us wear sunscreen, but I guess no one knew how important it was back then. The object was always to get the most "color" Man, am I paying for it now!

 

[pumba]

a young lady down the street.......only 26 and she is doing her chemo right now for melanoma.......so I remembered all the burned times I have had too........if you can't wear sunscreen wear shirts and hats

 

[cgcw]

Originally posted by Kitty 34
Only once.......my last day in Jamaica years ago!

Mine too - except it was the beginning our of trip. I was so sore I could hardly move. Boy did I learn the hard to way to cover up.