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Got a sunburn and now my face is peeling. any home remedies to heal/speed up peeling process? tried face scrubs & cetaphyl & aveeno (oatmeal) face lotions
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Vitamin e: I like to open vitamin e capsules and use them to rub on the healing sunburn to help speed up healing process.
Answered 8/4/2014
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Avoid face scrubs: for sure as this will just irritate your healing skin. I would be very gentle using only cetaphil like non-soap cleansers, and vaniply cream. Skin will heal but if you remove peeling skin you can have scarring.
Answered 6/23/2017
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