Surfers have found a natural pain relief from sunburn and stings
08/02/2005
Fun on the beach for those of us lucky enough to live close to the sea is often what summer is all about but two perils loom in the wings for unwary fun-seekers. The most common one is of course sunburn and the second is flying insect and sea creature stings.
Both require urgent attention to relieve the painful effects.
Tens of thousands of purplish-black jellyfish invaded Southern California beaches this summer along with a red tide of microscopic plankton on which the jellyfish have been feeding. Thousands of vacationers were treated for stings.
Natural products such as Naturally Painless which contains aloe vera, can be very effective in relieving the pain and itching of both sunburn and stings.
"The recent invasion of jellyfish to our Southern California shores caused a lot of problems for the surfing community" said Judy Cutler, developer of Naturally Painless. "One young surfer, who is a client of mine, sprayed several stung or sunburned surfers with it and reported instant pain reliefin all cases."