What to do when your skin is burnt?

The sun: our warm friend, but sometimes also an insidious enemy. Despite our best efforts with SPF and careful skin protection, occasionally the sun can still surprise us with a red nose or shoulders. Proper care after sunbathing is therefore at least as important as protection before and during.

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  • Glaciel Glow mask Cent Pur Cent
  • Fresh wave face scrub Cent Pur Cent
  • Body cream monoi

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Prevent skin cancer

We need the sun for Vitamin D. And sun on our snouts, does us good. But be aware that repeatedly exposing yourself to the sun without protection can increase the risk of skin cancer. So use products with SPF daily, such as our Nomige Face Sunscreen SPF 50, to protect your skin from harmful UV rays.  After all, prevention is better than cure!

Apaiser avec un après-soleil

The most important thing after sunbathing is to soothe your skin again. The Glaciel Glow Moisture Mask is rich in cooling and moisturizing ingredients such as Aloe Vera, provides immediate relief and restores the skin barrier. Also, a good Sheetmask like the Masque Magique is full of active and nourishing ingredients that cool and nourish your skin.

Hydrate intensively

Sunbathing dehydrates your skin. So we must try to keep the moisture level balanced. Therefore, use the Monoi Body Cream for deep body hydration. The exotic fragrance of monoi takes you to tropical destinations, while the rich formula nourishes and softens your skin. For your face, you can turn to:

Le Visage en Rose: a gentle and restorative oil based on rose petals.

The Bonheur du Jour or Wonder Cream to restore sufficient moisture to the skin.  

Oh yes, it is also important to drink enough during and after sunbathing. Especially water lol, no cocktails. 😊

Don't forget your lips

Our lips are very thin and very sensitive to the sun. In fact, a lot of skin cancers enter through the lips. So protection is crucial. Therefore, regularly use our Lipbalm SPF 50, with hyaluronic acid and camellia butter, to prevent dehydration and further damage. By the way, this Lipbalm won a second podium place at the Dutch Beauty Awards 2023 in the “Sun” category. Are your lips still bandaged? Then lightly scrub them with a lip scrub to remove dead skin and moisturize afterwards with rich and nourishing Lip Oil.

Note to self

Burnt skin is no picnic, but with the right care and products from Cent Pur Cent, you can speed up the healing process and keep your skin healthy. Remember to always protect your skin from the sun, moisturize generously and give it the attention it deserves. 

Ask dermatologist Barbara Geusens:

Can we sunbathe safely actually? No, there is actually no such thing as safe tanning. People are not going to like reading this, I know :-/ The fact that we tan is a sign that we have sun damage. We used to think that we would then be better protected and that our skin naturally protects us from it. But now scientists have figured out that the “tanning process” is a reaction to the damage already suffered. In fact, it is already too late then. However, adding extra antioxidants to your sunscreen can help trap and neutralize the free radicals released during sun exposure so that damage is limited.

What are your recommendations for taking care of the skin after sun exposure?

Bodylotions or aftersun with lots of antioxidants and soothing ingredients such as bisabolol, panthenol, allantoin, ... . If you were really burned then flamigel or flamazine helps. Also cutting up tomatoes and putting them on your burned skin helps as a home remedy, due to the high concentration of lycopene which can act as an antioxidant.

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