Earlier this week I got a touch of sunburn on the top of my shaved head. It’s begun to peel. Normally I would not care, but I’ve got a big blind date tomorrow, so I’d like to minimize it’s yucky appearance. I usually tower over most of my dates and they would never see the top of my head (unless it’s too late for them to turn back, of course – wink, wink), but this girl will come up to my eye level. If I can see it in the mirror, so can she.
In the past I’ve had okay experience using hand/body lotion on peeling skin. It masks it for maybe an hour.
And please don’t bother to suggest a hat. I figured that trick out all by myself.
I figured I’d thow it open to you Dopers for other suggestions or advice. Thanks all, in advance.
Exfoliate gently and then moisturize like a motherfuck.
To exfoliate, use a warm washcloth and a cream cleanzer (like Noxema – cooling and soothing!) after (or during) a shower.
You’ll want a heavy-duty moisturizer to apply IMMEDIATELY after your shower. There are after-sun lotions made by Banana Boat and a few others, or you could go for something non-oily and unscented, like Nivea.
I second all of Beadalin’s advice, and even just a washcloth would help exfoliate.
Probably you’ll still be too tall for any pate-gazing. Good luck and have fun.
Before your date, use Scotch tape to remove the peeling skin and then apply a moisturizing lotion. I’ve done this a bunch of times on my arms and shoulders and such and find it works fine. Though having never had a shaved head, I can’t guarantee how it will work for you.
I’ve used Vaseline before with good result. I had some seriously lizard looking skin this summer, and vaseline covered it for several hours. I think it was around 8 hours before the ugh started showing again.