I didn't watch the video but I went to the beach in my early 20s without sunscreen and got a bad sunburn. I was miserable later, itching under my skin all over. It made me feel insane, so much sensation. Standing in the shower helped a little. Wound up spending the night in a bathtub with a bunch of vinegar.
Vinegar? Would that not be excruciatingly painful?
No it seemed to help but apparently modern wisdom is that vinegar may make inflammation worse.
I used to get absolutely fried every summer swimming in the river up at my grandpa's. Why my parents never introduced sunscreen into my life, I'll never know. But I'd get fucked, dude. Sun poisoning levels of fucked. Once it was so bad that my face and affected skin almost appeared to be melting like candle wax. A doctor told me I'll be susceptible to skin cancer in my adulthood, so I have to be really careful about exposure these days. Fortunately it's been nearly two decades since I've had blisters, bubbles, burns or any leaking of skin juice.
Could you please add a “Why YSK:”? It’s rule #2. Thank you. :)
Yes, apologies. I'll add it now.
I had this for almost a week one time. It was one of the most uncomfortable experiences I've ever had. I basically didn't sleep at all that week. I certainly never forgot sunscreen after that.
I've always wondered if it's some sort of allergic/immune reaction?
This answers a 25 year old question for me. I went on a Caribbean holiday, and one night had the WORST itching of my life on my back. Chances are very good it was due to a sunburn. Yeah, it SUCKED.
The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:
Rule 1- All posts must begin with YSK.
All posts must begin with YSK. If you're a Mastodon user, then include YSK after @youshouldknow. This is a community to share tips and tricks that will help you improve your life.
Rule 2- Your post body text must include the reason "Why" YSK:
**In your post's text body, you must include the reason "Why" YSK: It’s helpful for readability, and informs readers about the importance of the content. **
Rule 3- Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here.
Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here. Breaking this rule will not get you or your post removed, but it will put you at risk, and possibly in danger.
Rule 4- No self promotion or upvote-farming of any kind.
That's it.
Rule 5- No baiting or sealioning or promoting an agenda.
Posts and comments which, instead of being of an innocuous nature, are specifically intended (based on reports and in the opinion of our crack moderation team) to bait users into ideological wars on charged political topics will be removed and the authors warned - or banned - depending on severity.
Rule 6- Regarding non-YSK posts.
Provided it is about the community itself, you may post non-YSK posts using the [META] tag on your post title.
Rule 7- You can't harass or disturb other members.
If you harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.
If you are a member, sympathizer or a resemblant of a movement that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of a group of people and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you will be banned on sight.
For further explanation, clarification and feedback about this rule, you may follow this link.
Rule 8- All comments should try to stay relevant to their parent content.
Rule 9- Reposts from other platforms are not allowed.
Let everyone have their own content.
Rule 10- The majority of bots aren't allowed to participate here.
Unless included in our Whitelist for Bots, your bot will not be allowed to participate in this community. To have your bot whitelisted, please contact the moderators for a short review.
You can view our partnered communities list by following this link. To partner with our community and be included, you are free to message the moderators or comment on a pinned post.
For inquiry on becoming a moderator of this community, you may comment on the pinned post of the time, or simply shoot a message to the current moderators.
Our icon(masterpiece) was made by @clen15!