what's your longest sunburn?

JohnCU

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i went sailing saturday and only put spf 45 on my face, but my arms and legs burned pretty bad, a few blisters have popped up. put aloe vera on there but still in lots of pain, never had a sunburn that lasted this long.

 

destrekor

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Originally posted by: JohnCU
i went sailing saturday and only put spf 45 on my face, but my arms and legs burned pretty bad, a few blisters have popped up. put aloe vera on there but still in lots of pain, never had a sunburn that lasted this long.

then it seems you have not really experienced sunburn. ;)
I've had sunburns without blisters last like two days, possibly longer. I don't really think I've ever blistered though, but definitely peel like crazy.

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potato28

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I've had sunburns without blisters for 4 days, but the skin peeled. It helps that I tan as soon as I see sunlight though.
 

imported_Imp

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Never had sunburn. A few summers ago I was at this lame camp, had to work outside in the summer sun for 3+ hours at a time. My arms felt like they were on fire, and I thought I was too cool to wear sun screen. Long story short, I'm expecting to die from skin cancer when I get old, and I'm still recovering fro the tan.
 

Kirby64

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I had peeling for two weeks after I went to a water park for 2 days and didn't use sunscreen. There was no burning, just reddening. Stupid water makes you feel safe and you don't get the burning feeling until its way too late.

I'm about as white as ghost due to my polish/german mixture. I never tan, I only burn :(
 

Caecus Veritas

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was out in the sun all day at the beach last year or or so during summer without sun block. yeah, stupid i know. both legs got roasted. next day, skin turned dark red from feet to thigh. everytime i moved, the skin would feel like it was tearing... and ripping... finally had to go to the doctor. second degree burns on both legs. got presribed silver sulfadiazine, i think, and had to put globs of it all over my legs for like a month. still had to go to work so i wore shorts and had white stuff plastered all over my legs. ugh!

EDIT: oh, did i mention that i had puffy feet too?