# What's the best thing for a sunburn? (Particularly the redness?) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708 "2012-04-13T21:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708/21 "2012-04-14T14:45:03Z")
Well, I’m sitting here in the living room covered in mashed up yard weeds. We’ll see how it goes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708/22 "2012-04-14T17:12:38Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Well, I’m sitting here in the living room covered in mashed up yard weeds. 😃 Bet that’s a sentence you never thought you’d type! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708/23 "2012-04-14T17:32:32Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Actual ice is pretty nice. But not capsaicin, a burning spice, Self infliction is a vice Although it is low in price I’ve tried it once or thrice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708.md?page=1)