Sun Burned Chest Today: Old Leather Tomorrow
Cindy, I admit, I have mixed feelings about the sun burned chest photo you sent me. I’m glad you reached out to me and asked me how to correct it. I’m resisting the urge to give you heck for getting so charred in the first place.
Let’s talk about the fixing first.
Since your poor decollete appears to be blistering, get some aloe vera on that. Stat. Aloe vera will calm the burning. If it’s hot, you could even splash cold water on it for several minutes, just as you do when you’ve burned a finger on the stove. Put the aloe vera on several times a day until the burn settles.
Once the burn has settled, we need to turn that around so you don’t wind up looking like old leather a few years from now. Get a skincare product with high dose vitamin C in it and apply nightly. You could alternate that with a skincare product that has Retinol in it. That means every night you either slather on the vitamin C or the Retinol. This will help to restore some of the beauty and youth of that poor, sun damaged skin.