Home Remedies for Sun Poisoned Lips | Treating Sun-Poisoned Lips Naturally

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Carl in Natural Home Remedies

Sun Poisoned Lips

When you find yourself with dry lips that is itchy, is warm to the touch, and burns like a sunburn, then you have sun-poisoned lips. This problem can be experienced due to dehydration, overexposure to the sun, and is usually the allergic reaction a person has when they have sunburns. When you find that you have sun-poisoned lips, you can get relief from it by following some of these tips that can be done at home.

Home Remedies for Treating Sun Poisoned Lips Naturally

Sun-poisoned lips are similar in a lot of aspects to sunburned skin.

Since there are a lot of remedies for sunburns that can be easily made from home, it is then easy to conclude that there are a lot of treatments for sun poisoned lips that can also be made at home. Care should be practiced however, since lips are more sensitive than other parts of your skin and are prone to drying, cracking, and bleeding when dried out. Here are a few tips on how to get relief from sun poisoned lips:

  • Aloe vera is a good way to help ease the sting of sunburn so it is also a good way to get rid of the sting that comes with sun poisoned lips.
    Simply squeeze out some aloe vera extract from a fresh leaf of the plant and smear this rather sticky liquid over the burns.
  • Simply get a small face towel or clean piece of gauze and soak in a little bit of apple cider vinegar. Place this over the infected part of your lip for it to soothe the burns away.
  • Cod liver oil can also be used to soothe the burned area of your lip. Simply smear a small drop or two of this oil over the burned area.
  • Milk can also be used to ease the pain of sun-poisoned lips. Use whole milk and place this in a bowl. Soak in this milk a small piece of gauze or some cotton and place this over your burned lip.
  • Combine some grated cucumber with some milk and apply this mixture to the areas of your lip that is burned or sun poisoned.
  • Peel and grate a potato and place the grated potato over the sun-poisoned lips for a few minutes. Replace the grated potato once the cooling effect dies down.
  • Honey mixed with a little bit of lemon juice can also be smeared on the sun poisoned lips to ease the sting and to cure it.
  • Do not use lip balm or lip gloss since these have chemicals that can aggravate the burn or the sun poisoning.
  • Combine an equal amount of margosa leaves, honey, turmeric powder, and basil leaves and grind these into a thick paste. Use on the burned part of your lips.

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