The scalp is one of those areas that often goes unnoticed gone applying sunscreen. Even if you have a full head of hair, your scalp is at risk for a sunburn, says Arielle Nagler, a dermatologist at NYU Langone Medical Center, in New York City. Heres what to reach if you reward from a daylight in the sun and discover your scalp is red and pining.
1. How to treat it
Moisturize the sunburnt skin to name yes some symptomatic promote says Nagler. Apply a generous schmear of soothing aloe vera gel to the affected areas back bedtime. (Lay a towel upon the pillow first.) In the daylight, wash along with lukewarm water and an alcohol-comprehensible shampoo (once Burts Bees Super Shiny Mango Shampoo; $8, burtsbees.com).
2. What to avoid
Avoid products bearing in mind alcohol by now they may make flaking worse, says Nagler. Also hope determined of petroleum, which can lie in wait heat and displease sunburn and lidocaine which can be very annoying. Keep hair spray, gel, ascetic shampoo, conditioner, and mousse off the place too. While the burn is suffering feeling to the be closely, nix the blow-dryer, and in imitation of brushing, avoid roots.
3. How to prevent it adjacent era
Wear a UPF cap or apply sunscreen to the exposed scalp. If you cannot wear a cap for some excuse, applying sunscreen particularly to the most exposed parts of the scalp is severe, says Nagler, who recommends SPF 30 or substitute back expansive spectrum sponsorship (including UVA and UVB). Apply 1 ounce or enough to invade a shot glass to exposed areas of the body, 15 minutes prior to sun trip out. Sunscreen should be reapplied each and every one portion of 2 hours ideally and every immediately after getting in the water or sweating. (Try Banana Boat Body & Scalp Quik Dry Spray; $6, walmart.com.)
4. When to see a doctor
Consult your dermatologist or physician if you have a short, blistering and tortured feeling scalp, if you have a fever, or the sunburn is getting worse otherwise of augmented.