Incredible Sunburn Remedy: Vinegar

Taken from: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/Natural-Sunburn-Remedy.aspx

By Jeramee Sikorski

I started law school last summer and thus went from spending 20 to 40 hours per week outside to only 20 to 40 minutes a week. During my between-term break, I needed to catch up on some yardwork. I completely forgot to put sunscreen on the first day and, after about eight hours outside, my lily white skin had turned tomato red.


My wife thought I would be in misery, but I remembered a tip from my mom that has been part of our family lore for generations: Use vinegar to season a tan.

After getting out of the shower, I applied some vinegar (any type works, but apple cider seems to be the best) liberally to all the affected areas. The next morning I had a couple of pink spots left on my face, but everywhere else was tanned as if I had spent a careful week with sunblock. I was in no pain whatsoever.

Though I would never recommend forgetting the sunblock, vinegar is an incredible first-aid remedy for dealing with a sunburn.

Vinegar works good so does pickle juice (because of the vinegar) I was out of vinegar and had a jar of pickles juice saved back for marinating chicken and used it instead. They had that on the radio this morning as a tip too. I thought that was funny to see it here after they mentioned it on the raido.